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Why Can’t The Supply Chain Get Rid of Abuse?

Material Handling & Logistics

Let’s stop buying products where labor abuse exists in the supply chain. In 2010, 18 workers threw themselves from the top of the Chinese company’s building, resulting in 14 deaths. The answer is eight. In the apparel industry, just this past January, luxury fashion retailer Hugo Boss said it found cases of forced labor.

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The Reshoring Initiative: 3 Reasons Why American Retailers Are Reshoring U.S. Manufacturing Jobs

GlobalTranz

added 77,000 jobs in 2016, with an additional 13,000 reported for the previous six years, for a total of 338,000 manufacturing jobs reshored since 2010. Supply Chain Control. Apple’s move toward reshoring reflects another motivation compelling manufacturers to move their operations back to America: supply chain control.