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Illegal Supply Chains: selling stolen and counterfeit drugs

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Illegal and Counterfeit Medicines from Sellers at an Angola Market.   As of 2013, there were over 35,000 online pharmacies and 97% of them did not comply with US laws.    It was reported that 36 million Americans (1 out of 6 Americans) purchase drugs without proper prescriptions in 2013

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S.E.C. Approval of Conflict Minerals Rules: a landmark in supply chain disclosure requirements

EcoVadis

Countries covered by the new rules in addition to the DRC include South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. First specialized disclosure report to be filed on May 31, 2014 (for the 2013 calendar year) and annually on May 31 every year thereafter.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014. According to the figures by Armstrong & Associates for 2012 to 2013, global 3PL revenues rose only modestly (by 2.7%), while the growth rate in Germany was just 0.87% and a meagre 0.01% in Europe as a whole. Antarctica.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in May 2013. All you need to know about Supply Chain KPIs. Supply Chain KPI. First Name *. Last Name *. If you’d like to read more about Supply Chain KPIs, you can download (free) a chapter from one of our Best Selling Books on the topic. Free Supply Chain Benchmarking Chapter.

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