Jaggaer

JULY 23, 2019

More than virtually any other sector, sourcing and supplier management in the fashion industry have been exposed to intense scrutiny in recent years, while the functions have become of increasingly strategic importance to business success. This is not easy given the current volatility in supply markets.

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QAD

JULY 7, 2022

In Bangladesh in July 2021, a fire at a food factory claimed the lives of at least 52 people, some of whom were children. Producers need supplier management software to qualify suppliers and automated ways to conduct restricted party screening. In the U.S.,

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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.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 19, 2016

Now we have 4,000 SKUs carefully segmented into 21 exclusive high quality brands, which we sell globally, and 16 suppliers that are currently in China and Italy. We are transitioning our Chinese supplier base to other regions such as Bangladesh and Vietnam for labour cost and quality reasons. What will this deliver? …

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

One of the likely outcomes is that companies will choose to have more suppliers in more locations. Sectors such as apparel, which have shifted production to countries such as Vietnam and Bangladesh, may see reshoring in the long run.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 17, 2016

There are numerous international CSR auditing standards, including SA8000, Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI), Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition and ISO 14001 that auditors use to assess supplier management of labor, human rights and environmental impacts. This article contributed by EcoVadis staff: Michael Smith, CSR Analyst.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Inventory management. Purchasing and supplier management. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Broadly speaking though, the following areas are those where KPIs will be necessary: Order capture. Production/manufacturing. Warehousing. Transportation.

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