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Carbon Footprint
Consumers Willing to Pay More for Sustainable Shopping Options
Equally revealing was the discovery that nearly three-quarters of the consumer respondents value product sustainability over brand name.
Risk/Compliance
Ocean Freight Bottlenecks, Increased Regulations Pose as Top Supply Chain Risks for 2022
Carbon Footprint
How a Supply Chain Control Tower Can Help Achieve Corporate ESG Goals
Carbon Footprint
Critical Supply Chain Implications for Net Zero Future
Emerging Technologies
Batteries Get Smaller and More Durable in Warehousing
Packaging
90% of Companies Adopt Sustainable Product Development Designs
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Supply Chain Education
L.I.N.K. Educate | Panasonic Offers Hands-On Learning for Students
Panasonic process automation business head explains the company's special partnership with a local community college for a hands-on learning process.
E-Commerce Solutions
The Direct-to-Consumer’s Impact on Supply Chains and Its Future
The L.I.N.K. podcast kicks of the new year with a deep look at the direct-to-consumer industry and its future. But first, the managing editor offers a refresher in the subject in today's column.
Automation
Partner Roundtable: Warehouse Automation
February 24, 2022
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From forecasting and inventory refill to visibility and end-to-end traceability, today’s warehouse solutions are designed to improve the way companies track and trace product. But, how else do these solutions optimize the warehouse?
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Risk/Compliance
How To Protect Auto Parts, Electronics During Global Crisis
Learn how to select a packaging technology that can safeguard sensitive products from moisture and oxygen damage while also offering new production flexibility to improve efficiency and sustainability.
Packaging
Why Packaging is Important for Small Business Logistics
Invest time and effort in using the right product packaging and knowing pertinent laws related to packaging compliance.
Sourcing & Procurement
Strong Supplier Partnerships Are Key to Sustainable Procurement
At the end of the day, putting suppliers at the heart of your organization will establish a culture whereby suppliers can provide their best information, while doing their best work.
Sustainability
What Will the Supply Chain Look Like in 2022?
This past year pushed the supply chain to its brink, which is heavily detailed in this December issue of SDCE. As managing editor of the magazine, I'm proud to see what we have overcome as an industry but I'm cautious on what the future holds.
Software & Technology
Preparing the Supply Chain for Changing Consumer Demands
A healthy understanding of current trends, companies can plan ahead and look to automation technology to provide the flexibility to navigate through the disruptions ahead.
Sustainability
Sustainability Still Sells. Here's Why.
Supply & Demand Chain Executive editors discuss how a green supply chain is so much more than just recycling, eliminating paper or reducing waste.
Sustainability
Creating and Maintaining Green Supply Chains
Many companies are now exploring how their supply chains can improve, from how they select suppliers to how they monitor performance.
Supply Chain Education
L.I.N.K. Educate | Supply Chain Disruptions Transform Education
In this week’s episode a professor and department chair comes on to discuss how the current supply chain crisis changes how professors educate about the supply chain.
Carbon Footprint
Green Supply Chains Prevail Amid Global Disruptions
Winners of this year's Green Supply Chain award not only kept up green initiatives throughout a global pandemic and unprecedented disruptions, but also made them a priority.
Carbon Footprint
4 Lessons Learned in Achieving Carbon Neutrality
Achieving carbon neutrality is a marathon, not a sprint. Leaders who understand this will make decisions and build teams committed to adopting sustainable practices over the long term.
Emerging Technologies
3 Smart Factory Trends for Manufacturers to Embrace
Companies who make the choice to invest in smart factories will enable workforces to function more effectively in their environments.
Sustainability
The Growing Importance of Sustainability in Supply Chains
The future for supply chain sustainability is bright, as long as it remains a top priority and continues to be improved upon by dedicated individuals and technological advancements.
Warehousing
Toy Maker Targets Made in US Moniker
Significant supply chain disruptions and the growing interest in United States-made products prompts toy manufacturer to grow warehousing footprint.
Packaging
Packaging a Sustainable Future
Solutions include reusable packaging, in-store refill models and collaborative recycling efforts.
Sustainability
Sustainability Relies on Ethics and Ecofriendly Measures
Creating a sustainable supply chain means focusing on more than just environmentally friendly tactics. In this issue's cover story, managing editor Brielle Jaekel explains what measures need to be taken and how close we are to a sustainable supply chain.
Financial Management Software
Basware Introduces E-Invoice Receiving Recipe
The platform allows users to receive all invoices electronically, no matter the original invoice format.
Sourcing & Procurement
Procurement Vital to Managing Supply Chain Disruptions
Other top challenges include sustainability (28%), reducing costs and/or saving money (27%), consumer feedback (21%), digital transformation (20%) and regulatory compliance (18%).
Material Handling Equipment
Reducing Vehicle Downtime with Lithium-Ion
Choosing the right battery affects efficiency, maintenance, costs and crucially the length of time that vehicles can operate at full functionality on any given workday.
Clean Energy
Infrastructure Turns to Propane
Propane refueling infrastructure is affordable, scalable and readily available for the nation’s alternative fuel corridors.
Clean Energy
How Delivery Fleets Can Accelerate Decarbonization with Propane Autogas
Propane autogas reduces carbon emissions immediately while helping fleets meet their energy needs over the long term.
Waste Reduction
Supply Chain Waste Reduction Moves Forward Via New Partnership
Verusen and Machine Compare look to drive efficiency and reduce waste in the global machinery supply chain. The partnership taps Verusen's data and Machine Compare's B2B marketplace.
Retail
Supply Chain Disruptions Force Consumers Change Habits, Plans: Report
A new report from Oracle shows that consumers believe they will need to continually change plans due to the supply chain and also sever ties from favorite brands.
Carbon Footprint
Delays and Disasters: The Wake-Up Call to Addressing the Climate Crisis
To truly address the climate crisis, businesses and governments need to take responsibility and action today.
Manufacturing
More Sustainable Chemicals Replacing Synthetics
It’s critical for companies to future-proof their supply chains by adopting sustainable chemicals to maintain productivity and profitability, while being a force for good when it comes to combatting climate change.
Manufacturing
Do Supply Chain Disruptions in Solar and Cleantech Really Matter?
Dear manufacturing supply chain people, welcome to energy. Here's how supply chain disruptions materially impact cleantech sectors, including solar, batteries and automotive.
Risk/Compliance
Crime, Climate and Convergence Rank as Top Global Supply Chain Risks
Supply chain threats will remain one of the most serious issues global businesses will face in 2022.
Carbon Footprint
Building a Better, More Sustainable Supply Chain
All companies are encouraged to look into how they integrate sustainability into their supply chain operations. Just start. There are no wrong answers or risks involved with trying to make a difference in the world.
Manufacturing
Semiconductor Supply Chain Will Remain Vulnerable Without Advanced Packaging Capabilities
After more than two decades of outsourcing, the United States can design the most cutting-edge electronics, but cannot manufacture them.
Sustainability
From the Warehouse Floor, Things Can Only Go Up
The growing shift to sustainable solutions across the supply chain industry has become not only a wonderful trend, but a way to think outside the box when it comes to efficient eco-friendly processes.
Packaging
Sustainable Packaging Must be the Norm, Not the Exception
The time has come to completely rethink existing packaging materials and make sustainable options the norm, not the exception.
