Kinaxis

JULY 24, 2015

Cambodia, China, Taiwan, India – look at the ‘made in’ labels on your clothing and you’re likely to find these popular clothing manufacturing countries. Apparently, the $67 a month workers make in Bangladesh was getting to be too costly. Hopefully, more brands will follow suit.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 23, 2017

Nowhere are disruptions more prevalent than in Low Cost Countries (LCC’s), which have become the focal point for outsourced contract manufacturing for major apparel brands such as Nike, Under Armour, Gap, Apple, and others. A recent article (Chu, 2012) noted that low cost countries all have the same problems that factories in Bangladesh do.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 7, 2017

For analytics to become truly effective in global manufacturing settings, veracity and consistency are critical requirements. For example, fatalities may include individuals who were killed off-site in a traffic accident on their way to work, something that does not reflect the lack of compliance on the factory’s part.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2017

As I highlighted recently in “ Your Supply Chain Strategy is Your Business Plan (Unless It’s Not) ,” the people who really need stop viewing logistics as a cost center are not the people in the front lines of supply chain and logistics (they already know it), but the CEOs and CFOs at manufacturing and retail companies.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 16, 2020

We saw the supply chain disruptions caused by the earthquake near Japan and Fukushima meltdown, and the collapse of the garment factory in Bangladesh. The lack of collaboration persists, even though 83% of retailers and manufacturers indicated sharing data would improve visibility and planning. Disruptive Technologies.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

manufacturing is not experiencing a “renaissance” Industry experts conservatively acknowledge that off-shoring has slowed, and perhaps “stabilized” Although around 80,000 manufacturing jobs have come back to the U.S. Manufacturing has gained 700,000 jobs since 2010. manufacturing. As the U.S.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 19, 2016

In the last three years we’ve developed our strategy, centralised procurement, purchasing and manufacturing aligned our portfolios across all categories globally and developed our exclusive brands portfolio. My role includes purchasing, product development, product management, category management, supply chain and manufacturing.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2017

Over three years of data, terrorist attacks against the agriculture and food and beverage sectors more than tripled, attacks on the industrial and manufacturing materials and pharmaceuticals sectors more than doubled, and attacks against the metals industry nearly doubled.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

Everything from a lack of capacity, manufacturing shortages, cost control difficulties, regional supply delays and disruptions, length and complexity of supply shipping routes, driver and worker shortages, rising costs and expenses, and COVID-related disruptions have contributed to the retail supply chain process today. .

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Jaggaer

JULY 23, 2019

For example, nowadays sustainability is top of mind, which means that manufacturers and suppliers must not only ensure quality from an aesthetic perspective, but also be able to demonstrate that human, animal and environmental rights are respected. But the word “quality” has taken on new dimensions, posing further challenges.

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Manufacturing sites have been rationalized in terms of, “we don’t need five factories in this country, we only need three, then two, then we don’t need them at all, we’ll move them to China”. Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 30, 2011

Take for example the BRIC nations and the impact this region has across the global economy. This past summer in China, for example, labor disputes—and a spate of worker suicides—contributed to overnight wage increases of 20 percent or more in some Chinese cities. Let’s look at some examples…. How technology can help.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

She predicted that shoppers would see more restricted ranges on supermarket shelves “to allow more throughput from suppliers and manufacturers of food”. In Italy, for example, approximately 150,000 agricultural labourers are from abroad, according to the Italian statistical office, Istat.

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EcoVadis

MAY 17, 2018

With this unprecedented number of inspections across the whole country, over 30,000 companies were affected by the crackdown, especially manufacturers of textiles, heavy metals, coal and gas, automotive and consumer goods. Impact on the Automotive Industry. Losses in the Global Aluminium Market. Managing Risk in Your Supply Chain.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2017

Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar. For example, China is Malaysia’s top trading partner. For instance, Rachel Duan, industrial conglomerate General Electric’s chief executive in China, told the New York Times that she sees manufacturing in the area increasing when “the roads are built, the ports are built and the power plants are built.”

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EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

For example, China for just about everything that can be made, Vietnam for clothing and shoes, and Bangladesh for garments. Some Country Examples. Australia , for example, prohibits the import of dangerous dog breeds. We’ve got a great guide on sourcing products from China , for example.

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EcoVadis

JULY 3, 2014

One would remember the tragedies of the Rana Plaza building collapse in 2013, Bangladesh, where the victims were manufacturing clothes to be supplied to top fashion retail companies. The California Supply Chains Act in 2010 is another example. stage 3 – Innovation : creating value and accessing new markets.

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EMERGE App

JULY 16, 2018

These two e-commerce business models have really taken off in the past decade, helped no doubt by the resurgence of China as the world’s manufacturing hub, the app economy and the convenience of an always-on mobile web. It’s not the world’s manufacturing hub for a reason. Also, you’ll want to meet manufacturers.

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EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

For example, China for just about everything that can be made, Vietnam for clothing and shoes, and Bangladesh for garments. Some Country Examples. Australia , for example, prohibits the import of dangerous dog breeds. We’ve got a great guide on sourcing products from China , for example.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 19, 2022

Those inputs have always been key, but it was only about a century ago that humanity learned to manufacture mass-produced ammonia-based nutrients. India, China, Bangladesh, and Ghana) but those regimes are going to place tremendous fiscal pressure on budgets already stressed by substantial government outlays during the COVID-19 epidemic.”

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Other recent factors exacerbating the delays include the Suez Canal blockage, COVID-19 outbreaks at shipping hubs in Southern China as well as factories in Vietnam and Bangladesh, and floods in Western Europe and China’s Henan province.” Shortages of longshoreman, truck drivers and warehouse workers have also slowed the flow of goods.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2023

The alternative supply chain or “ Altasian” is defined as countries consisting of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, the Philippines , Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh. One example indicated was that U.S. One example indicated was that U.S. The report further indicates that India with 1.4

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

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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Material Handling & Logistics

MAY 2, 2018

An individual in a remote village in Thailand, for example, can access up-to-the-minute details on how many times a given product has fallen below acceptable storage temperatures. From the wholesale manufacturers in Iowa to the farmers in Bangladesh, change is coming.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 17, 2016

Evidence includes disasters such as the Rana Plaza collapse in 2013 (and other examples displayed in the graphic below), widespread supplier “audit fatigue”, and a booming industry of third-party audit “consultants”[1]. Bangladesh: CSR Audits Fail to Protect Workers and Threaten OSH Profession’s Integrity”. Limitation 2- Cost.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 26, 2021

Whether to relocate supply or manufacturing from China to another low-cost country or switch to a near-shoring or re-shoring strategy is not a decision to take lightly. Nike: The world-famous sportswear brand has been moving manufacturing from China to some African and Southeast Asian countries.

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Bristlecone

MARCH 23, 2020

The clothing and mid-market fashion goods sector relies heavily on China for fabrics like cotton and silk, as well as China’s manufacturing capabilities. This industry has largely outsourced its manufacturing to China, Taiwan and other Asian countries. All the big OEMs like Apple, Dell, HP, Qualcomm, etc.,

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

It might help to think of a KPI as something like an instrument on a car dashboard—a speedometer for example. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Production/manufacturing. Against a required standard of performance. Inventory management. Purchasing and supplier management.

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