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Improving the Lives of Apparel Workers by Creating an Ethical Apparel Index

NC State SCRC

million) from the Templeton World Charity Fund, that will be used to develop an Ethical Apparel Index and launch a new initiative under the SCRC umbrellas. Unethical working conditions among apparel supply chains present substantial challenges for brands’ pursuit of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and generate systemic dysfunction.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

This blog post formed in my head as I worked with clients this month. No metric should be measured in isolation, and functional metrics should be replaced with the balanced scorecard metrics shown in Figure 2. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability.

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The Fashion Retail Supply Chain is a Speed Game Now More Than Ever

Locus

While the top apparel and accessory brands agree that product quality should get better with time, inventory priorities are always fluctuating. The matters are further complicated by an increasing demand for sustainable sourcing, which puts more pressure on the supply chain. million by 2025. Fashion retail’s logistics deadlock.

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Prescriptive Analytics for Supply Chain Optimization: 6 Powerful Use Cases 

ThroughPut

These analytics techniques serve as essential tools to transform descriptive metrics into actionable insights and informed decisions. In the case of one of Throughput’s clients, a leading Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) company , achieving maximum efficiency while meeting sustainability goals was a top priority.

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What I Have Learned Teaching Courses on Market-Driven Value Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

Here I share these insights and recommendations to the readers of this blog on how to get started. Only 22% of companies are actively managing the end-to-end value chain to deliver on corporate sustainability goals. I describe orchestration in the blog posts Just You and Me Dude and in the second post Bait and Switch.

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6 Essential Procurement Training Courses for Professionals: How To Begin and Advance Your Career in Procurement

SCMDOJO

This blog intends to assist you through the labyrinth of procurement training by pointing out the most reliable courses that fit your objectives and aspirations and hence act as your compass in the realm of procurement training, whether you’re hoping to break into the sector, looking to up skill, or yearning for promotion chances.

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Better Together: “The Promise of Supply Chain Sustainability”

BlueYonder

How are global business leaders looking to warranty business continuity, growth and profitability by embedding effective and enduring sustainable practices in supply chain design, operations and performance management? That is what the State of Supply Chain Sustainability report has looked at for the last three years.