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Automation
5 Challenges for Warehouse Management and Fulfillment in 2023
The most important focus areas are improving customer satisfaction levels (34%), investing in automation technology (31%), sustainable solutions (31%), greater workforce efficiency (31%) and delivering goods-to-person fasters (30%).
Sustainability
Converging Business and Society for Sustainable Supply Chains
Trucking
Small Truckload: A More Sustainable Transportation Solution
Packaging
Reducing Your Packaging's Carbon Footprint to Lower Costs
Carbon Footprint
The Next Step in Sustainability and ESG
Sustainability
How the Product Passport is Set to Change the Supply Chain Industry
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Software & Technology
Top Tech Startup Award: AI-Powered Automation Takes Over
From AI and robotics to fulfillment execution and real-time visibility, many of today's tech startups are poised to disrupt the supply chain space in a big way.
Mentorship Programs
Supply Chain Network to Moderate Discussion on Humanitarian Logistics at Manifest
This panel will talk about the state of procurement, how to support humanitarian logistical needs and more.
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The Global Community for Agtech and Foodtech Innovators
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Sourcing & Procurement
Sustainable Procurement is at a Tipping Point
Invest in sustainable procurement now to reap the long-term benefits for your organization later.
Regulations
How Manufacturers Can Avoid Emerging Regulatory ESG Risks
Working with suppliers to identify ESG risks in the supply chain will be imperative for manufacturers looking to avoid steep fines and penalties in the future.
Carbon Footprint
How Businesses Can Win at ESG by Empowering Suppliers
Good supplier data is a function of good supplier engagement. And importantly, the reverse is also true.
Carbon Footprint
Building Sustainable Supply Chains
Collective brainstorming between buyers and sellers will create long-term sustainable partnerships that drive the results you seek – higher quality products and services at competitive prices.
Supply Chain Visibility
Very Few Organizations Feel Equipped to Handle Further Supply Chain Disruptions
The research found that only one in four have started scaling sustainability initiatives in their supply chains, highlighting opportunity for organizations to improve.
3PL/4PL
More Than Half of Fleets Adopted Fuel-Efficient Practices in 2022: Study
The 15 fleets in the annual fleet fuel survey operating 75,000 trucks saved $540 million in 2021 compared to the average trucks on the road.
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The Global Community for Agtech and Foodtech Innovators
Gain unprecedented access to the people & technologies creating the future of food
Sustainability
Increased ESG Investment Correlates with Higher Profits: Survey
Research found that almost all companies are interested in aligning their ESG goals with their supply chain, especially as more companies are expected to account for their Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions.
Waste Reduction
Maximizing Efficiency Through Technology-Enabled Waste Management Programs
Without a strategic waste management plan in place, the supply chain would not be able to operate with the expansive efficiencies necessary to keep up with global demand.
Sustainability
Carbon Emissions Hot Spots Improve Sustainability Across the Supply Chain
Nearly two-thirds of upstream Scope 3 emissions in supply chains come from suppliers that companies don’t deal with directly.
Carbon Footprint
Supply Chain Decarbonization: The Path to Mitigating Climate Change Impacts
In order to get the full picture of a company’s sustainability performance and decarbonization journey, it is essential to assess and measure what suppliers are doing across their own supply base.
Waste Reduction
A Net-Zero Supply Chain Could Transform Organizations
62% of sustainability leaders agree that building a net-zero supply chain would be the biggest transformation their organization has ever faced.
Carbon Footprint
Corporate Solar Adoption Accounts for 14% of U.S. Solar Market
Through June, U.S. businesses have installed nearly 19 gigawatts (GW) of on-site and off-site solar capacity, which is double the 9.4 GW installed through 2019.
Carbon Footprint
Only 9% of Companies Track GHG Emissions: ISN Report
However, more than half (53%) have implemented an environmental management system to help continuously improve their environmental performance.
Transportation
Drones Considered More Environmentally Friendly Than Trucks: Study
Nearly half of Americans (47%) would make a purchase from a specific retailer due to the option of a drone delivery program.
AI/AR
How Augmented Reality Enables Smarter Logistics and Warehousing
Technology has changed the way logistics and warehousing professionals are tackling issues like workforce shortages and equipment problems, while at the same time helping them deliver on their sustainability goals. Here's some ways AR is making an impact.
Packaging
4 Ways to Advance Sustainability in Packaging and Labeling
Sustainable packaging is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Packaging decision-makers must consider a bevy of options to temper organizational carbon emissions and promote supply chain efficacies for a more sustainable future.
Carbon Footprint
Building Your Organization’s Sustainability Mindset
Organizations that build sustainability practices within their DNA can create a competitive advantage by becoming more efficient, transparent and profitable while building a future-ready workforce.
Last-Mile
Why Does CO2 Tracking in Last Mile Delivery Planning Matter?
The ability to track CO2 at both the execution and planning phases is crucial to getting—and showing—results.
Carbon Footprint
3 Steps to Creating a Sustainable E-Commerce Supply Chain
Now is the time for e-commerce and logistics companies to increase their efforts at sustainability.
Training/Onboarding
Gen Zers to Take Smaller Benefits, Less Salary to Work for Company with ESG Goals
Nearly three-quarters of respondents (71%) believe a career in frontline manufacturing is an attractive, challenging and future-focused profession, up from 64% previously.
Material Handling Equipment
Ports to Production Facilities: How Hydrogen Fuel Cells Cut Emissions
Hydrogen is being deployed in an increasingly wide swath of material handling applications, from fueling lift trucks in manufacturing facilities, to powering heavier-duty lift trucks and even container handling equipment at ports.
Sourcing Solutions
Sustainable Rightshoring Strategies
Why intelligent planning is the key to sustainable rightshoring.
Waste Reduction
$163B Worth of Stock Discarded Due to Waste, Overproduction
Respondents say that on average 28.9% of their organization’s sustainability impact comes from the supply chain. However, just 4.4% of technology budgets on average are specifically dedicated to supply chain sustainability improvement.
Expert Columnists
Optimizing the Supply Chain to Lower Fuel Costs
As supply chain woes continue and gas prices remain at record highs around the country, many businesses are looking for ways to cut down on fuel usage. Here's some options.
Expert Columnists
It’s Not Easy Being Green – For Customer-First Companies, It’s a Must
Traceability data affords optimization, and the accountability it promotes will be crucial to companies’ digital transformation and environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives.
Software & Technology
Decarbonizing Corporate Supply Chains
Watershed Supply Chain measures, understands and reduces emissions across businesses’ supply chains.
Sustainability
Reimagining Sustainability in the Supply Chain
Sustainability is no longer an elusive concept that competes with traditional metrics of profitability and efficiency, but one that can be measured and achieved by using what you have, far more intelligently.
Fleet Management
Decarbonizing Medium, Heavy-Duty Trucks
Not all technologies will work for every fleet. The key is to combine the solutions that work based on particular applications and needs, while investing in innovation for future technologies.
Rail & Intermodal
Biden-Harris Pledge $703M to Improve Port Infrastructure, Strengthen U.S. Supply Chains
More than 60% of the funds will benefit ports in disadvantaged communities and several of the projects will help reduce emissions at the ports through electrification.
