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Screening Suppliers for Human Rights & Environmental Abuses

Talking Logistics

As reported by Petra Sorge and William Boston in the Wall Street Journal in March 2021 (“Germany to Make Firms Responsible for Policing Abuses by Global Suppliers”): Germany is set to force companies to screen suppliers for environmental violations and human-rights abuses, such as illegal mining and child labor…Under the bill, any company based (..)

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Emma – The Sleep Company Selects ToolsGroup Supply Chain Planning Software to Support Growth

ToolsGroup

MUNICH & BOSTON — 23. Headquartered in Germany, Emma is the world’s largest direct-to-customer sleep brand, known for its award-winning and highly rated boxed-bed mattresses, of which it sold 1.5 The first stage of the rollout is France and Germany and will expand globally. million in 2020.

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Supply Chain: Cash or Trash with Seth Page

The Logistics of Logistics

According to Boston Consulting Group’s recent report , 80% of greenhouse gases are created by supply chains so to improve sustainability and profitability, companies must address the waste in the supply chain. About ThroughPut Inc. While supply chains create all the wonderful goods and services we enjoy, they also produce a lot of waste.

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Supply Chain Matters Perspectives From Your Editor

Supply Chain Matters

Technical recession now recognized for the Eurozone and Germany. This very week, smoke plumes generated from raging wildfires across Canada settled across major cities such as Boston , New York and Philadelphia creating rather hazardous air quality conditions.

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Is the Retail Sector Poised for a Great Reset?

Enterra Insights

square feet of retail space per person, according to The Berkeley Economic Review; the most of any other country, 10 times more than Germany or Mexico, and 40% more than Canada.”[5] 3] Amy Sokolow, “ 2022 will be the year of the ‘Great Retail Reset,’ Deloitte report says ,” Boston Herald, 14 January 2022. [4]

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Is the Retail Sector Poised for a Great Reset?

Enterra Insights

square feet of retail space per person, according to The Berkeley Economic Review; the most of any other country, 10 times more than Germany or Mexico, and 40% more than Canada.”[5] 3] Amy Sokolow, “ 2022 will be the year of the ‘Great Retail Reset,’ Deloitte report says ,” Boston Herald, 14 January 2022. [4]

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MIT Scalers win global final The Fresh Connection

Supply Chain Movement

The 1st runner up is the Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte team from Germany and 2nd runner up Fuji Xerox team from Australia. The stakes were high because besides winning the title of Global Challenge Champion 2013 the prize for the winning team was a one week executive supply chain course at the prestigious institute MIT in Boston.