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

crisp

For Earth Day, we spoke with Crisp customers (and B Corps) Good Food for Good and Purely Elizabeth to learn about the global B Corp movement and what it means to be a mission-driven CPG brand. Purely Elizabeth is a better-for-you granola brand that was founded in 2009 by Elizabeth Stein.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

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. Companies must always align to the right rhythms and cycles to meet the customer order patterns. Let’s start with a definition. What does this mean?

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Nine Myths of S&OP Technology Selection

Supply Chain Shaman

Like a hammer looking for a nail, it seems like every vendor I meet now has an S&OP solution. When I wrote a summary report at AMR Research in 2007 and 2009, there were two or 6% of the market. One of the issues that clients face is the ability to configure the application to meet their needs. It is comical.

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Sustainable Forestry: Can We Get It Right?

EcoVadis

Zero-deforestation pledges have reached an impressive scale: The New York Declaration on Forests was endorsed by 36 national governments, 53 companies and 54 civil-society organizations and the Consumer Goods Forum represents 400 companies across 70 countries. International Cooperation and Major Leaps Forward.

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Disruption in China Ripples Across Global Supply Chains in April 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The report specifically indicated: “ Average purchase prices rose to one of the greatest extents during the past 11 years, leading to the joint-steepest increase in output charges since the series began in October 2009.”. . China’s Specific Impact. in April, from the value of 49.5 reported for March. from a value of 56.5

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Three Lies and a Truth

Supply Chain Shaman

Well-intended projects and process built-in isolation were a major barrier to meeting the goal. In 2009, the definition of supply chain resiliency was driven by the impact of the Great Recession. For many this has increased supply chain risk due to a weakening of the supplier base. Technologies were implemented as projects.

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PRO Point of View: Pascale de Felix, Global Sourcing Director – Methods, Tools & Responsible Sourcing at the Bel Group

EcoVadis

In 2009, our first year of collaboration, we launched our first supplier evaluation campaign with a panel representing our purchasing categories and geographical areas. You represent the Bel Group in the EcoVadis AIM-Progress initiative, which includes seven consumer goods companies. What is your objective? .