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SCRC Meeting – Patrick Fox from VF Corporation: “Creating a Global Trade Playbook”

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For instance, there is a European GSP review of Cambodia in January, one of our second or third largest footprints. We know a lot of apparel we produce in Cambodia is destined for Europe, and we currently have significant duty savings due to GSP. What is the trigger point?

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Analytics Should Focus on A Culture of Factory Safety for Workers in Low Cost Country Manufacturing

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For analytics to become truly effective in global manufacturing settings, veracity and consistency are critical requirements. Based on a recent interview with an executive at a large global apparel company, several insights regarding improvements in global consistency of data became important. Union management issues.

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Rethinking your optimum

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Learn more about: How data, advanced analytics and optimization technology combine to give your company the adaptability it needs in challenging markets. The benefits of the Self-Learning Supply Chain in manufacturing. How pricing can be used as a lever for profit. Using delivery demand shaping to reduce costs and increase revenue.

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Mindmap for the Fashion & Luxury Goods Market

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In this fast-paced world, where there is also increasing pressure to reduce the carbon footprint, global fashion and luxury goods manufacturers have to redesign their go-to-market strategy to meet demand in a cost-efficient and sustainable way: Plan. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bouvet Island. British Indian Ocean Territory. Brunei Darussalam.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

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These developments impact Original Equipment Manufacturers, both at strategic level and at operational level within their supply chains. Supply chain planning has become more problematic because demand volatility, a lack of common Point Of Sale data and increasing number of new product launches. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bouvet Island.

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

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This young, publicly listed American software vendor recently bought out Terra Technology, a specialist in demand sensing (short-term forecasting based on point-of-sale data). Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bouvet Island. British Indian Ocean Territory. Brunei Darussalam. Burkina Faso. Cape Verde. Cayman Islands. Central African Republic.

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SCM Map Europe: European location decisions remain complex

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For the fourth consecutive year, Supply Chain Media has produced the SCM Map of Europe providing an overview of the most relevant data for value chains. The logos illustrate the manufacturers’ choices about whether or not to produce close to their sales markets. By Martijn Lofvers. Production and distribution. Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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