Articles Tagged with ''supply chain solutions''

Examining Supply Challenges Through Private Brands

November 9, 2021

The complex makeup of private brand manufacturers' portfolios creates impacts that are felt both earlier, and often to a greater extent when the supply chain is impacted.

Greening Supply

Collaboration Is a Requirement for Sustainable Change

Russian retailer X5 is setting the pace for the country’s sustainability efforts by getting supplier buy-in to green the retailer’s supply chain.

Yana Synesiou

July 14, 2021

In the spring, X5 published Russia’s first sustainable packaging recommendations — representing the first time a large retailer has advised its suppliers to package their products in a way that is easily recyclable.

Markem-Imaje Acquires Blue Bite

June 29, 2021

Expands portfolio of software solutions serving product identification, traceability, authentication, and consumer engagement applications

Editor’s Note

The Dark Side

Retailers assist in overloaded supply chain.

Kristen Kazarian

January 11, 2021

No matter where you live around the world, you might have seen “dark” stores — retail giants that have moved from selling products in-store to creating a fulfillment center in the physical store space.

Brand Packaging: Sustainability

How Sustainability Can Amplify Marketing Resiliency for CPGs

Marissa Ferrara

January 11, 2021

Fulfilling short-term needs while maintaining long-term priorities has been an ongoing challenge for organizations since the onset of the pandemic. The global response to COVID-19 has slowed the day-to-day operations of many companies but amplified the progression of transformations that were already brewing before the outbreak.

Free Meat Packaging Webinar

December 1, 2020

Do you need to reduce labor and achieve lower total cost? Do you face tough competition in this increasingly cost-sensitive world? Can you keep your production volumes up if social-distancing rules become the norm?

Novolex Senior Director Earns First 'Women in Supply Chain' Award

September 18, 2020

Amy Barnes, senior director at Novolex®, a leader in packaging choice, sustainability and innovation, has earned the inaugural Women in Supply Chain Award.

Systech Product Counterfeiting and Diversion protection

Best Practices to Combat Product Counterfeiting and Diversion

June 5, 2020

The brand protection company presents peer-based research compiled from 100 interviews with brand protection professionals best practices to combat product counterfeiting. Based on 100 interviews with brand protection execs In highly regulated industries with complex operating environments: Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Pharmaceuticals, and Wine & Spirits.

Market Trends

Reducing Loss in the Medical Supply Chain

Reducing inefficiencies in the supply chain has been a long-standing challenge for companies everywhere.

Bruce Gaydos

April 12, 2020

In 2020, the goal of reducing supply chain inefficiencies has become especially true for the healthcare industry, as hospitals and healthcare systems work to reduce the billions of dollars spent on unnecessary supply chain operations every year.

Machinery: Digitalization

The Journey Toward Digitalization in Labeling

With proper traceability and labeling, companies can respond quickly to costly disruptions across their supply chain.

Josh Roffman

December 13, 2019

Supply chains and the solutions used for managing them have become increasingly important as businesses become more global and interconnected. Globalization and digital technologies are changing business, especially as companies look to accelerate growth and expand into new markets.

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The Converters Expo brings together converters of paper, film, plastics, and nonwovens with industry buyers, specialists, and suppliers. Join us at Lambeau Field for a day of education and connection with industry peers. Find new manufacturing partners, discover the most up-to-date testing and prototyping equipment, network with like-minded industry professionals, and learn the latest in printing and packaging.