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Guide to Industrial Waste Management: Save Bills and Environment

Compactor Management Company

Industrial manufacturing firms dispose of the waste produced by their operations through a process called industrial waste management. When your business produces a significant amount of waste, it is crucial to implement an effective industrial waste management system to ensure it is responsible and environmentally friendly.

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Savvy Supply Chain Leaders Aren’t Letting a Good Downturn Go to Waste

Logistics Viewpoints

These are the companies and leaders that aren’t letting a good downturn go to waste. For example, imagine your company moves 10,000 containers a year with an average contents value of $75,000. Let’s not waste it. 17% went bankrupt, went private, or were acquired. Reduced working capital. He lives in Chicago.

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What is E-Waste Recycling Process and How Is it Done?

Compactor Management Company

Any electronic appliance past its functional stage that must be discarded is known as e-waste. Every year more than 50 million tons of e-waste, comprising different batteries and electronic equipment, are discarded into our environment. One of the potential answers to the safe disposal of e-waste lies in recycling.

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The true cost of food waste in the UK supply chain

Logistics Business Magazine

million tonnes of food are wasted in the UK supply chain every year. Food waste is not only an issue for your bank balance, but the environment too. When we throw food away, we’re wasting the water, energy, and space that’s been used to grow, produce, and transport it. Monitor your food waste.

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[Video] Riviana Foods: Using Optimized Load Building to Reduce Transportation Costs and Improve Sustainability

Talking Logistics

The sad truth, however, is that a lot of capacity gets wasted too. We see this, for example, in the number of empty backhauls that happen every day. There is another form of wasted capacity, however, that many shippers overlook — that. The sad truth, however, is that a lot of capacity gets wasted too. Read more

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The Principles of Waste-Free Product

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In this post I will try to quickly explain the top level, most important principles on how to develop a waste-free product flow. One reports suggests that 45% of features are never used, and are a waste of time for the product, design and R&D teams. Working in a short loop market feedback, with zero waste, is golden.

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Fresh Demand Planning: How AI Empowers Retailers

Logistics Viewpoints

In this blog, I will discuss the use of AI/ML demand planning for fresh products to help maximize sales and reduce waste. Another example of data normalization is accounting for lost sales due to stockouts or waste of perishable products due to overstocking of inventory. Wouldn’t it be cool to know within minutes?