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. For example, new laws have been or will soon be enacted in the U.S. Consumers are increasingly expressing interest in ethical sourcing and environmental impacts related to the products they purchase.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 4, 2015

As part of the conference, I’m delivering a talk on five predictions that every procurement professional should consider. These aren’t so much “predictions”, as opportunities that procurement professionals should become aware of, and educate themselves on.

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Material Handling & Logistics

MAY 2, 2018

As it turns out, the solution to this growing problem may lie in our own refrigerators. billion metric tons—gets lost or wasted. What’s more, net food losses in developed countries (222 million metric tons) equate to nearly all of the food produced in Sub-Saharan Africa yearly (223 million metric tons).

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

As people conduct more and more transactions electronically, whether it’s consumers on Amazon or organizational buyers on Ariba, Coupa, or other P2P solutions, the relational component of supply chains seems to be going down. (UPS and FedEx both saw package volumes soar by 17% or more during the Christmas season over last year).

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Freightera

APRIL 17, 2020

It’s a good example of how everything is intricately linked. A lot to wrap our heads around as humans designing solutions, so we need a lot of help. I think it’s a critical tool at a critical time. For example, energy systems based on fossil fuels are the biggest contributor to climate change. ZB: Thank you.

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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. Purchasing and supplier management. A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric. Inventory management.

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