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Supply Chain Visibility in a Time of Crisis: What the 2020 Visibility Report Tells Us

BlueYonder

We saw the supply chain disruptions caused by the earthquake near Japan and Fukushima meltdown, and the collapse of the garment factory in Bangladesh. Answers to this question is in the 2020 Supply Chain Visibility Report based on research by Reuters Events and eyefortransport (eft), sponsored by Blue Yonder.

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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

The collapse of the garment factory in Bangladesh last week , which killed at least 705 workers and injured thousands of others, has put a spotlight on a problem that plagues many supply chains: the use of slave labor. The bottom line: the use of slave labor in supply chains is a symptom of poor supply chain visibility.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

In Asia, Vietnam and Bangladesh are more important sourcing locations. VF also leverages Infor for production planning and Infor Nexus for supply chain visibility. VF had committed itself to largely selling goods to consumers in the same region they are manufactured in. That was too slow and inefficient.

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3D Printing: Let’s Not Manufacture False Dawns

MIT Supply Chain

Yet there are a number of important supply chain-related questions about the technology and its application that still need to be answered. More or less visibility? It is very difficult to monitor every supplier in a multi-tiered global supply chain. Here are a few examples.

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The Fashion Supply Chain: Unraveling the Reality

Kinaxis

Apparently, the $67 a month workers make in Bangladesh was getting to be too costly. In April 2013, more than 1,100 factory workers lost their lives in the name of fashion in the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh, now recognized as the deadliest garment-factory accident in history.

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

Talking Logistics

But technology won’t solve your supply chain problems or help you improve unless you also address the most common culprits of poor supply chain performance: poor data quality, lack of resources and training, lack of metrics and accountability, and poor communication and collaboration with trading partners (see resolution #3 below).

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Alternatives to Blockchain in Supply Chain

Logichain Solutions

Besides traceability, blockchain also increases visibility and transparency in the supply chain. So, what is supply chain visibility, traceability and transparency and how are companies dealing with these challenges if not by blockchain? Supply chain visibility. Yet, according to a.