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July 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Indicating Declining Momentum

Supply Chain Matters

The latest report indicated that rates of expansion slowed in consumer, investment and intermediate goods industries, the latter for the third time in three months. Also highlighted was that purchasing activity, stocks of purchases and finished goods inventories collectively rose in July. slipping 2.3

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The 2022 China Singles Day Shopping Holiday- Muted Indications of Growth

Supply Chain Matters

Since this festival was first initiated in November of 2009, involvement among major online shopping platforms has expanded within and outside of China. Further, ongoing Covid infection outbreaks and the government’s Zero Tolerance policies involving multiple cities and regions has reportedly impacted consumer shopping behaviors.

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The Digital Supply Chain: Making The Leap With A Ball and Chain

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Dealing with the talent shortage in emerging economies will redefine human resource policies and industry consortia programs. Used from the 17th century until the late mid-20th century, a ball and chain found in 2009 in the United Kingdom from the 17th century was an 18 pound ball six inches in diameter. Redefinition of Talent.

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Earth Day spotlight: What it means to be a Benefit Corporation in CPG

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Prashant Dube, COO Good Food for Good B Corp spotlight: Purely Elizabeth While some companies find that their established business practices help them achieve a B Corp certification, other companies like Purely Elizabeth used the B Lab assessment to build the framework for their business in its early days.

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Supply Chain Digest Presents the Best in Supply Chain Content.

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Consumer Goods and Retail Supp. Inventory Management/Optimizat. The electronic version of the 16-page Supply Chain Digest Letter on Supply Chain Performance Management 2009. Privacy Policy | -->. Sitemap | Privacy Policy. or Search by TOPIC. Select Topic. Bar Coding/Label Printing. Compliance Networks.

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VTech: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

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Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Companies passing these two tests are then analyzed against the performance factors for 2009-2015: Growth. Inventory Turns. Better performance in inventory turns than the peer group average for the period studied.