Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 10, 2023

This week’s added reported data from China’s Statistics Bureau on the country’s export and import activity levels should especially capture the attention of industry supply chain management teams.

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EcoVadis

JUNE 25, 2018

The global beef industry, which has faced mounting criticism due to the greenhouse gas footprint (about 9 percent of total global GHG emissions), is the biggest cause of deforestation in the Amazon, with the figures at one point ranging from 65 to 70 percent of all deforestation in the area.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Its high voltage cables transport power further than ever before and its substations stabilize and supply power to a wide range of urban and industrial applications. I am the Global Head of Supply Chain Management (SCM) in some companies referred to as the chief procurement officer. What are your responsibilities? “I

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 22, 2015

The numbers speak for themselves: 34 episodes produced in 2015, totaling more than 56,800 views and 1,360+ minutes of conversations with thought leaders and newsmakers in the supply chain and logistics industry. Market Fluctuations in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Catalyst for Supply Chain Improvement (2,327 views).

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ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

Pacific Drilling, an offshore drilling company, provides global deep water drilling services to the oil and natural gas industry through the use of high-specification drillships. The company has corporate offices in Houston, Texas, with offices in Brazil, Luxembourg and Nigeria. About Consus.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 19, 2020

Services provided by Supply Chain Secrets include a structured, subscription-based, online mentoring program for supply chain professionals (or anyone who wants to know more about the industry), a series of books, and of course, the seminars. Procurement and purchasing. Brazil – Sao Paulo. New Zealand – Auckland, Hamilton.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

These are, historically, the biggest disruptors that occur in our industry: Chinese New Year (aka Spring Festival). The 9 th annual BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit is being held in Xiamen September 3-5, 2017 (the summit location rotates between its member countries). BRICS summit.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

When aggregated across an industry, these data add up to commercial graphs which can help companies assess the performance of their business relationships vis a vis industry averages. Companies my Tier 1 suppliers are connected to in China, India, and Brazil. TMS and WMS software applications my connections like.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Procurement will play a key role in monitoring supply base conditions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Workers from picking and packing to planning and procurement are in short supply, stimulating interest in increasing productivity of the existing workforce. Consider a planner in Brazil working with the previous lead time prediction example, who has forgotten how to update the parameters.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 15, 2016

The feedstock for the Plant bottle is sugar cane out of Brazil, which is moving towards cost parity relative to crude oil-derived PET. This came about as the cane sugar feedstocks in Brazil proved to be cost competitive. 2] This is occurring despite the price of crude coming down. Cost and line of sight around competitive elements.

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QAD

APRIL 4, 2023

Updates in the past few months address new requirements for Brazil, India, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, United States and other global regions. Additional import management trade content is now available for Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland and Uruguay.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

These latter two dimensions are a reflection of overall multi-industry supply network activity levels and momentum. Output reportedly rose in China, India, Brazil and the United States , while declines continued in the Eurozone , Japan and the United Kingdom. The February 2024 reading of 50.3 compared to a January reading of 50.0,

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Technology can have a significant impact on supply chains, but supply chain digitization still lags behind digitization of other areas of business across many industries. Procurement: Partnering with cost-effective and reliable vendors is vital for keeping a business running smoothly. That’s an increase from 17% in 2017.

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EcoVadis

DECEMBER 8, 2019

PARIS/NEW YORK – (December 11, 2019) — EcoVadis , the world’s leading provider of sustainability ratings, today announces its sustainable procurement partnership with Klabin , Brazil’s largest paper and board producer and exporter. Founded in 1899, it has 18 industrial units in Brazil and one in Argentina.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 14, 2015

The conference was a great opportunity to interact with logistics and procurement executives in an environment of open dialogue and discussion. All of a sudden, everyone is “knocking on the door” of procurement and logistics, asking for cost improvements.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

And an entire industry has sprung up around processing PO’s which is a non-value added function!”. The procurement engine is running with a PO shot gun, and is ordering way too many orders, and generating too many shipments of small quantities. As a result, customer were unable to pay the company, as doing so would violate the law.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

While supply chains are starting to stabilize, Resilinc hopes the pandemic’s lessons will lead procurement and supply chain managers to shift to more regionalized sourcing models. and global OEMs have optimized and globalized sourcing and procurement to reduce labor and other input costs. Over the past 40 years, U.S.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Technology can have a significant impact on supply chains, but supply chain digitization still lags behind digitization of other areas of business across many industries. Procurement: Partnering with cost-effective and reliable vendors is vital for keeping a business running smoothly. That’s an increase from 17% in 2017.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. Here is our interview with a truly Global Industry leader, Neil Hampshire! Million Avon Representatives in Brazil. As Industry 4.0 Infographic). This interview is with Neil Hampshire.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Advance Auto Parts @AdvanceAuto The auto parts industry is driven by speed, as independent garages can’t afford to wait for parts they need to repair their customers’ vehicles. Located in Chicago, the facility opened in 2015 , making it the first LEED Platinum certified manufacturing plant in the industry.

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Jaggaer

JANUARY 22, 2019

and the European Union and examines how procurement organisations can best prepare in the new year. With Brexit looming and the possibility of World Trade Organisation rules coming into effect in UK/EU trade, the European procurement and supply chain markets look unsteady. With it comes a number of other questions.

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Resilinc

JULY 25, 2023

Sidney has over three decades of global direct and indirect procurement and supplier management experience. As Head of Procurement at Harman International to VP of Global Supply Chain Management at Aptiv, we learned about this supply chain thought leader’s extensive experience in the world of supply chain and procurement.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 26, 2021

Some of the most notable include: Steve Madden , shoe and bag retailer: Moving production to Cambodia, Brazil, Mexico, and Vietnam. Although there is little evidence that the incentive has stimulated re-shoring to any great extent, some 900 Japanese companies have chosen to begin procuring supplies from countries other than China.

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Resilinc

JULY 20, 2021

In the decades since, Linton and his teams at IBM, LG, Flex and other companies have driven billions in annual procurement to China and other Asian countries, helping to create the Asia-centric manufacturing supply chains of today. There’s already some of that in Puerto Rico and Brazil.”.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Output reportedly rose in China , India and Brazil and fell more slowly in the Eurozone , Japan and the United States. This will definitely require increased monitoring and analysis among multiple industry supply chain planning and customer fulfillment teams. All rights reserved.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 4, 2017

I presented the keynote to the group of procurement executives gathered, speaking on the subject of “The New Reality of Supply Chain Ecosystems”, which addresses many of the emerging issues that face supply chain executives in the digital world. Wait and see.

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Elementum

APRIL 4, 2018

And these were just the first industries to be affected. Called “the first of many” trade actions against China, the taxes will target technology used in aerospace, computing, and communications, among other industries. The solar industry, which relies on imported parts for 80 percent of its supply, is more vulnerable.

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Elementum

APRIL 4, 2018

And these were just the first industries to be affected. Called “the first of many” trade actions against China, the taxes will target technology used in aerospace, computing, and communications, among other industries. The solar industry, which relies on imported parts for 80 percent of its supply, is more vulnerable.

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