Linde LLC, a Murray Hill, N.J.-based subsidiary of Linde North America, Inc., broke ground on a La Porte, Texas, plant designed to produce liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon.
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy launched three resources designed to help the dairy value
chain measure, improve and communicate about sustainability.
Unprecedented pressures to fill complex orders, deliver orders on time, increase food safety, and reduce carbon footprint have made success a daunting task. These demands are driving logistics professionals to investigate automated options for their warehouses to help drive revenue growth.
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Bentonville, Ark., said it plans to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015.
Richmond Cold Storage Company (RCS) said energy cuts helped the Richmond, Va.-based company reduce its carbon footprint by as much as 9 percent during 2009.
It’s been 50 years since supply chain pioneers Harvey Shycon and Richard Maffei used a primitive computer to complete their first-of-a-kind “physical distribution optimization” plan for the H. J. Heinz Co.
