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LSP Saves Customer $1.5 Million a Year With MPO Global Inbound Management

Supply Chain Brain

Challenge: A multinational oil and gas company relied on thousands of suppliers worldwide — including remote partners in Azerbaijan, Alaska and Angola — for time-critical materials.

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Illegal Supply Chains: selling stolen and counterfeit drugs

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

  To reduce production cost, many US pharmaceutical companies purchase active ingredients from overseas and/or produce the drugs overseas.  Illegal and Counterfeit Medicines from Sellers at an Angola Market.   At the same time, US government should work with pharmaceutical companies to develop simple ways (e.g.,

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Agility to invest $100m in Africa this year

Logistics Middle East

The company is looking to expand its footprint in Ghana, Mozambique, Angola and Nigeria this year.'

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Sustainable Hardwood use in Namibia – A 200-Year Plan

DynaSys

As you drive along the long straight tarred road that runs from Namibia’s northern border with Angola to the capital Windhoek and the west African coast you see many roadside craft stalls. “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit” – origin unknown and disputed.

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Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Africa

SCM Research

Herein, the authors focus their discussion on ten selected economies: Algeria, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania.

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S.E.C. Approval of Conflict Minerals Rules: a landmark in supply chain disclosure requirements

EcoVadis

The amended final rules propose a more flexible scheme than the previous proposal and introduce differentiated requirements for companies reporting to the S.E.C. Implications for companies and disclosure highlights. Does Section 1502 apply to your company? The reporting company must have influence over the manufacturing.

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Do Tariffs Really Impact China’s Global Supply Chain?

NC State SCRC

This special commission operates as a state-run holding company and focuses the means of production on trade surpluses and global economic growth. Despite efforts to liberalize the Chinese economy, domestic markets are still heavily controlled by 97 centrally owned companies that channel state capital into strategic economic sectors.