NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Rejaul is from Bangladesh, and is working on his PhD in the College of Textiles at NC State University, and is passionate on the subject of sustainable apparel from his home country. Are big name brands really paying a fair price to a supplier in Bangladesh? Who is making the bulk of profit in the apparel supply chain?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 30, 2013

The recent press in the Wall Street Journal and other papers on Walmart’s fire in Bangladesh is raising the ire of corporate responsibility groups and human rights groups alike. So if you are tier one supplier in a country like Bangladesh, and a major retailer is your customer – what will you do? Or the buyer?

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Kinaxis

JULY 24, 2015

And whether you realize it or not, the garment industry supply chain is changing – both for the better and for the worse. Cambodia, China, Taiwan, India – look at the ‘made in’ labels on your clothing and you’re likely to find these popular clothing manufacturing countries. Hopefully, more brands will follow suit.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 23, 2013

3D printing is being hailed as a breakthrough technology that will revolutionize manufacturing and supply chain management. Yet there are a number of important supply chain-related questions about the technology and its application that still need to be answered. Here are a few examples. More or less visibility?

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2017

Three years ago, I wrote a popular post highlighting “ 5 New Year’s Resolutions for Supply Chain and Logistics Executives.” For related commentary, see “ There’s No Silver Bullet for Supply Chain Visibility ” and “ Forget Innovation, Just Execute Better ”. Stop viewing logistics as a cost center.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 16, 2020

To provide insights into the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and its impact on supply chains around the world, we are delivering a blog series to help anyone looking for support and advice. Our experts, who have spent years in the supply chain industry, share their insights. All non-essential businesses shut down.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

In attendance are manufacturing representatives from BASF, BerryGlobal, Corning, Covestro, Grace, Evonik, Intel, Monsanto, and Smith’s Detection. Technologists and manufacturers working together to try to define multi-tier processes to redefine B2B. Stuck, only 10% of manufacturers are driving improvement. (90%

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 11, 2015

When something bad happens at a factory in a developing country such as Bangladesh or China, the whole world wants to identify and punish the real culprit.     For example, it was not a simple task to identify the person who was responsible for the collapse of the factory building in Rana Plaza (Bangladesh). 

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 17, 2013

The PCA factory that manufactured the peanut butter was certified as safe by the American Institute of Baking (AIB). Just two months later, more than 100 people died in a garment fire in Bangladesh in November 2012. It was an order being manufactured by a supplier of Walmart. Supply chain risks abound.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 24, 2015

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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QAD

JULY 7, 2022

Can you identify all your suppliers in the supply chain? A recent Quality Digest article suggested that “ethical supply chain management is being fueled by consumer demand, profitability, and visibility. Can Your Business Answer These Questions Around ESG Issues and CSR? In the U.S., New Due Diligence Laws. United States.

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Alloy

MARCH 29, 2022

The secondary impacts of the war are beginning to be felt more globally in supply chains, stock markets and other international operations. Supply chain professionals have a unique opportunity to get ahead of these ripple effects and take action now to help the global community cope with the fallout from the invasion.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

Retail supply chain management has always been a complicated and complex process. But in the timeframe between 2020 to 2022, a volatile supply chain market showed the weakness in outdated, legacy supply chain execution built on rigid technology or lacking any accurate data that can improve overall decision-making.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

With the buzz around blockchain, many important supply chain concepts are being used interchangeably and create confusion. Are companies using blockchain to create visibility in their supply chain, or to trace products downstream and upstream in the supply chain? Supply chain visibility.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

With the buzz around blockchain, many important supply chain concepts are being used interchangeably and create confusion. Are companies using blockchain to create visibility in their supply chain, or to trace products downstream and upstream in the supply chain?

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

With the buzz around blockchain, many important supply chain concepts are being used interchangeably and create confusion. Are companies using blockchain to create visibility in their supply chain, or to trace products downstream and upstream in the supply chain?

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

With the buzz around blockchain, many important supply chain concepts are being used interchangeably and create confusion. Are companies using blockchain to create visibility in their supply chain, or to trace products downstream and upstream in the supply chain?

