Four important product packaging trends have prompted consumer goods manufacturers to rethink how they manage packaging -- and what partners are best suited to handle this important function. Logistics professionals who seek broader supply ...
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Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges,
Contract Packaging
The grocery supply chain is one of the most challenging from a cost perspective. Margins are paper thin, so every penny of freight cost savings helps.
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Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges
The Ultimate Guide to Being a Great 3PL Customer
This quick-read eBook lists 12 best practices designed to elicit greatness from your 3PL.
Safety In Logistics Operations
4 strategies to turn safety from a compliance-driven chore to a profit-driving opportunity.
This is the second installment in my Q&A series with KANE executives. This month’s victim: Larry Catanzaro, Senior Director of Transportation.
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Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges,
Logistics Labor Management
In the pursuit of climbing to the top of the corporate ladder, it is wise to seek advice from people who’ve already made it. That is what this and future blogs of mine will focus on. I’ll interview senior executives and share their thoughts...
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Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges
Retailers have become the relationship power brokers in the retail supply chain.
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Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges
Well, the first blog I wrote in April didn’t get me canned. In fact, my boss liked it so much, he gave me an opportunity to do a post a month. So here goes --
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Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges,
Logistics Labor Management
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies often outsource final packaging to outside contract packagers, adding a costly and time-consuming step between manufacturing and the distribution center. Why not integrate final packaging into existin...
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Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges,
Contract Packaging
Pool distribution and consolidated last mile transportation strategies give small- to medium-sized food shippers the chance to combine smaller volumes into full truckloads. These strategies take advantage of the fact that 3PLs can combine t...
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Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges,
Freight Transportation
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