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Reimagine, reuse, recycle: How to reach sustainable packaging targets in retail

McKensey

Retailers face costly packaging supply constraints, making it harder to contend with consumer and regulatory pressure to be more sustainable. Four actions can help.

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Digital twins: The key to unlocking end-to-end supply chain growth

McKensey

Complexity, COVID-19, and competition have upended supply chain organizations. They can reignite revenue growth and deepen resilience by deploying AI-powered digital twins.

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Tractor Supply cuts diversity efforts and Black farmers association fights back

Work Life

The National Black Farmers Association called on Tractor Supply’s president and CEO Tuesday to step down after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and climate advocacy efforts. ” Tractor Supply declined to comment further when reached on Tuesday. .

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Can ergonomics in the workplace boost employee retention?

Insperity

It sets the right tone when your onboarding process includes helping each new employee get the tools and supplies they need to work comfortably and safely on their first day or week. New employees, both those new to the workforce or new to your company, may especially benefit from a quick crash course on the basics of ergonomics.

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How To Discover Your Organization’s Next Big Growth Opportunities

Tanveer Naseer

If Apple had continued to think of itself solely as a computer company, it would never have considered stretching into seemingly “out of scope” domains like consumer electronics, online digital media distribution, mobile telephony, home entertainment, downloadable software apps, consumer retail stores, and so forth.

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How transparency and traceability are reinventing the future of business

Work Life

But a growing number of companies view transparency in their supply chains and manufacturing processes as a competitive advantage, and they’re not waiting for regulators to mandate disclosures. Last week, GS1 US, a member of the GS1 standards-setting organization, convened its annual supply chain conference.

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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

Success

Although the brand overcame previous challenges during its dozen years in business, an abrupt and unexpected supply chain disruption due to the pandemic ultimately led Deer to cease operations in July. . K-DEER was one of the first brands to make and market printed activewear in 2010 before it became an established retail department. “I