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Freight rail companies try alternative fuels

Many companies in the transportation industry are testing out alternative fuels, and freight rails are no exception.  A large contributor in the supply chain, it makes sense for freight rail companies to try alternative fuels and to try to find more efficient and cleaner ways for trains to move across the country. The freight industry […]


How women can drive the supply chain industry forward

Happy International Women’s Day! As demand grows and industries encounter numerous challenges like worker shortages, limited raw materials, and price increases, supply chain leaders are finding it difficult to keep up. The need to be nimble and remain resilient when the unexpected occurs continues to be the goal for supply chains. “To introduce agility and […]


Peloton cutting almost 3,000 jobs

  Is the mass growth that Peloton experienced during the height of the pandemic riding off into the sunset? Maybe so… The company saw a surge of more than 400% in 2020 amid the COVID-19 lockdowns, but that quickly changed as businesses, including gyms started opening back up. The co-founder of Peloton, John Foley, will […]


Retail supply chain optimization

We have shared several blogs with solutions on supply chain optimization because 1.) there is no one answer, 2.) it continues to be an area that needs improvement and resolution, and 3.) consumer expectations have changed, wanting a seamless shopping experience. With this increase in delivery routes due to higher online orders, visibility and traceability […]


Teaching manufacturers how to fish with e-commerce

Many manufacturers are looking to get into the e-commerce game and to do so, they can go about it one of two ways: Do the work themselves while hoping to figure it out as they go along and stare at a huge learning curve. Hire a marketing firm to do the work for them. The […]


Labeling Predictions for 2022

Our partners at BarTender® recently gathered information from six industry experts about the top trends and predictions for 2022.  The Auto Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) industry which includes businesses that “create technologies to automatically identify and capture data from an object”, has already gone through some major changes. Several of these changes occurred when consumer […]


Avoiding production shutdowns

Our partners at NiceLabel & Loftware recently conducted a survey of 300 directors in manufacturing across the U.S., UK, France, and Germany. “The survey found that on average more than two-thirds of manufacturers (67%) were having to shut down their production line for more than an hour if there was a problem with labeling printing.” […]


Preventing food recalls

When we look at the food supply chain, we assume that our food is wholesome and safe. We don’t want to think about the toxic food that may be finding its way into our grocery stores and in turn, our homes. While companies may not be able to completely prevent food recalls, there are a […]


Building smarter supply chains

“According to the Logistics Bureau, 69 percent of organizations don’t have full visibility of their supply chains.” Why is this important? In order to improve supply chain operations and reduce costs, you must have full visibility into how your supply chain runs from start to finish. Unfortunately, many manufacturers have their data siloed in multiple […]


Improving barcode traceability accuracy

We all have the excitement of those brown boxes waiting on our doorstep and the sheer joy of finding out what’s inside. Now follow that box through the steps it took to get to you and add in all the points in which something could go wrong, and it is quite impressive that it made […]