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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. appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. In response, federal and state governments are taking action to drive down the use of slave labor in supply chains. Be Sociable, Share!

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10 Outstanding Books for SCM Professionals

Supply Chain Opz

Data Collection To answer the above question, I''ve searched for new books published during 2010-2013 on Amazon.com. Metrics used to evaluate these new books are as below, 1) Citation count from Google Scholar 2) Number of reviews found on Amazon.com 3) Editorial Opinion Citation count is a standard way to evaluate any publication.

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ERP Aids Your Sustainability Initiatives

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In 2020, Coca-Cola achieved a goal to reduce relative carbon emissions by 25% by 2020, against a 2010 baseline, and is now working on further reductions. The sustainability trend goes beyond businesses that may have positioned themselves as “green” primarily for marketing benefits.

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Insights from Elemica reveal 2014 Frankfurt

Talking Logistics

The German team overcame disappointments in 2006 and 2010 to win the World Cup this year, while favorites Spain (the defending champion) and Brazil (the host country) were humbled by the competition. Herman Woltjes, Shell Chemicals – “Logistics Execution”. As I wrote earlier this year in Is Your Business Model Safe? ,

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Managing for Daily Improvement: Bridging the Gap Across Teams and KPIs

Talking Logistics

Due to the enhanced visibility of data and metrics across peer groups, sales leads have improved their customer service by walking prospective customers through the operations process and comfortably answering any queries on how success is measured. Eberly has more than 20 years of experience in transportation and logistics industries.

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Manufacturing Labor Productivity: A Vital Metric to Spur for American Manufacturing to Compete

GlobalTranz

And, while the first quarter findings may be the result of a measurement issue, multi-year trends show labor productivity growth much slower than our competitors. percent annual growth from 2010 to 2013. From 2010 to 2013, the European Union averaged 4.1 percent annual growth rate, down from 2.5 Louis, where he earned an M.A.

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The Pumpkin Season: Tracking Products with Limited Demand Periods

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restaurants featured pumpkin-flavored options in 2010, that number rose to 14.5 Modern manufacturers offer pumpkin spice alternatives to the traditional fair to capitalize on current trends. Inbound Logistics explained companies that make and sell sports equipment base supply chain performance around a variety of seasonal metrics.