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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

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 United States. It doesn’t take a very deep search to uncover recent global headlines of abuses in production. z International, which owns Cadbury.

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Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022

Locus

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. While the COVID-19 pandemic brought down CO2 emissions by 5 percent —to 34.81

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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Eisenhower who was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. The Eisenhower Principle helps manage the decision-making process effectively in every situation. The Eisenhower Principle was founded by Dwight D. During a crisis important and urgent actions need to be categorised.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Supermarkets were forced to ration a range of fruit and vegetables earlier this year due to poor weather in Europe and Africa leading to shortages. terawatt-hours of solar power would eliminate more than 112 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, the report found. Generating the full 185.6

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When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

In the United States, fire activity increased in February and March 2022—fire is not just a California issue. Year-to-date, the number of United States fires and acres burned is nearly double the 10-year average, with more than 90% of the acres burned coming from the Southern states. Align to a Balanced Scorecard.

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Cargo Flight Launches a Vital Link in the Ebola Response Effort

MIT Supply Chain

The 63 metric ton air shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) and sanitation supplies valued at some $1.8 Allen Family Foundation to establish an air bridge to West Africa. ACCEL is working with the United Nations Logistics Cluster in Liberia to facilitate distribution. million grant from Paul G.

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Counterfeit products are exploding on Amazon

NC State SCRC

Even natural products are suspect; logs may be harvested in the United States, shipped to China, processed as plywood using formaldehyde, and then imported and used to construct houses in the U.S. It has been estimated that 80 percent to 90 percent of the pharmaceuticals in Africa, for instance, are counterfeit.