How real-time digital tracking is supporting the packaging supply chain
By Emma-Jane Batey, packaging industry journalist.
Emma-Jane Batey investigates how real-time digital tracking can optimize the packaging supply chain in the age of “Amazon Prime mentality.” Linking the supply chain, Batey speaks to Shippeo, a global leader in real-time transportation visibility and its partner, logistics and warehousing services provider Magnus Logistics.
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