The days of the supply chain team being tucked under Operations and taking a back seat to functions like Marketing are waning. Supply chain is quickly becoming a board room topic as companies look to reduce costs and improve service, evolve to omni-channel, and become resilient to catastrophic events that could damage market share and…
Archives for April 2014
ES3 and C&S Provide 23,400 Books to Area Children
Keene, NH; April 11, 2014 – ES3 and C&S employees volunteered during National Volunteer Week by sorting and packing 23,400 books for kids in the Monadnock Region. This event, generously sponsored by First Book, has given 31 area schools and non-profit organizations brand new books. First Book is a non-profit organization that provides brand new…
8. Lean and Green: Sustainable Supply Chains
As consumers become more vocal about humanity’s impact on the planet, Corporate Social Responsibility is becoming a top priority for companies. Companies have taken on many Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects, and increased dialogue on their environmental impacts. Recent events, such as the factory fire and resulting collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, have continued to raise consumer awareness…
Collaboration: Is it Really Happening?
A recent article in Supply Chain Brain poses the question is collaboration really happening? We argue that it is, and that it is more than just collaborative forecasting. True end-to-end supply chain collaboration is about streamlining the whole supply chain from the factory to the store. This requires a level of sharing and transparency for which…
Food Prices on the Rise: How Do You Appeal to Cash Strapped Consumers?
Food prices have been rising this year. In the first two months of 2014, the food-at-home (groceries) consumer price index (CPI) increased more than it did in all of 2013, reports the USDA. March food prices rose 0.4% as droughts in parts of the US and Brazil undermined agricultural output. Since 1990, grocery store prices…
Yorktown Park Playground Update
On September 27th, more than 200 volunteers from ES3, C&S, Bring On Play, the City of York, and KaBOOM! helped to build a new playground at the Yorktown Park. Since then, hundreds of children in the York, PA area have taken advantage of this new playground. We are extremely happy to see this new play…
ES3 Reduces Non-Recyclable Waste by 40%
ES3 is committed to reducing its environmental impact. During the month of February 2014, ES3’s trash tonnage, at its York, PA facility, decreased by 40% compared with January and February of last year. February 2014 has had the least amount of compactor trash leaving the facility. The ES3 Sanitation Team is the driving force responsible…
9. Black Hole or White Light: Harnessing Big Data
[twitter number=”5″ ] There is a lot of industry buzz about big data but few people can enunciate what it is and what benefits it will deliver. The Grocery Manufacturers’ Association (GMA) defines big data as: Data that appears in high volume, velocity, or variety, and encompasses billions of data points that can be…
10. Doing More With Less: Shrinking Resources and Growing Demand
As manufacturers and retailers continue to experiment with fulfillment options, they need a nimble distribution provider. Distribution to a consumer no longer follows one path, and systems need to be set up to plan for efficient fulfillment to each node of the supply chain, whether it be a consumer, store, or pick-up point. Seamless integration…