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

With the buzz around blockchain, many important supply chain concepts are being used interchangeably and create confusion. Are companies using blockchain to create visibility in their supply chain, or to trace products downstream and upstream in the supply chain? Supply chain visibility.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Contents Supply Chain Movement 16 – 2015 Q1. Our supply-chain future: fair sharing – column. 11 | Snapshots Roundtables Supply Chain Movement. In the rapidly changing economy, countless companies need advice on strategy and especially supply chain management. 6 | News & Background.

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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”. This is perhaps an extreme example, but it highlights how COVID-19 is causing severe disruptions to supply chains. The longer-term impacts.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2017

Attacks on global supply chains by terrorist groups have hit the highest rate ever as have associated costs, according to a report recently released by BSI. In particular, terrorists increasingly targeted industries generally associated with private or corporate supply chains rather than state-owned supply chain infrastructure.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 30, 2011

If the mantra of the real estate industry is “Location, Location, Location”, the new mantra of supply chain executives is fast becoming “Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration”. Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Vietnam experienced similar wage-related strikes and walkouts. Let’s look at some examples….

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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. But these highly efficient supply chains had a downside that executives at first chose to ignore.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 26, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Clothing Supply Chain: From High Fashion Runway to Landfill! Originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on May 26, 2022. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Sourcemap

MARCH 30, 2018

Sourcemap, a New York City tech start-up is building a platform, that could transform the fashion industry: a digital map of all clothing manufacturers in Bangladesh. Read the full article at [link].

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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. billion loss to the company and major supply chain disruptions in the global aluminium market.

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Pivot88

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Nobody wants another tragedy like Rana Plaza in Bangladesh to happen. Global apparel and footwear companies or brands that order products manufactured in factories also have a responsibility to ensure that the rights of workers are respected throughout their supply chain.” Transparency is the only way forward.

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Shipsy

MAY 12, 2020

Rice exports also have seen substantial movement to Bangladesh from Mundra , whereas the MHA has been pushing west Bengal government to start moving them via road as well. Major mobile phone manufacturers also have resumed operations in Uttar Pradesh, Bangalore and Chennai. His other interests includes economics and psephology.

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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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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Supply chain and logistics consultant, educator, and podcast host Rob O’Byrne has over 40 years of supply chain experience. He has been helping companies design more profitable supply chains for over 25 years, most of them as founder and CEO of Logistics Bureau. Highlights from the Conversation.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 19, 2016

the world’s largest network of optical retail stores is far along the path from historically being supplier-led to having a strong demand driven supply chain. And we are still on a journey with many more opportunities,” the Vice President Supply Chain says. Until a few years ago we were a very supply driven company.

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Shipsy

MAY 12, 2020

Rice exports also have seen substantial movement to Bangladesh from Mundra , whereas the MHA has been pushing west Bengal government to start moving them via road as well. Major mobile phone manufacturers also have resumed operations in Uttar Pradesh, Bangalore and Chennai. His other interests includes economics and psephology.

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EcoVadis

JULY 3, 2014

This is the holy grail of supply chain sustainability management. EcoVadis sees 3 progressive stages of Supply chain sustainability management: stage 1 – Risk Management : protecting your brand, preventing disruptions and potential litigations. Supply chain regulations around the world are also getting stricter.

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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. Quite simply, safety was simply not a priority, and the statement made by management was that “injuries just happen, and are part of manufacturing” was used. injuries are “normal” in this industry).

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EcoVadis

JUNE 4, 2013

Locke puts it , “Global brands and buyers pressure their suppliers to reduce costs, manufacture on shorter deadlines, and produce a greater variety of products in smaller batches”. With the aim to prevent such highly complex risk in multilayered supply chains, several responses have followed. professor Richard M.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 3, 2021

It even helped National Geographic track a discarded plastic bottle from Bangladesh to the Indian Ocean. 5] Rachel Stinson, “ The Inevitable Future of the Internet of Things (IoT)! ” Supply Chain Game Changer , 30 July 2019. [6]

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Jaggaer

JULY 23, 2019

Supply chains are multi-tiered and therefore difficult to manage. 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.

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