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Optimizing Supply Chain Transparency with Digital Product Passports

Logistics Viewpoints

These passports document all aspects of the life cycle – from the sourcing of raw materials to final disposal or recycling. Having a well-documented DPP also makes it easier to report to regulators and stakeholders. Digital Product Passports (DPPs) offer a method to track products through their entire lifecycle.

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10 Recommendations for Truck Drivers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

United World Transporation

Keep a box of disposable gloves with you and use them at gas stations, docks, sites, and terminals. Make sure to take them off and dispose of them in a separate trash bag or bin. When signing transportation documents, use your own pen. Wear Gloves. Disinfect or Wash Hands. Bring A Pen. Be On The Lookout For Symptoms.

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Reverse Supply Chains: Best Practices for Better Asset Recovery

GlobalTranz

As businesses often have a surplus of goods to dispose of or recover, such as core returns, we’ve compiled some excellent tips for your company so the process of handling goods not only stretches further… but enhances your chain value as well. All of it is created within the technology. Monitoring Your Success.

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Internet of Things (IoT): Transforming Real-Time Data Collection and Tracking for Digital Product Passports

Logistics Viewpoints

Digital Product Passports (DPPs) rely heavily on this IoT to capture and record this data, providing a transparent view of a product’s life from creation to retirement and disposal. This allows businesses to automate compliance and provide operational transparency, reducing the need for manual interventions and documentation.

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Kimberly-Clark’s Digital Transformation of Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

The company’s billion-dollar brands include Huggies disposable diapers, Cottonelle and Scott toilet paper; Kleenex facial tissue: and Kotex feminine hygiene products. Weisenberger said the project team looked at some of the documentation steps and asked ‘why?’ At Kimberly-Clark, Ms. Why couldn’t a driver just scan in at the gate?

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Why Reverse Logistics Systems and Transportation Management Should Be Considered Together

GlobalTranz

However, forward logistics management skills (involving original production and distribution of new products) may scarcely apply to reverse processes of moving products from buyers’ locations in order to recover remaining value or appropriately dispose of items. energy expenditures, performance of sustainability initiatives.

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Recycling and Disposal Specialist Explains Latest Trends

Logistics Business Magazine

KG, a south German manufacturer of office equipment and environmental technology, has hosted its latest event looking at trends in the recycling and disposal sector. With its many options and additional equipment, HSM can optimally integrate any waste disposal solution into existing procedures and processes.