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GM Supplier Factory Explosion: Thoughts on Supply Chain Visibility and Responsibility

Talking Logistics

Zhongron supplies aluminum alloy wheel hubs to another company, Citic Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing Co., This is by no means an easy task, especially for companies like GM with complex, global supply chains. Companies are also making similar efforts to eliminate slave labor from their supply chains.

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The supply chain tips that made Moose Toys a “Walmart Supplier of the Year”

Alloy

Headline: The supply chain tips that made Moose Toys Walmart’s Supplier of the Year. It’s no accident that Moose Toys was awarded Walmart Toy Supplier of the Year at the retailer’s annual supply chain conference earlier this year. The key is that there is a lot of flexibility within Walmart’s supply chain.

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Supply Chain Ripple Effects of Russia’s War in Ukraine

Alloy

The secondary impacts of the war are beginning to be felt more globally in supply chains, stock markets and other international operations. Supply chain professionals have a unique opportunity to get ahead of these ripple effects and take action now to help the global community cope with the fallout from the invasion.

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Linking the Supply Chain and Reverse Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What Exactly Is Reverse Logistics? Reverse chain article and permission to publish here provided by Glen Munholland at circularsupplychains.com. Subscribe Here! Email Address. GET our EBOOK HERE. Linear models of production – take, make and waste – over time led to many downsides.

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3 Strategies for CFOs navigating a supply-constrained world

Alloy

First, it was the unprecedented pandemic of 2020; now the supply-constrained present. CFOs are being forced to navigate inflation, rising supply costs, logistics challenges, and wild shifts in consumer demand. These forces are converging to create a supply-constrained landscape for almost every consumer goods brand.

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4 Key Trends to Watch in Smart Manufacturing and Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

Industrial IoT and big data are converging to enable demand-driven 'smart supply chains.' The advancements in 3D printing and 'Additive Manufacturing,' coupled with supply chain efficiencies, could make distributed manufacturing a reality, ushering in the era of smart manufacturing.

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China COVID crisis: Groundhog Day for SC managers

Resilinc

After managing a seemingly endless series of crises arising from the pandemic, supply chain managers face a fresh cycle of chaos from a COVID surge in the world’s largest manufacturing economy. While the humanitarian dimensions of this crisis are staggering, supply chains and the companies that rely upon them are also reeling.

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