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Earth Day 2023

DELMIA Quintiq

It was officially launched on April 22, 1970 in New York City with approximately 250,000 participants. Sustainability in the world of manufacturing Many manufacturers want to do their part in taking responsibility to be sustainable. Today more than 1 billion people in 193 countries participate.

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NRF 2024: Supply Chain Data

Logistics Viewpoints

Last week I attended the annual National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show in New York City. This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond.

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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. As a strategic process, transportation procurement may still seem very tedious and challenging.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

In an interview with Supply Chain Brain, Intel highlights its new program to eliminate waste from its manufacturing process and prevent all used and returned materials from ending up in landfill. For one large supermarket chain, the idea of jumping on the buy and source locally trend makes too much sense.

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Infor’s Strategy for Differentiation

Logistics Viewpoints

Infor’s CEO, Kevin Samuelson Infor’s strategy for differentiating their business from competitors like SAP and Oracle rests on a truly differentiated approach to ensuring that their customers get ongoing value from the business applications they purchase.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 28 – August 1, 2014)

Talking Logistics

New Breed specializes in services for omni-channel distribution, reverse logistics, transportation management, freight bill audit and payment, lean manufacturing support, aftermarket support and supply chain optimization. .

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This Week in Logistics News (April 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

Spending is growing across several categories, and the top Easter items consumers say they are planning to purchase include candy ($3.3 It is “extremely worrisome” that about 80% of American port cranes use Chinese software that is manufactured by a Chinese company, said House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R.,