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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

California, for example, passed the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 , which went into effect in January 2012. And as I highlighted last week, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal , “Wal-Mart Stores Inc.,

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How Machine Learning Is Redefining Supply Chain Management

IQMS

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. The manufacturing industry leads all others in the volume of data it produces on a yearly basis. Preston, D. S., & Swink, M.

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Labor Strike Targeting U.S. Automakers- Update Five

Supply Chain Matters

Ford has elected to partner with South Korean based battery manufacturer SK Innovation , in building and the joint operating of three battery production facilities, two in Kentucky and one in Tennessee. The report highlights 10 years of data dating back to 2010 indicating that the 10 CEO ’s of the three U.S. Both of these U.S.

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Getting Ready for 2017: Reflections on Telling Lies

Supply Chain Shaman

I struggle to find a good supply chain academic journal, and often speak to my academic network about the need for one. To gain competitive economies of scale and drive the segmented response, the back office operations–procurement, manufacturing and transportation–are automated and effective. Reflections.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech June 28 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The Wall Street Journal reported last week that global retailer Walmart has developed a capability to be able to switch seamlessly between Cloud computing platforms and its own application servers, offering a roadmap to other organizations: “ that want to reduce their dependence on giant technology companies. ”. billion in 2016.

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COVID-19: Coping with unpredictability in supply chain

Proxima

As highlighted in a recent Journal of Commerce webinar, essentially, what we are experiencing is an extended Chinese New Year with an added massive backlog of supply coming in approximately 30-60 days. COVID-19 impacted every aspect of Chinese manufacturing and shipping capability.

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Supply Chain Management:Indicators from the 2012 Holiday Buying.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. This week, the Wall Street Journal featured two articles that succinctly portray the current aggressiveness among retailer sales and marketing teams to capture consumer online interest.