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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

The collapse of the garment factory in Bangladesh last week , which killed at least 705 workers and injured thousands of others, has put a spotlight on a problem that plagues many supply chains: the use of slave labor. appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Be Sociable, Share!

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Building the Network of Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

The group meets quarterly with monthly conference calls in between the quarterly meeting. Fires in a Bangladesh sewing factory resulted in 112 deaths. Port infrastructure and logistics capacity are growing issues. Prior technologists included Cloudera, Enterra Solutions, IBM, and Microsoft. Risk Drivers and Business Continuity.

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3D Printing: Let’s Not Manufacture False Dawns

MIT Supply Chain

The recent disaster in Bangladesh where hundreds of workers lost their lives when a building collapsed serves as a horrific reminder of this challenge. Filed under: Resilience , Security , Strategy Tagged: 3D printing , Bangladesh disaster , customization , mass production , product quality , product safety , supply chain visibility.

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Reshoring in America: The Future Outlook, Current Hindrances & Issues, and Ways to Stimulate Reshoring

GlobalTranz

Harry Moser, Reshoring Initiative Founder and President, offered insights to economic developers at the 2013 IEDC conference , including some of the points listed below. International logistics experts and attorneys can facilitate to avoid extreme delays and surprise costs. safety requirements.

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Handfield’s Top Supply Chain Predictions for 2016

NC State SCRC

Value-added along the value chain is, thus, represented by a “smiling curve”, with increasing levels of value added on one end through R&D, Design, and Commercialization activities, as well as the other end where Marketing, Specialized Logistics, and Brand Management, and After-Sales Services that are customer-facing are critical.