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Wooden Pallet Manufacturing and Re-use Uplift

Logistics Business Magazine

Manufacturing and reuse of wooden pallets increased significantly according to the most recent survey commissioned by the Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON) and the research arm of the Forestry Commission, Forest Research. million in 2021, up 8.3 per cent from 44.9m the previous year. pallets, up from 15.6m

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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

A recent survey conducted by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) industry association shows that this bottleneck has exacerbated worldwide over the past two years. The transition of an entire fleet to self-driving trucks can decrease operating by approximately 45 percent (according to McKinsey Route 2030, September 2030).

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Driving brand loyalty with sustainable supply chains

Logistics Business Magazine

Following COP26, 90% of world GDP is now covered by net-zero commitments for 2030, and according to Forbes, “sustainable, resilient operations” are the number one business trend for 2022. A report by Avery Dennison which surveyed more than 5,000 fashion buyers from across the U.S.,

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

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This estimate is according to responses provided by 83 percent of the manufacturing executives who participated in a survey conducted as part of an industry study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP. Skills Shortages. skilled production workers. researchers. machinists. scientists. appear to include the following.

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How Southeast Asian manufacturers can use ERP to realign the supply chain

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

According to BCG, opportunities like these would make it easier for SEA businesses to leverage different advantages and skills across the region and as a result, could generate up to $600 billion a year in additional manufacturing output by 2030 as well as $22 billion in foreign direct investment and 140 000 new jobs. Digital skills gap.

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Industry 4.0: Building the right skills to meet the factory of the future

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

It does present a training requirement, the need for new skills for industry 4.0 million manufacturing positions will go unfulfilled by 2030. “So far, our application of universal transfer devices has been rather smooth. because there will be a great force of technical specialists to operate and maintain the machines.

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What does Corporate Social Responsibility Really Mean?

Logistics Bureau

His definition is closely linked to the concept of sustainable development, which the 1987 Brundtland Report describes as ‘‘development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs’’. A Reputation Institute survey found that 91.4% You get the idea.