QAD

JULY 7, 2022

The concept of ethical sourcing has risen in popularity during the past four years.” . In Bangladesh in July 2021, a fire at a food factory claimed the lives of at least 52 people, some of whom were children. found that consumers would stop purchasing brands with ethics issues. In the U.S., Consumer Buying Trends.

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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

For organizations that source products from suppliers in remote regions, blockchain can provide clarity in an otherwise murky journey from harvest to retail. As it turns out, the solution to this growing problem may lie in our own refrigerators. billion metric tons—gets lost or wasted. World hunger is a global epidemic.

Waste Reduction 91

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 2, 2018

The solution lies in adequate training at the most important level — the workers themselves. A former journalist, she first became aware of the need for an intensive training regimen in Bangladesh, site of multiple labor violations and worker deaths. Management has to feel that this is a tool that it can use to train its employees.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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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).

Predictive Analytics Software 40

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Freightera

APRIL 17, 2020

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. If we have renewable energy sources, they’re very different from a traditional energy grid where you have one big client sending energy around the whole province. ZB: Thank you.

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