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Ford Motor Moves Deeper Into Supply Network Vertical Integration

Supply Chain Matters

based Albemarle providing upwards of 100,000 metric tons of battery grade lithium hydroxide to supply 3 million Ford EV batteries starting in 2026. A supply agreement starting in 2025 involves EnergySource Minerals and Compass Minerals , for lithium supply to be produced in California and Utah. These agreements include U.S.

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How Suppliers Demonstrate Best Practices to Buyers

SupplyShift

Ultimately, we can see that brands identify strategic and primary suppliers based not only on price, but also on the quality of sustainability data. For example, procurement, quality, and sustainability divisions at larger companies often sort suppliers into segments. These metrics may include: Product and material certifications.

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How Suppliers Demonstrate Best Practices to Buyers

SupplyShift

Ultimately, we can see that brands identify strategic and primary suppliers based not only on price, but also on the quality of sustainability data. For example, procurement, quality, and sustainability divisions at larger companies often sort suppliers into segments. Store quality data and perform regular updates.

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How to prepare for a transparent supply chain in 2021

SupplyShift

To reuse the Kraft Heinz example, something like: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Decrease water usage by 20 percent at high-risk sites and 15 percent overall by 2025 (per metric ton of product made).

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How to prepare for a transparent supply chain in 2021

SupplyShift

To reuse the Kraft Heinz example, something like: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Decrease water usage by 20 percent at high-risk sites and 15 percent overall by 2025 (per metric ton of product made). Map all supplying sites.

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Megatrends (Possibly) Shaping Supply Chain Trends: Technology

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Network slicing allows cellular 5G networks to deliver dedicated virtual networks across a single physical infrastructure, reducing costs, segregating traffic and enabling delivery of quality of service metrics like latency, bandwidth and congestion management.

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Conquering the Explosion of Supply Chain Planning Data

Logility

The total amount of business data is estimated to double every 18 months and by 2025 the World will create 463 Exabyte’s of data daily. Listed below are few benefits from digitally transforming your supply chain: Foundation for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities depend on high quality, consistent and complete data.