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How PepsiCo Created a Plant With 'Near-Net-Zero' Impact
PepsiCo undertook the ambitious goal of transforming a Frito-Lay plant in Arizona into a facility with almost no net environmental impact. A finalist in the Supply Chain Innovation Award competition of CSCMP and SupplyChainBrain.
Kuehne & Nagel Teams with Commodity Forwarders
Kuehne & Nagel Inc. has signed an agency agreement with Commodity Forwarders Inc., a Los Angeles, Calif.-based freight forwarder of perishable items.
E2open Releases Update of Planning and Response Software
E2open has made available version 11.2 of E2 Planning and Response.
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Fortune 500 Company Moves Final Packaging Work Into DC Operations
Challenge: Independent business units within a Fortune 500 CPG company pursued separate strategies for managing product distribution, resulting in a complex network of packaging and logistics suppliers and rising costs. The company wanted to streamline its supply chain by doing final packaging inside the distribution centers, and shipping the same amount of product from fewer, strategically located sites that carry the company's full line of products.
Candy Manufacturer Shifts From Strategy for Nationwide Temp-Controlled Delivery
Challenge: A large manufacturer of candy products wanted to reduce costs and improve service for temperature-controlled deliveries from the company's East Coast manufacturing plant to Midwest and West Coast retailers. The company was using LTL carriers and experiencing poor reliability and customer service.
3PL Finds a Single Platform to Launch Their Business
Challenge: A genesis of many different companies in the transportation industry, this 3PL did not have a cohesive freight management platform for their customers. The company needed a single platform that could offer robust functionality and meet customers' demands.
It's Valentine's Day. Are You Too in Love With Your Forecast?
Humankind is forever striving for perfection. When it comes to the job of demand forecasting, however, perhaps we ought to be a tad less obsessive.
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Leading Logistics Provider Closes More Business, Develops Stronger Customer Relationships
Challenge: A global logistics and transportation service provider working in the chemical and process industries needed to update its manual processes, which could not scale to handle the company's expanding database of international contracts and rates. The company also lacked resources and staff to handle the growing volume of customer quote requests, and undifferentiated service prevented this logistics provider from rising above its competitors.
Packing Lean: Contract Packaging Projects Hitting Continuous Improvement Targets
Challenge: A global healthcare company sought to improve packaging and display operations and increase utilization of equipment. The operation was housed in a 140,000 sq.-ft. facility, and suffered from frequent bottlenecks and minimal visibility to productivity reports.
2014 to Be 'Year of the Distribution Center' - and Here Are Four Reasons Why
Industrial real estate is poised for a spike in demand, development and delivery according to research by Jones Lang LaSalle. Industrial markets nationwide have been recovering for more than four full years, with 15 consecutive quarters of positive net absorption. Last year marked a five-year high, with 168 million square feet of net absorption, and, with current forecasts, this figure could top 180 million square feet in 2014. So, what's behind this momentum?
Notes From the Oracle Value Chain Summit
Some random themes and thoughts to emerge from Oracle Corp.'s Value Chain Summit in San Jose, Calif. last week:
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C.H. Robinson Opens Office in Innsbruck, Austria
C.H. Robinson has opened an office in Innsbruck, Austria
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