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Why The Time Is Now for Sustainable Procurement

Jaggaer

Earth Day (April 22nd) is a celebration of commitment to creating a safer, healthier and cleaner world, making it a natural time to reflect on the power and value of sustainable procurement programs. Procurement at the pivot point. using a total cost of ownership strategy) and identify key risks (and related costs) to avoid.

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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

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.

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What ChemChina's Syngenta Takeover Deal Means for Agribusiness

Elementum

Worth about US $43 billion , the all-cash bid is the biggest foreign purchase made by a Chinese company and the most expensive transaction on record in the agribusiness industry. billion in 2014, its highest in five years. Syngenta’s Troubles. China’s Food Woes. Food security is a major driving force in ChemChina’s pursuit of Syngenta.

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Anita Arts: “A supply chain manager can no longer sit in an ivory tower

Supply Chain Movement

The British company is owner of Unitymedia KabelBW (Germany), UPC (The Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary and Romania), VTR (Chile) and Liberty (Puerto Rico). because there are only three major companies left who manufacturer such chipsets.”.

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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking: arviem and KeyTone.

Global Trade Management

By having many service providers involved, which among each other are often not connected, the friction in moving goods from source to destination are very high. arviem is headquartered in Switzerland. ► 2014. (13). The healthy growth continues as world merchandise trade continues to grow with an average of 10% per year.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Wolfgang Lehmacher!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In 1996, I was promoted Country General Manager Switzerland. In 2014, I accepted to support the World Economic Forum in developing the supply chain and transport industries. I was Country Manager Switzerland at TNT when the company was bought by KPN. The main push comes from manufacturers and brands.

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Supply chain software demands continual attention

Supply Chain Movement

The food and drinks manufacturer and owner of brands including Lay’s, Duyvis and Quaker has been using that ERP system since 1 November 2013. The freshness of the potatoes is crucial to the quality of our crisps, for example, which makes it necessary to be based close to the source. Inheritance. Google-level. Critical path.