Industries > Consumer Packaged Goods | SupplyChainBrain

Consumer Packaged Goods: Page 220

More Adventures in Sustainability: Keurig Green Mountain

The latest sustainability report from Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. finds a green company getting even greener.

Think Tank 6f33b7

Are Manufacturers Lagging in Innovation?

Ben Yokell Image 01

Barcoding, Inc. Opens West Coast Office in San Diego

Barcoding Inc. has expanded its presence on the West Coast with the opening of an office in San Diego, Calif.

Rfid 2 05

Eliminate Risk to Quality of Your Product

As the manufacturing industry spins its web across the world more and more, the network connecting businesses and their partners become much more complex. One of these areas most impacted is a company's supply chain, the main catalyst of one's ability to produce and distribute their products as efficiently and to as large and diverse of a customer base as possible. While this broadening supply chain ability certainly brings along many benefits, the ability to manage risk, particularly in the area of quality, becomes quite challenging.

Quality Metrics 1 01

Forging Sustainable Supply Chains: It's No Easy Task

Without question, creating sustainable global supply chains is a daunting challenge. But the biggest roadblock might be at the retail shelf.

Podcast 34

SC-integrity Partners With Locus Traxx on Cargo Security

SC-Integrity Inc., also known as Lojack SCI, is partnering with Locus Traxx Worldwide to provide customers with technology for enhancing supply-chain and cargo security.

UP Boosts Frequency of Premium Intermodal Services

The Union Pacific Railroad has increased the frequency of two intermodal services: Portland, Ore.-Chicago, and Northern California-Chicago.

Rail Intermodal 07

Low-impact Incidents Are One Thing, But Are You Ready for a Major Disruption to Your Supply Chain?

As manufacturers seek to source quality goods at the lowest cost, supply chains that were once confined to a single country or continent have stretched around the world. Managers have become adept at addressing recurrent risks—frequent, low-impact incidents such as demand fluctuations or supply delays that affect efficiency. However, they have devoted less energy to designing supply chains that prevent or mitigate the impact of disruptive risks such as labor strikes, political unrest, regulatory shifts, and natural disasters. These events can have severe and lasting repercussions on operations, so manufacturers would do well to devise strategies that alleviate this risk.

Report Measures Use, Impact of Plastic in CPG Sector, Urges Sustainability Initiatives

The total natural capital cost of plastic in the consumer goods industry is more than $75bn per year, according to research released by the Plastic Disclosure Project, the UN Environment Programme and natural capital analysts Trucost.

Report 2 04

UL Expands Information & Insights Division

UL LLC, the safety consulting and certification company, has expanded its Information & Insights (I&I) services division with the acquisitions of GoodGuide, IDES, Innovadex and The Wercs.

Ensuring On-time Deliveries Key to Online Retailers in India

Online retailers are waking up to the fact that getting logistics right is the key to succeeding in India. While they can do little about the potholed roads and local government restrictions, the ventures are investing and innovating in areas that they can make a difference in.

UPS to Implement Dimensional Weight Pricing for Ground Packages

UPS will follow the lead of its rival FedEx in adopting dimensional weight pricing for all of its ground services, as well as UPS Standard services to Canada, beginning Dec. 29, 2014.

Express Small Shipments3 02

Page 220 of 444

Featured Product

Photo: iStock/Anastasiia Yanishevska

How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

Mobile geolocation service for track delivery, cargo shipment and freight transportation. Logistic Import Export business (Elements of this image furnished by NASA)

Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

Franchise business e-commerce online e-marketplace or digital marketing branch expansion for growth or use technology to analyze product consumer data website management plan for sale service concept.

Moving Robots Site-to-Site