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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

For example, the EU’s tightening rules on palm oil imported from Southeast Asia places Malaysia and Indonesia in a difficult position, as they account for 85% of the world’s total palm oil supply. The Green Corridor: Saving Whales in California – A Case Study in Regional Collaboration. Conclusion.

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

A couple of Swisslog’s recent, publicly-stated client projects include a US facility for The Giant Company (Ahold Delhaize) and a facility in Malaysia for IKEA. **. The company provides additional systems is its range of goods-to-person solutions, including the PowerStore pallet shuttle, the CycloneCarrier, and the CarryPick AGV.

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Solar panel logistics: tariffs waived for 24 months

Kanban Logistics

In recent months, the US Commerce Department has been investigating whether “imports of solar panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are circumventing tariffs on goods made in China.” second to only California, according to the SEIA. Solar panel logistics in the US: recent events.

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In Chains: How to Approach Human Trafficking in your Supply Chain

Elementum

In Malaysia, for example, one in three workers are victims of such forced labor. California has its own Transparency in Supply Chains Act, which requires that “retail sellers and manufacturers doing business in the state… disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their direct Supply Chains”.

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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Notable examples include the Rana Plaza factory collapse in the fast fashion industry, slave labor in the Thai seafood industry, and deforestation in Malaysia and Indonesia. The fallout has resulted in a raft of new laws pertaining to transparency. ” Avoiding bad press isn’t the only reason a lack of transparency is bad.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 17-21, 2014)

Talking Logistics

As reported in the Wall Street Journal yesterday, it appears that “Amazon’s robot army is finally falling into place,” with deployments at warehouses in California, Kentucky, Texas, and others. Here are some interesting details from the article: At a 1.2-million-square-foot million-square-foot warehouse in Tracy, Calif.,

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Bristlecone Launches SAP Ariba Cloud Connection for Informatica Cloud Data Integration

Bristlecone

Headquartered in California’s Silicon Valley, Bristlecone also has offices located across the United States , Germany , Switzerland , Singapore , Malaysia , UAE, Australia and India. To view press release visit: Bristlecone Launches SAP Ariba Cloud Connection for Informatica Cloud Data Integration.

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