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Ethical Sourcing in Today’s Business Landscape

Bristlecone

In today’s interconnected world, ethical sourcing has transitioned from a “nice-to-have” to a critical imperative for businesses across all sectors. This heightened awareness places a significant responsibility on procurement professionals to ensure that their supply chains align with ethical and environmental standards.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. As a first of its kind agreement in the US, FedEx Express will develop plans to test Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous air cargo system within the company’s middle-mile logistics operations, moving shipments between sortation locations. Amazon workers in Staten Island vote to unionize.

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Understanding Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030 and are included in a UN Resolution called the 2030 Agenda. As a result, Mars has been able to procure renewable electricity to cover the entire business in those specific countries. degrees Celsius.

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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

We must plan, source, make, and deliver differently for supply chain sustainability. Schneider Electric has committed to convert its 14,000 fleet vehicles to electric by 2030. These examples address the source, make, and deliver areas of supply chain. Leading supply chains tackle sustainability in a variety of ways.

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My Response to SAP. Bigger, But Not The Answer We Need

Supply Chain Shaman

” The focus is on combining the Ariba Networks, the SAP Logistics Business Network, and the SAP Asset Intelligence Network. SAP Ariba started as an indirect procurement network and lagged the market in developing multi-tier process definition.) No network crosses over the source, make, deliver processes.

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Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

I did not understand warehousing and transportation until reassignment to a logistics role in 1985. In the traditional supply chain world, the processes of sell, deliver, make, source, and plan are separate and distinct. Economic Vision of Supply Chain 2030. Supply Chain 2030. Supply Chain 2030.

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Selling Into the EU? Time to Start Preparing for the Digital Product Passport

Supply Chain Brain

The regulation is designed to provide European consumers with extensive data about the provenance of the items they purchase, all the way back to the sourcing of raw materials. Additional product categories, including detergent, paint, lubricants and chemicals, will likely come under the rule in 2030 or later.