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Solving The Cold Chain Challenges

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

One Network has years of experience in healthcare supply networks that provide medicines and vaccines to hundreds of millions of people in Africa and around the globe. Supply Networks operate based on the trading relationships between producers, manufacturers, consumers, retailers, distributors, and suppliers.

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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

Supply chain due diligence is a critical topic for manufacturers and enterprises in all industries, especially given three major impacts of recent high-profile abuse cases, new due diligence laws and consumer buying trends. . The concept of ethical sourcing has risen in popularity during the past four years.” . Let’s break it down.

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A look at solving the e-recycling problem

ModusLink Corporation

It’s a growing problem with no easy solution: with the expansion of technology, an increasing amount of electronics waste is ending up in developing countries such as Ghana, India and parts of China. Africa is seeing a slightly different trend, where the burgeoning access to PCs and cell phones is creating a domestic e-waste problem.

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The Amazing Supply Chain of Chocolate Easter Eggs

Supply Chain Game Changer

During the 17 th and 18 th centuries, new traditions arose – egg-shaped toys were manufactured with some being filled with Easter gifts and chocolates before being gifted to children. And some of the best quality cocoa originates from Ghana. Asia is also becoming an important growing region, with cocoa being a relatively new crop.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

With experience in Enterprise Storage and Consumer Hardware, he can help with a variety of tasks, such as product launches, changes in manufacturing, and cost-cutting techniques. Paul Stephen Location: South Africa/ Remote Rating: 0/5.0 Isaac Ahasu Location: Ghana Rating: 0/5.0 He offers his service in Logistics consulting.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

The clean energy technology sector achieved considerable growth with China’s low REE prices and advances in manufacturing technology , growth that some associated with low environmental and social sustainability standards. In Ghana, another startup, BenBen , is using a blockchain-based system to securely certify land ownership.

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Unethical Supply Chains Cost More Than Dollars and Cents

QAD

And, also served as a wake up call across the manufacturing and other industries, not just the textile and garment segment. More recently, Cadbury’s supply chain in Ghana was found to include children as young as 10 working on cocoa farms while missing school. Apple has not been able to avoid this situation.