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Why Can’t The Supply Chain Get Rid of Abuse?

Material Handling & Logistics

In the apparel industry, just this past January, luxury fashion retailer Hugo Boss said it found cases of forced labor. Horrific working conditions endured by children farming tobacco in North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia were reported in January of this year by Human Rights Watch. Today, seafood sold by major U.S.,

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Hitendra Chaturvedi’s Reality Check

Resilinc

Chaturvedi: So far this year, Ohio, Arizona and Tennessee have seen the most job announcements associated with reshoring. In this Q&A, Chaturvedi shares his views on rebuilding American manufacturing, reshoring, nearshoring, and other topics of the moment in supply chains. Resilinc: What’s the current status of reshoring manufacturing?

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Design for the Supply Chain Pt 4: Aesthetic

Kinaxis

Global Supply Chains – A Report by the Supply Chain Management Faculty at the University of Tennessee. It’s meant to connect the dots between smart design, environmental practices and the well-being of the apparel workers who make the garments.” ( Levi’s Wellthread stitches design together with worker well-being ).

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Disruptive Times Require Adaptive Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

which makes Internet-connected exercise bikes, but also for more traditional manufacturers such as the athletic footwear and apparel company Nike Inc.”[3]. This is true not just for young Internet-based companies, such as the meal-kit provider Blue Apron Inc. and Peloton Interactive Inc., ”[3]. Distributed Warehousing.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Located in Coopertown, Tennessee, the company’s new fulfillment center (built in 2016) is large enough to house 22 football fields. Carrying a variety of casual apparel, footwear and accessories from various brands, the biggest driver of the company’s growth today is its ecommerce business.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

Workers belonging to the United Auto Workers (UAW ) at General Motors’ Spring Hill plant in Tennessee voted against a proposed contract, even as the union’s president said in Washington on Tuesday that the deal remains on track for approval. to deliver greater subsidies and restore balance to the market.