Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 26, 2022
ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. In my own defense, things kind of took off after 2014. A couple of Swisslog’s recent, publicly-stated client projects include a US facility for The Giant Company (Ahold Delhaize) and a facility in Malaysia for IKEA. **.
Supply Chain View from the Field
JANUARY 13, 2015
Last year around this time I made a lot of predictions about what 2014 would hold in store…Let’s revisit some of these, and see what has happened (or what hasn’t!) Here are my predictions from 2014, and an update on what I think will happen in these areas.
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Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Consumers, activists, and investors increasingly want to know the products they buy are sourced sustainably and ethically. ’ With respect to their consumer behavior, 73 percent of global millennials are willing to pay extra for sustainable products, an increase from 50 percent in 2014.”[2]. sources of raw materials.
Kinaxis
JANUARY 4, 2016
In 2014, three of the top five biggest supply chain disruptions were related to natural disasters. The report is predicting economies including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines could be as much as a quarter less productive than they are now.
Elementum
JUNE 19, 2015
In Malaysia, for example, one in three workers are victims of such forced labor. Many OEM’s use labor organizations to source laborers because it is cheaper and more efficient; however, by doing so they run the risk of employing forced laborers in the process.
NC State SCRC
AUGUST 23, 2017
Faced with stiff price competition in their home markets, the apparel industry was one of the first to adopt the outsourced supply chain concept (Wieland and Handfield, 2013; 2014). The most obvious way to create social responsibility might be just to avoid sourcing markets with low social standards.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
JUNE 10, 2021
Global Supply Chain & Sourcing Director for ECCO Global Shoe Production & Sourcing. My projects in Malaysia, Philippines, China, Indonesia and eventually Vietnam, ranged from customer service and order fulfillment, shop-floor planning, inventory management, import/export and procurement.
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