EC Sourcing Group
AUGUST 16, 2022
Unethical Sourcing Practices in Procurement and How to Avoid Them. In procurement, unethical practices can be hard to spot. It’s critical to understand what makes up ethical vs. unethical practices within your procurement function. Unethical Procurement Practices : Examples of Unethical Behavior.
MIT Supply Chain
MAY 20, 2014
A new approach focuses on the way these products are procured. The research explores a new approach to combating drug counterfeiters: devising mitigation strategies based on the way dispensers procure medicines. Second, the procurement of counterfeit product is often the result of an inadequate supply of authentic medicines.
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EcoVadis
JUNE 15, 2011
which effectively persuaded the largest toy company in the world to promise to establish a sustainable procurement policy. Mattel, who suffered from major supply chain issues in 2007 when lead was detected in their toys and who spent US $110 million on “reputation repair”, are in the spotlight once again.
Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 5, 2015
to take in parts from Pratt’s suppliers, package them into kits holding about 8,000 parts, and ship them to Pratt factories for assembly by company’s machinists. Procuring logistics services is not the same as buying paper clips, yet that’s how many procurement organizations approach it.
Freight Plus
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
In 2012, American software company and makers of popular products such as Photoshop & Acrobat, Adobe completely redesigned their packaging to be environmentally sensitive. The end result is a package that maintained durability and the surface area needed to draw attention to store shelves while eliminating waste and reducing cost.
EcoVadis
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
This is creating a ‘triple-whammy’ of imperatives for procurement teams — and their trading partners — to monitor and manage risk, while at the same time exposing new sources of value that will be the key differentiators in the future.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Special programs—new product launch, promotional packaging, and samples—are often managed as marketing programs using offline processes (usually spreadsheets). Ironically, inventory levels today are higher than they were in 2007; yet customer service levels issues abound. The reason why? The answer is simple. Tax and tariffs.
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