Sourcing Guide

After my recent critique of recycled plastic failures, many procurement officers asked me a difficult question: "If recycled material is a liability, how do we hit our 25% sustainability targets without destroying our brand reputation?" My answer is consistent: you move away from the "recycled loop" and step onto the Clean...

When was the last time you calculated the cost of the air inside your shipping boxes? Most procurement teams will fight a supplier for three weeks over a $0.01 resin price hike, yet they silently pay for 20% empty space in every 40HQ container they ship. In the high-volume poly...

The most common trap in the high-volume procurement of fresh-keeping bags on roll is the manipulation of the "Net Resin Weight" versus the "Gross Roll Weight." In a competitive market, some suppliers will offer an impossibly low price per roll, only to compensate by using a heavily weighted paper core....