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What You Can’t See Can Hurt You – Is Your Supply Chain Really Transparent?

Logility

Incidents like the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh have led to new laws, but laws are not always followed which makes it incumbent upon your business to ensure your supply chain is ethical. What’s required is an intuitive supply chain powered by the newest innovations in cognitive planning. The stakes are high.

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Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

A commitment to innovation, which can be measured by the percentage of research and development undertaken or provided to employees at the company, is crucial. it is critical that your provider have a plan for bringing digital innovations to your partners and allowing you to collaborate and connect on a global network.

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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. Download the pre-Crossroads white paper Innovative or Inconclusive? Here are a few examples. More or less visibility? Register for Crossroads 2013: SCM as Future Enabler here.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Resolutions for 2017: 4 Things to STOP Doing This Year

Talking Logistics

With so much innovation happening in technology, it’s so easy to chase the next new shiny thing, whether it’s artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), and countless other emerging technologies. For related commentary, see “ There’s No Silver Bullet for Supply Chain Visibility ” and “ Forget Innovation, Just Execute Better ”.

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Bitcoin’s Impact on the Textile Industry!

Supply Chain Game Changer

. “If we start using Bitcoin and other digital currencies in daily life, people will demand more high-quality clothes from the textile industry because they know that there is no chance to cheat them,” said one of the clothing manufacturers from Bangladesh.

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Has China lost its relevance as a production location?

Supply Chain Movement

This is still very favourable in comparison with wages within the EU, and wages have increased more significantly in other nearby countries, such as Vietnam and Bangladesh to name but a few. Maybe it could be time to turn the tables, and to invite your supplier in for a talk on future innovation opportunities?

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The Fashion Supply Chain: Unraveling the Reality

Kinaxis

Apparently, the $67 a month workers make in Bangladesh was getting to be too costly. In April 2013, more than 1,100 factory workers lost their lives in the name of fashion in the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh, now recognized as the deadliest garment-factory accident in history.