Sustainability

Supply chain sustainability efforts continue to ramp up, but while companies are responding to global challenges, economic pressures are a different story.

Blue Yonder's 2023 Supply Chain Executive Survey explored how senior executives across manufacturing, retail, third-party logistics (3PL), transportation and warehousing in the U.S. plan to use technology and AI/ML to tackle supply chain challenges in the year ahead.

The research is focused on developing new and innovative ways to reduce distribution center and transportation waste by optimizing the way packing and packaging of multiple items in a single order is executed.

Set to go into effect on Jan. 1, legislation is designed to ensure products are sourced ethically.

With a focus on helping its shipper customers achieve their emissions objectives, Flexport.org, the impact arm of San Francisco-based freight forwarding and customs brokerage services provider Flexport, announced today it is introducing a new offering in collaboration with SaaS platform services provider CHOOSE, focusing on accelerating air freight decarbonization.

If shippers think implications from pending truck regulation issues don’t affect them, they’d be wrong. Most of these proposed regs around alternative fuels and speed have a direct impact on truck capacity and costs—and eventually rates.

A survey recently published by global management consultancy McKinsey, entitled the “Supply Chain Pulse,” highlighted the ongoing changes in the ways companies are managing goods flow processes, including sourcing new materials, manufacturing, and distribution, as it relates to global trade and commerce, which tallies $32 billion annually across goods and services.

The chief executive of one of America’s largest trucking fleets is warning of the unintended consequences of “an avalanche” of state and federal mandates for electric trucks.

Other trends which the study revealed include accelerated timelines for warehouse modernization projects, and returns management as a top operational challenge.

In 25th anniversary year special event, lift truck provider with focus on long-load handling also highlights autonomous truck, as well as a telematics solution. Combilift partnered with Siemens Gamesa on its Combi-LC, which moves wind turbine blades and towers. Combilift expects to generate over €50m in revenue per year in the wind sector market segment by 2026.

A comprehensive analysis of the global reusable transport packaging industry now available from the Reusable Packaging Association.

Jonathan Daniels, CEO and Port Director for Port Everglades, joins Michael Levans, Group Editorial Director of Peerless Media’s Supply Chain Group, in a discussion revolving around the port’s continued expansion and sustainability efforts.

This white paper aims to delve into the strategies that enterprises are currently employing, as well as explore untapped possibilities for balancing these three critical priorities - costs, resilience and sustainability.

Jonathan Daniels, CEO and Port Director for Port Everglades, joins Michael Levans, Group Editorial Director of Peerless Media’s Supply Chain Group, in a discussion revolving around the port’s continued expansion and sustainability efforts.

A new report from Moody's finds that companies that rely on buying carbon offsets as an emisisons-reduction strategy could face financial and reputational harm.