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Improve Supply Chain Management to Improve Business

Enterra Insights

A supply chain is an end to end process which typically begins with the sourcing of raw materials and concludes with the sale of a good to the final customer.”[1] 3] Companies are in business to make money; unfortunately, many people perceive supply chain operations as a cost center rather than a contributor to overall profits.

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Trends in Sustainability: Deglobalization will accelerate in 2024

Freightera

This is changing fast with the rapid rise of economic power by China, India, Brazil, Russia, the MENA region, and now Africa. The primary market is increasingly Asia, not North America or Western Europe, and the primary economic growth in the coming years is expected to occur in China, India, SE Asia, and Africa, not in the “West”.

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Paving the Way for Sustainable Public Procurement

EcoVadis

Direct purchasing by governments and state-owned enterprises accounts for 12 percent of GDP in OECD countries, and in the U.K. Sustainable public procurement can also be beneficial from the economic perspective: It can generate income, reduce costs and promote innovation among domestic producers. National Procurement Standards.

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Counterfeit products are exploding on Amazon

NC State SCRC

Our study, funded by the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies, explored how this is likely just the tip of the iceberg, as counterfeiting is pervading multiple sectors. Brands will often respond that “you purchased this product through an unauthorized distributor, and it is not our product.”

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

Provenance

A report proposing three system solutions that could reshape the industry and set the clean energy technology sector on a path to sustainability. Read the short version of this report on Medium. Chapter 2 of this report outlines some of the barriers observed to play a prohibitive role to transparency for REE mining and processing.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

These technologies also contribute to a rise in big data and analytics in the logistics field. RFID tags and robotic warehouse systems generate and transmit data that, when combined with other data sources, allow companies to optimize the supply chain and make better predictions and forecasts to improve efficiency and boost the bottom line.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

They are referred to as "dry canals" because they serve the same purpose as "regular canals," which implies that they are relatively brief overland infrastructures of pipelines, roads, and rails that connect two ports where goods is transshipped. Dry canals" have also been built or are being considered in addition to interoceanic canals.

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