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Optimizing labor performance is often the single biggest opportunity for productivity improvement and cost reduction in distribution. Attend this webinar to learn the best practices and technology you can use to control those costs and transform the way you direct, monitor and measure your workforce. You will see how those…
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Comprehensive coverage of energy efficient technologies for sustainability in warehousing including lighting, climate control, hybrid lift trucks, conveyors and packaging.
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Focus on Environmental ResponsibilityEvaluating Alternative Lift Truck Fuel OptionsDistribution doing good at Boston Food Bank
Posted 11/22 · 09:08 PM · MMH Editorial
In its new 117,000 square foot distribution center, The Greater Boston Food Bank is applying materials and information handling best practices to feed more than 83,000 people from underserved communities each week.
The opportunity of the green supply chain
Posted 11/19 · 04:47 AM · MMH Editorial
We're schizophrenic on green, and that's an opportunity for our industry
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UPS, IDC survey looks cites cost concerns as biggest supply chain factor
Posted 11/12 · 01:25 PM · MMH Editorial
Manufacturing respondents say meeting customer expectations is their biggest business concern regarding reverse logistics.
BSR study shows supply chain’s sustainable practices are key
Posted 11/12 · 12:27 PM · MMH Editorial
“When the recession hit with full force two years ago, we urged our members to stick with sustainability as a key to achieving long-term business success,” said BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer.
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Sustainable procurement practices good for business and society
Posted 11/10 · 12:53 PM · SCMR Editorial
Company sustainability ratings are proliferating as the environmental, social, and governance agenda steadily migrates from the margins to the mainstream of capital, procurement, and consumer markets
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The Nature of Energy as a Purchased Item - Part Two
Posted 11/10 · 05:45 AM · SCMR Editorial
In our last posting, we began outlining some of the aspects that make energy unique among purchased items and why a “one set and forget” or “one size fits all” purchasing procedure does not apply.
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Closing the supply chain loop remains a priority for multinationals
Posted 11/09 · 09:59 AM · SCMR Editorial
How can a company reduce impacts along the product life cycle, and what value chain strategies can be implemented to make this happen? This vexing question and several others were addressed by a panel convened for the BSR conference in New York last week.
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The Nature of Energy as a Purchased Item - Part One
Posted 11/07 · 08:21 PM · SCMR Editorial
Of the myriad of items that are purchased by companies on a daily basis, energy is a stand out.
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Packaging Product: Multipacker reduces packaging waste
Posted 10/25 · 04:46 AM · MMH Editorial
The continuous motion Tritium multipacker includes the RoboWand programmable path wrapping section for enhanced versatility, ease of changeover, and finished product quality.
Green logistics: Energy sector’s supply chain faces new challenges
Posted 10/20 · 07:59 AM · LM Editorial
Manufacturers and members of the nation’s supply chain community welcomed the news last week that the Department of Interior’s would be ending the offshore drilling moratorium in the Gulf Coast region.
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