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3D Printing: Let’s Not Manufacture False Dawns

MIT Supply Chain

3D printing is being hailed as a breakthrough technology that will revolutionize manufacturing and supply chain management. The recent disaster in Bangladesh where hundreds of workers lost their lives when a building collapsed serves as a horrific reminder of this challenge. Uncertain timeline. This is not the case today.

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Mindmap for an ethical supply chain

Supply Chain Movement

As a result of the growth in the outsourcing of manufacturing worldwide, ethical problems are also increasing in the supply chain: a catastrophic fire in a contract manufacturer’s overcrowded factory in Bangladesh and recalls of branded products containing harmful substances, to name but a few. Mindmap manual.

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4 Ways Supplier CSR Ratings Can Help SRM Systems Capture $550 Billion Opportunity

EcoVadis

For example environmental practices may be important to emphasize for transportation or freight suppliers in Eastern Europe, labor and human rights would be a point of focus for manufacturing in Bangladesh, and corruption and business ethics issues would be the spotlight in the pharmaceutical sector in China.

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Download now: 3PL Subway Map Europe 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry. >>Please click on the red button and fill in the fields to activate the green download button. Please fill in the following fields to activate the download button. Bangladesh. 3PL Subway Map Europe 2016. Antarctica.

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Manufacturing Pulse Report 2016

Supply Chain Movement

The manufacturing sector is in the midst of a period of great change. JDA’s Manufacturing Pulse report examining consumer industries has revealed that in the last 12 months, more than two-fifths (42%) of European adults have bought goods directly from a manufacturer. Manufacturing Pulse Report 2016. Bangladesh.

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Rethinking your optimum

Supply Chain Movement

The benefits of the Self-Learning Supply Chain in manufacturing. >>Please click on the red button and fill in the fields to activate the green download button. Please fill in the following fields to activate the download button. Please fill in the following fields to activate the download button. Bangladesh.

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Talent development essential for supply chain leaders

Supply Chain Movement

In addition to being responsible for manufacturing and logistics, a CSCO also has to ensure alignment with internal departments such as Sales and Marketing, and with external partners such as customers and suppliers. >>Please click on the red button and fill in the fields to activate the green download button. Bangladesh.