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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. Historically, the traditional supply chain focused on improving costs. Today, more mature supply chain teams focus on delivering value. To help, in this post, we provide you with some insights for the period of 2006-2015.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches. John and I held differing beliefs.

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Why Energy Supply Chains are Transitioning to Renewables

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Despite the persistance of some strong fundamentals , 2020 may signal the true turning point in the shift to renewable sources for energy companies. This is not an isolated phenomenon: Norway has been divesting a number of funds of oil and gas investments, especially from high-carbon emission sources like Canadian oil sands.

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How Can We Heal the Global Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

In the last six months, in my travels, I have presented to supply chain teams in China, Belgium, France, Germany, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. I strongly feel that if I am going to cover the global supply chain that I need to experience it. A Personal Reflection.

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Making Supply Meet Demand: Qatar’s healthcare services

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Source: Arabs Live Longer, Battle Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease. In 2008, the Qatar government developed a long term vision that is known as “the Qatar National Vision 2030.”    Specifically, SCH has increased the total number of hospital beds from 2,024 to 2,803 from 2006 to 2012. .  Saudi Arabia.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

Interested in understanding how supply chain transparency could benefit your business? There is no industry-wide certification or standard for socio-environmental reporting across the REE value chain. Read the short version of this report on Medium. Get in touch here. Introduction. The market is set to grow by 8.5%

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Big Tech and Auto Battle for the World’s Cobalt Resources

Elementum

In 2006, lithium-ion batteries consumed only 20% of the global cobalt supply. As a finite but clearly valuable resource locked mostly in countries with difficult-to-track labor standards, cobalt’s supply chain has fallen under intense scrutiny in recent months, and companies are rushing to get their share. Conclusion.