Resilinc

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Barring some unexpected twist, COP26 will end with an updated version of the 2015 Paris Agreement, with commitments from individual nations to reduce their GHGs but no binding, enforceable international agreement. Formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, CDP is the most respected and widely used NGO engaged in corporate GHG reporting.)

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Check out Procurement Report Card: Most Executives Think Procurement Isn’t Strategic Enough! Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Christopher Marquis ( @CMarquisCornell ), a Professor in Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University, explains, “People are increasingly expecting and calling on businesses to uphold higher social and environmental standards.”[1] 2] He adds, “Ensuring internal operations are sustainable is no longer enough.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In my 2014 piece, I argued that educators need to play a role here and pointed to the planned launch in 2015 of the groundbreaking MITx MicroMasters® Program in Supply Chain Management online program as an example of what educators can contribute. One example is sustainability.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 13, 2015

I sure called this one right…Globalization linked with increasing labor costs in countries such as China, as well as fuel costs and regulatory shifts, are driving a dramatic impact on where companies source, where they produce, and the complexity of processes required to sell to the customer.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Now… Is there something to be learned from this quote in Finding Nemo, that we can apply to procurement and sourcing? A gang of procurement and sourcing professionals with our backs up against the wall, and the fight is at our front door. So here we are. The common enemy: the complexity of the global supply chain.

Food 54

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 17, 2017

million metric tons this year. The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector has led the charge for sustainable procurement in recent years as technology companies push hard to meet consumer demands for transparency in the supply chain. The challenges are only growing. Even as the new U.S.

Waste Reduction 53

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 7, 2018

Back in 2015, Nestlé committed itself to “be an industry leader in determining where the seafood [in its supply chain] is coming from and demanding it is Sourced Responsibly.” These types of training programs show that the topics of supply chain transparency and sustainability have traction within an organization.”

Supply Chain Planning Software 100

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

Not only has Walmart excelled over the decades in traditional supply chain management but with recent news as of late, Walmart is also focused on continuous improvement by investing more into emerging technologies to capture more of the e-commerce market as well as a focus on sustainability. ” Walmart states early on. marketwatch.com.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). As a B2B company, procurement management is essential.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 17, 2011

The IT and telecommunications sectors have long been at the forefront of sustainable procurement, yet the pressure to successfully actualize sustainable practices along each stage of the supply chain (raw materials, manufacturing and end-of-life recycling) is intensifying.

Electronics 40

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

” CNN Money Watch, August 12, 2015. Many organizations will play the shell game of reporting forecast error so that the numbers look better: either calculating the forecast at a higher level in the forecast hierarchy (not at the item level) or reporting the data as a Weighted Mean Absolute Error.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). As a B2B company, procurement management is essential.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Well, my big audacious prediction for 2015 did not come true. And business relationships did not become more Vested this year — if anything, they reverted back to being “win-lose” arrangements (see Walmart’s Message to Suppliers: Talk to the Hand and The High Cost of Poor Supplier Relationships ). and L Brands Inc.’s

Predictive Analytics Software 120

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SupplyShift

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In 2017, US retail chocolate sales were the highest in 5 years, topping $22 B, while cocoa commodity prices are at a five-year low, more than 30% lower than the 2015 peak. Stasi Baranoff, Director of Global Ops and Sourcing, Uncommon Cacao). Uncommon Cacao is not alone in their efforts to improve cacao sourcing and growing practices.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

He shared with me his insights on sourcing from a diverse supply base, and how this has become truly engrained into P&G’s corporate culture. Rick will be presenting at our upcoming SCRC meeting on December 7-8, 2015. I had an opportunity to interview Andy Butler, head of Supplier Diversity at Procter and Gamble last week.

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EcoVadis

JUNE 16, 2016

The amount of ocean products consumers can purchase from grocery stores and restaurants is bountiful and varied. Numerous 2015 media reports exposed slave conditions in the Thai fishing sector. State Department, Southeast Asian countries, and notably Thailand, are also sources of widespread modern slavery. Introduction.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. coli outbreak at Chipotle in 2015 or the E. As per a 2017 report by. Yet, according to a. In the case of the second E.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Your marketing strategy should focus on building brand equity because it plays a significant role in your brewery’s long-term sustainability. It ensures consistent repeat purchases over time, regardless of price, convenience or even a global pandemic. Breweries are also embracing renewable energy sources.

