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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

VF had committed itself to largely selling goods to consumers in the same region they are manufactured in. In Asia, Vietnam and Bangladesh are more important sourcing locations. VF is having conversations with fabric manufacturers to encourage them to produce more fabric in factories outside of Asia. This will be about a 1.2

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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. In these situations, who owns the IP of the products?

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The Importance of Supply Chain in the Apparel Industry!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Clothing manufacturers make pieces of clothing both for the local and export markets. Countries like China, Bangladesh, and India all are battling for offering a superior cost to the pieces of clothing purchasers to hold the export share high. To cut down on costs, it is important to optimize the supply chain operations.

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

Talking Logistics

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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Supply Chain Movement 16 – Consultancy

Supply Chain Movement

30 | Innovations in warehousing. For warehousing a new era is dawning. at Uyguroglu duties export Greg Javor innovation international supply chains Jungheinrich Russia Starbucks Supply Chain Movement Unilever warehousing' 28 | Business & supply chains in Europe. Facts & Figures. 33 | Seamless Supply Chain Execution.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

People are still worried about having efficiencies in their warehouses, making sure they’re laid out properly, and having the right processes. 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”.

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How Europe is Coping with Supply Chain Disruption

Jaggaer

On top of this, a growing number of truck and van drivers are off work, often with symptoms of the virus, while many warehouse workers are unhappy about the risks posed. She predicted that shoppers would see more restricted ranges on supermarket shelves “to allow more throughput from suppliers and manufacturers of food”.