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Sustainability: Do Supply Management and Global Sourcing Matter? (Guest Post by Jury Gualandris, UCD)

SCM Research

Based on our recent publication in Supply Chain Management: An International Journal ( doi:10.1108/SCM-11-2013-0430 ), we argue that firms leveraging higher levels of global sourcing can manage to reach equivalent environmental and social performance relative to who is sourcing locally. Gualandris, J., Golini, R., & Kalchschmidt, M.

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How Being in the Army Changed My Life

BlueYonder

Throughout my childhood, I was inspired to join the Army by my grandad who served as a Royal Engineer (RE) in World War II and my uncle who served as an infantry soldier in the 1970’s and during trouble in Northern Ireland. During my time as a Military Administrator I served in Germany, Holland, Belgium and Northern Ireland.

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Boeing’s Production Quality Crisis Significantly Escalates

Supply Chain Matters

That was up from a reported 10 percent in 2013. Supply contracts involve the wing structures for the Airbus A220 aircraft family that are produced in a facility in Belfast, Ireland. According to a report by Reuters , 19 percent of Spirit’s 2023 revenues were derived from aircraft structure needs of Airbus.

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Guest post: Sustainable monitoring in supply chains: it’s time for companies to reconnect with their stakeholders.

EcoVadis

or the recent catastrophe in Rana Plaza, Bangladesh, Surewiecki, 2013). For instance, according to the last available report published by Oxfam (2013), the collaboration with Unilever has been necessary because self-assessments and site visits performed by the focal firm were not always sensitive to social issues (e.g., Oxfam, 2013.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

The company launched in Sydney in 2012 and has since expanded its global reach into New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, counting a total of more than two million users —with an employee count of just 209. Leaning on AI Technology. Car sharing. Music and video streaming.

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Asia, better brace yourself for Usagi! He’s not in a good mood…

Supply Chain View from the Field

The next big disaster of 2013 could be the Category 5 Typhoon Usagi that is set to hit Taiwan, Hong Kong and China Mainland this Sunday. Don’t be surprised if there are supply chain disruptions. One idea: import manufacturers might diversify production partner locations instead of having all of their product sources in a single basket.

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Delivery Drones are Taking Off! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

For an example of some of the restrictions that apply to drones in Ireland, check out the below graphic from the Irish Aviation Authority. ?. Amazon was one of the first companies to make headlines about drone delivery when its CEO Jeff Bezos announced plans to create Amazon Prime Air in 2013. Drone Delivery Case Studies.