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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

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In April 2022, allegations arose claiming children as young as 10 in Ghana , West Africa were harvesting cocoa beans for food industry giant Mondel?z A 2021 Deloitte study documented how 43% of UK consumers selected brands based on environmentally sustainable values. z International, which owns Cadbury. Consumer Buying Trends.

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Talent Trap

Supply Chain Shaman

Despite multimillion dollar technology projects, and tomes of strategy documents, they are stuck in their ability to overcome market factors and rising complexity to drive continuous improvement on a portfolio of metrics. Out of Africa. Their supply chains are not improving corporate performance. What does that mean?

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Supply Chain Scope: New Study Shows Rise in US Inventories; California Estimated to Improve Freight Efficiency by 25% in 2030

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Changes have also been made throughout the document to clarify and emphasize the collaboration between the responsible agencies and other regional planning efforts, including funding.”. The most common (and probably an oversimplified) example cited is that butterfly flapping its wings in Africa can cause a hurricane in Europe.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #3

Supply Chain Trend

Since then Sean has been involved in a large number of complicated, innovative but exciting projects in Australia, America, Africa and Europe for industry sectors such as FMCG, Food and Beverage, Software, Healthcare, Pharma, Defence and Heavy Manufacturing – helping to improve some very diverse Value Chains!

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

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Mobile apps can generate reports and monitor performance metrics. Zipline already delivers medication to areas in Africa that are difficult to access. “It’s become the norm to…” Send data and documents to and from the cloud, to use e-mail or public messaging services as well as download and transfer data.