QAD

JULY 7, 2022

In Bangladesh in July 2021, a fire at a food factory claimed the lives of at least 52 people, some of whom were children. Consumers are increasingly expressing interest in ethical sourcing and environmental impacts related to the products they purchase. found that consumers would stop purchasing brands with ethics issues.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of reported February 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Report commentary further indicated that while global consumer goods production levels features solid monthly growth, both the intermediate and investment goods sectors were marginal in growth.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

This creates a “double whammy” effect, in that digitization is driving up the need for analytics but to truly find collaborative solutions that rely on new technology solutions, companies will need to find ways to partner. Prediction 1 – Supply Chain Analytics Will Become More Predictive (Not Backward Looking).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2019

Sustainability is created in the textile factories of Bangladesh. As we’ve learned from Kotter’s 8 Step Change Model (hyperlink), utilized as a framework to implement and achieve organizational change, the first 2 steps to create change boil down to one thing: People. Gauge Output, Report and Refine. Suppliers and partners.

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EcoVadis

MAY 21, 2014

or the recent catastrophe in Rana Plaza, Bangladesh, Surewiecki, 2013). For instance, according to the last available report published by Oxfam (2013), the collaboration with Unilever has been necessary because self-assessments and site visits performed by the focal firm were not always sensitive to social issues (e.g., Oxfam, 2013.

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EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

At the end of this blog post, we hope that you appreciate the steps, twists and turns that are involved in importing goods from abroad. For example, China for just about everything that can be made, Vietnam for clothing and shoes, and Bangladesh for garments. Their business model, after all, is the buying and selling of goods.

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EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

At the end of this blog post, we hope that you appreciate the steps, twists and turns that are involved in importing goods from abroad. For example, China for just about everything that can be made, Vietnam for clothing and shoes, and Bangladesh for garments. Their business model, after all, is the buying and selling of goods.

Purchasing Skills 40

Purchasing Skills Negotiate Pricing Negotiating Skills Manufacturing Procurement 40