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What happens after you toss a recyclable plastic container in the recycle bin?

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Since China banned the import of plastic waste (except the cleanest plastics) in late 2017, America has been shipping its plastic waste to other countries including: Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Turkey, etc. . Source: The Guardian. Source: The Guardian. .

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Five Tips on Sourcing Products From China

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Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! This underscores the importance of China being the world’s manufacturing hub in the past decade, and most likely for the next few decades. Introduction. Products are the lifeline of your business.

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

NC State SCRC

We work at the intersection of sourcing, logistics, legal, finance, and government affairs, and I spend 25% of my time helping our GA team form trade affairs strategies. For instance, there is a European GSP review of Cambodia in January, one of our second or third largest footprints. This is all very real. 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

NC State SCRC

For analytics to become truly effective in global manufacturing settings, veracity and consistency are critical requirements. On the other hand, a majority of injuries in factories occur because of violations in Standard Operating Procedures, where a worker violated the SOP or management failed to properly educate workers on the SOP.