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SupplyShift

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In 2017, US retail chocolate sales were the highest in 5 years, topping $22 B, while cocoa commodity prices are at a five-year low, more than 30% lower than the 2015 peak. Stasi Baranoff, Director of Global Ops and Sourcing, Uncommon Cacao). Uncommon Cacao is not alone in their efforts to improve cacao sourcing and growing practices.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. coli outbreak at Chipotle in 2015 or the E. coli outbreaks of romaine lettuce in 2017 and 2018. In the case of the second E.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. coli outbreak at Chipotle in 2015 or the E. coli outbreaks of romaine lettuce in 2017 and 2018. In the case of the second E.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. coli outbreak at Chipotle in 2015 or the E. coli outbreaks of romaine lettuce in 2017 and 2018. In the case of the second E.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. coli outbreak at Chipotle in 2015 or the E. coli outbreaks of romaine lettuce in 2017 and 2018. In the case of the second E.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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GlobalTranz

JULY 14, 2015

Furthermore, the use of robotics in the order fulfillment, specifically the “item picking” processes , could help foster a faster purchase-to-delivery timeline. No one really knows what the future of the IoT holds, but it will be more efficient, effective, productive, sustainable, and commonly-used than it is today.

Internet of things 120

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 11, 2016

Trucks were readily available on the spot market in 2015 , and at bargain prices -- at least when you compare to average rates in 2014. Spot market rates were higher in 2015 than in 2013, the most recent "normal" year. Load volume in 2015 was on par with 2013 , due entirely to heavier demand in the first half of the year.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 21, 2010

Nestlé announced on Friday that they would stop purchasing Palm oil from Indonesian supplier Sinar Mas. Nestle’s announcement came just 2 days after Greenpeace released a report on Wednesday (including a very aggressive video) which looked into how the company was sourcing palm oil.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 25, 2021

In 2015 Simon and Helena launched TrueStart, which produced performance coffee for athletes. Importantly, their products are all healthy, sugar free, sustainable and ethically sourced. And just in time, too, given they have recently released their cold brew cans in Coop and Spar stores across the UK.

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o9 Solutions

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The foundations of a strong supply chain sustainability program are built on data. Increasingly, companies are realizing that there are operational and financial gains associated with building more sustainable supply chains. But the management of an enterprise’s own sustainability data is only part of the picture. WMS and TMS).

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Unleashed

MARCH 22, 2022

Higher-quality, innovative and more authentic flavours are now available – and sustainable, low-sugar and low-calorie products are now available for consumers who are health-conscious and environmentally aware. It was established by Ben Branson in 2015 and produces botanicals-based, alcohol-free spirits.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The company leverages globally sourcing strategies to buy products at a lower cost and then deploys some unique process logic to drive mass customization for retailers. Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. (As Improvement. Supply Chain Index.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Jacqueline Renfrow reports members of Generation Y are ready to spend big on groceries this holiday season. Renfrow reports, “Millennials are quickly becoming the strongest spenders in the grocery segment. Renfrow reports, “This generation values quality as well as transparency about where their food originated.”

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AFFLINK

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

They also expect more of their retailers, in terms of sustainability and ethical production. Gen Z encompasses consumers who were born between 1995 and 2015. Most of Gen Z is used to purchasing things online — even local goods. Thus, this generation is far more accustomed to on-demand purchasing. Who Are Gen Z?

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

This creates a “double whammy” effect, in that digitization is driving up the need for analytics but to truly find collaborative solutions that rely on new technology solutions, companies will need to find ways to partner. Prediction 1 – Supply Chain Analytics Will Become More Predictive (Not Backward Looking).

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Source: Supply Chain Digest. Last month, Lennox Residential was runner-up in the 2015 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Supply Chain Innovation competition, arguably the top supply chain award in North America. Source: Lennox. What does it take to create an award-winning supply chain?

Supply Chain Planning Software 120

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

He explained, “A [2015] white paper from the Food Marketing Institute … spelled it out pretty effectively. Rather than just a ‘do-gooder’ practice, the paper stated, diversity is now ‘a sustainable business practice, a competitive advantage and a necessary means of increasing market share.’”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2021

Supply chain sustainability and the concept of “going green” continues to drive a lot of operational initiatives and innovations as companies and countries look at their overall carbon footprint and look for ways to be more environmentally friendly. Sustainability initiatives cannot exist in a vacuum. UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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