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Unethical Supply Chains Cost More Than Dollars and Cents

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More recently, Cadbury’s supply chain in Ghana was found to include children as young as 10 working on cocoa farms while missing school. In 2014, it was estimated that over half of the global child laborers were working over 9 hours per day. The costs fall on the children in the form of lost education and increased health risks.

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May 2019 Automation Hero: Elsante Mnzava of Mkenga Group

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Today, Amex Auto Spares’ local procurement staff spend considerably more time negotiating best pricing with suppliers rather than trying to figure out what to buy! They have totally eliminated the use of Excel for planning and executing local purchases, which they were spending upwards of 5 hours a day on.

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May 2019 Automation Hero: Elsante Mnzava of Mkenga Group

EazyStock

Today, Amex Auto Spares’ local procurement staff spend considerably more time negotiating the best pricing with suppliers rather than trying to figure out what to buy! How do tasks change when you implement automation solutions? For example, using Excel to manually calculate buffer stock levels and re-order quantities.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

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Ali, 2014) making it difficult for monitors to distinguish the impact of a REE from the rest of the ore. In Ghana, another startup, BenBen , is using a blockchain-based system to securely certify land ownership. And finally, the lack of reporting can also be attributed to REEs almost always being mined as by-products (B.C. Golev, S.H.