Overhaul

FDF World | September 20, 2018

Mars Wrigley Confectionery, one of the world’s largest buyers of cocoa, has launched a new sustainability plan that aims to tackle what it describes as the “broken” cocoa supply chain. The maker of M&Ms and Snickers said that it is overhauling its cocoa supply chain in a bid to tackle problems that the wider sector has so far failed to address including deforestation, child labour, and poverty. Named Cocoa for Generations, Mars' latest sustainability strategy pla...

Flightglobal | July 25, 2018

Called LEAP2020 – which stands for Leonardo Empowering Advanced Partnerships – the programme is aimed at delivering "growth of Leonardo's supply chain in terms of both scale and quality", the company says. The initiative will establish a "new model" for relationships with suppliers under which partners will be "sharing future challenges and opportunities", it states. For its own business, the programme will deliver "important cost savings and st...

XPO Logistics | January 17, 2020

As one of the largest providers of transportation and logistics services worldwide, XPO Logistics serves over 50,000 customers. Supply Chain Digital takes a closer look at the firm. The company offers a range of different solutions. These are: drayage, expedite, full truckload, global forwarding, intermodal, last mile, less-than-truckload, managed transportation. With around 202mn sq.ft of facility space, XPO Logistics is considered one of the largest logistics providers worldwide. The organisat...

Flexcon | January 16, 2020

LeanCor Supply Chain Group, a provider of end-to-end supply chain management and logistics, announced that Flexcon, a supplier coated and laminated films and adhesives, has selected the company as its third-party logistics provider to manage logistics engineering and transportation execution in order to advance performance and deliver improved customer experience. LeanCor will engineer and manage Flexcon’s North American transportation network, providing a dedicated team of logisticians at...