Feb. 23 - I'll have packaging — to go, please

The pandemic-driven shift to takeout stressed restaurant supply chains and the packaging manufacturers from which they source. View online | Sign up | Forward

Weekly edition | Feb.​ 23,​ 2021 Your Guide to Operations By Shefali Kapadia   BROUGHT TO YOU BY — Snapfulfil Harnessing the Power of WMS in the New Normal Take a look at the 5 key challenges for warehouses to tackle in the 'new normal' and learn the power data has in an efficient warehouse. Read the ebook.   The pandemic-driven shift to takeout stressed restaurant supply chains and the packaging manufacturers from which they source. (Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here.) I'll have packaging — to go, please Almost half of full-service restaurants introduced delivery last year, and more than half of them added curbside pickup, according to the National Restaurant Association. That has meant restaurants using fewer plates and silverware and more food packaging and boxes.  But for manufacturers producing the packaging, finding material is difficult. They're competing with corrugated box manufacturers who are also sourcing and manufacturing at a time of unprecedented demand for e-commerce shipping. Read more. Walmart's automation: From test to scale There's only so much any one retailer can pick and deliver from a store with manual labor. Enter: automation. In Walmart facilities, automated bots bring items from shelves to a pick station, where workers pack up the goods. More automation means more goods packed — and more fulfillment capacity, as Walmart competes with Amazon and brick-and-mortar retailers. Read the story. As Pfizer doubles production ... Pfizer is stepping up coronavirus vaccine manufacturing by expanding its network and reducing the time it takes to conduct quality checks.  In total, the drugmaker has agreed to deliver 300 million vaccine doses to the U.S. by the end of July. Details here. ... Ford scales back 10% to 20% The estimated decrease in planned production Ford expects, due to a global shortage of semiconductors. What's causing the bottleneck? Dive deeper. Source: Ford   Opinion Poll             How has your production changed over the last year? We've increased production across the board We want to increase production but can't, due to supply chain constraints We've decreased production across the board Production changes have varied by SKU Other — hit reply and tell us! Have a poll question you’d like to suggest? Let us know!   Last week's results are in! We asked: How do you plan to adjust your safety stock over the next six months? 25% of you said (A) Increase safety stock; 12% said (B) Decrease safety stock; 18% said (C) Keep it the same; 31% said (D) Increase some SKUs but decrease others; and 14% said (D) Other.                                                 Quick Hits Modern Materials Handling 5G usage in DCs and warehouses will be about better connectivity into assets, without adding more Wi-Fi traffic to networks. Supply Chain Digest Warehouse thefts remain a major issue. How can companies protect themselves? Forbes America's warehouse space demand is marching toward a better future, buoyed by the acceleration of e-commerce. FreightWaves Warehouse automation initiatives are being prioritized across the market. HR Dive Biden has ended Trump-era industry apprentice program that gave employers and industry groups design leeway without much oversight from the government. Parting thought As I write this, I'm looking (guiltily) at my recycling bin filling up with takeout containers. Home recycling of plastic packaging is notoriously complicated and can vary based on material, municipality and many other factors. I don't know if the containers that delivered my tacos will be reincarnated into the supply chain in another form — or whether they will fall victim to the landfill. Changes to packaging during the pandemic are just as much about product lifecycle as they are about sourcing, manufacturing and distribution. Shefali Kapadia Senior Editor, Supply Chain Dive Twitter | Email

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