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Podcast: Rob Handfield on Suppliers, Data, Tech, and Talent

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In the 1990s, purchasing managers were focusing on how to beat up their suppliers in order to buy cheaper. Meanwhile, salespeople for suppliers were trying to work around procurement. On every screen there were moving graphical visualizations of material inventory. One of the problems was that there was not a good response.

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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

Since 2011, the USDA BioPreferred voluntary label has been in the market place and now has been applied to more than 20,000 certified products. The global apparel sector’s effort resulted in the development of the Higg Index, a universally accepted LCA tool and life cycle inventory database. Annual reporting.