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Supplier Management and Sourcing in the Fashion Industry – Under the Spotlight

Jaggaer

Digital transformation is delivering benefits to many of the world’s leading fashion companies, especially in Italy, where roughly half of the leading fashion concerns have implemented JAGGAER solutions. For these and many other reasons, the role of purchasing and supplier management is highly strategic in the fashion industry.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

If you have not yet tackled the question of ethics in procurement, now is a great time to start. It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. Procurement is what sets entire supply chains and their organisations in motion.

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Five Tips on Sourcing Products From China

EMERGE App

In fact, China’s wages have been on the rise and fast-growing countries like Vietnam and Bangladesh are developing niches in footwear and clothing manufacturing as well. Things like handling multiple currencies when dealing with suppliers and purchase orders. They can be easily purchased or copied from elsewhere.

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8-Step Importing Guide For First Timers

EMERGE App

For example, China for just about everything that can be made, Vietnam for clothing and shoes, and Bangladesh for garments. If you want to deal in cars, the imported vehicles must meet the fuel-emission requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency; and the safety, bumper and theft prevention standards of the U.S.

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6 Tips for Creating Private Label Products for Amazon FBA

EMERGE App

Your website and Amazon FBA are just tools for your business. These tools work for everyone the same way regardless of what products you’re selling. You might want to check out other regional manufacturing hubs if you’re doing clothing (Bangladesh and Vietnam) or leather goods and shoes (Vietnam).

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8-Step Importing Guide For First Timers

EMERGE App

For example, China for just about everything that can be made, Vietnam for clothing and shoes, and Bangladesh for garments. If you want to deal in cars, the imported vehicles must meet the fuel-emission requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency; and the safety, bumper and theft prevention standards of the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics New (May 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Chile has long been a hub of second-hand and unsold clothing, made in China or Bangladesh and passing through Europe, Asia or the United States before arriving in Chile, where it is resold around Latin America. Some 59,000 tons of clothing arrive each year at the Iquique port in the Alto Hospicio free zone in northern Chile.