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Talking Turkey for Thanksgiving

Enterra Insights

Contractor ( @FarokGlobalBiz ), a Distinguished Professor of Management & Global Business at Rutgers University, we can thank the global supply chain for many of the food items we will consume — including the turkey. And the turkey on Thanksgiving tables may not be a bird native to the U.S.

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Inflation is Affecting Grocery Shopping and Holiday Meals

Enterra Insights

Emily Moquin ( @emilybmoquin ), a food and beverage analyst, reports, “Persistently high inflation in the grocery category has led to persistently high consumer concerns. In response to these concerns, Moquin reports that consumers have changed their purchasing behavior in several ways. Purchasing prepared foods.

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Championing Supply Chain Digitalization

Enterra Insights

The winning companies are those that correctly identify the problem to solve — the performance metric to improve. The data model will put a spotlight on the missing data. They report, “We know from extensive research that decisions matter — a lot. He explains, “Too often companies think that more data is better.

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Thanksgiving Supply Chain News: Online Grocery Surge, Tracking Turkey, and Cranberry Tariffs

Lucas

We lead off with a report on online grocery shopping trends and new fulfillment technology investments, a Turkey traceability initiative using blockchain, and the impact of tariffs on cranberry and turkey prices. Know Your Turkey Better With Blockchain. There will be costs to join and integrate systems with Food Trust.

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Carbon Mitigation Actions; For The Planet, And for the Pocket

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

For instance, there is a geothermal energy generation project in the Salavatli region of southwest Turkey that generates energy for the electricity grid and thereby replaces energy generated by fossil fuels. Another way to reach carbon neutrality is to lower the amount of carbon emitted by investing in alternative energy solutions.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

If you have not yet tackled the question of ethics in procurement, now is a great time to start. It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. Procurement is what sets entire supply chains and their organisations in motion.

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What is Demand Forecasting? Importance and Benefits of Forecasting Customer Demand

ShipBob

Demand forecasting can help you spend less money on both inventory purchase orders and warehousing , as the more inventory you carry, the more expensive it is to store. They look at sales leading into that week last year for seasonal products like turkeys, cranberries, and mashed potatoes. Ryan Casas, COO of iloveplum. Macro-level.