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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

California, for example, passed the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 , which went into effect in January 2012. In response, federal and state governments are taking action to drive down the use of slave labor in supply chains. Companies are also starting to take action — albeit, reactively in many cases.

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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Consumers, activists, and investors increasingly want to know the products they buy are sourced sustainably and ethically. In retail, buyers want to understand where the products they are purchasing are coming from and how they were created.” sources of raw materials. performance-based metrics. direct suppliers.

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Supply Chain Scope: New Study Shows Rise in US Inventories; California Estimated to Improve Freight Efficiency by 25% in 2030

Arkieva

Sustainable Freight Action Plan for California is estimated to Improve Freight Efficiency by 25% in 2030. The Sustainable Freight Action plan released by California governor Jerry Brown outlines a long-term 2050 vision and guiding principles for California’s future freight transportation system. Source: Commerce Dept.

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Podcast: Roberto Reichard on Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Capital Projects

Requis

The pressure to be more sustainable also comes from outside sources like governments, banks and customers. This is how I learned about the concept of “retained carbon”, or embodied carbon, which is essentially the carbon that is used in the extraction and manufacture of materials used in a project. And this is a significant amount.

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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

Many of my clients talk about a customer-centric supply chain but rely on useless metrics from an annual survey or a net promoter score. Starbucks redesigned their cups for the Grande product, and the flimsy cups were a source of constant spills and burns. I now go to the local coffee shop. Customer Service Failure.

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Achieving Decarbonization: How ProGlove Reduces Its Carbon Footprint With Arena + Yook

Arena Solutions

So, creating Yook and the vision that we have with it is to empower manufacturers to effortlessly track and reduce their product carbon footprint just came naturally from that understanding that we need a different way to enable this for organizations and to really leverage data to drive decarbonization. On to next.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively.