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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

If you have not yet tackled the question of ethics in procurement, now is a great time to start. It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. Procurement is what sets entire supply chains and their organisations in motion.

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COVID-19: Bullwhip in Cheese Demand

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Revenues and profit at the delivery giant rose by double digits in the third quarter amid the pandemic-driven rush of online orders, the WSJ’s Paul Ziobro reports, but UPS’s main domestic business posted a sharp decline in profit on the higher costs of delivering all those boxes to homes. Advertisement. Transportation. – Bob.

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Commodities Used in Electric Car Batteries: An Update on Lithium and Nickel

Resilinc

High-temperature alloys, created primarily using cobalt, are essential for advanced technologies like semiconductor fabrication, electric vehicle batteries, and aerospace products. Cobalt is a crucial element in the high-tech industry due to its unique properties and versatile applications.

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

Supply Chain Opz

Aerospace Industry is characterized by high material costs (about 65-80%). During a short term planning (less than one month), they pay much attention to the coordination between purchasing, production and sales. They develop a 6-month master production plan and a weekly and a daily production schedule for each month in advance.

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Survey: How to benefit from electronic invoicing

SupplyOn

In this research, we surveyed 788 professionals from Europe, the Americas and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region on the status of electronic invoicing in their companies, its impact on financial indicators (KPIs) and related processes.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Things that make you go “hmm”… In more relevant news… Descartes Reports Fiscal 2014 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. Facebook Looking Into Buying Drone Maker Titan Aerospace. Descartes reported FY14 annual revenues of $151.3 million, up 19 percent from the previous year. Adjusted EBITDA was $44.5

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Global Trade and Decoupling from China

Enterra Insights

Claire Jones ( @senoj_erialc ), a global economy reporter for the Financial Times Alphaville, explains, “The advent of hyper-globalization involved three drivers from the political, technological, and policymaking spheres. ” They go on to predict, “U.S. ”[4]. .”[6]

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