Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

Across our many blog posts, videos, webinars, eBooks, and other shared content, you’ll find a wealth of information about various aspects of outsourcing in the supply chain. However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain.

Optimal Sourcing 73

Optimal Sourcing Cost Reduction Strategies Material Savings Inventory Reduction 73

EcoVadis

MAY 15, 2016

140 procurement execs, human rights experts, analysts, NGO leaders gathered in London on May 4 last week to exchange on practices and discuss the potential impact, pitfalls and response strategies to UK Modern Slavery Act. You can’t cover all your supply chain tiers. Make your report count. Next year you’ll have more.

Procurement Analytics 40

Procurement Analytics Cambodia Optimal Sourcing Resource Reduction 40

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights for readers added indications that China Plus materials supply or production strategies are garnering increased attention from businesses large and small. This appears to be evolving with more evidence points appearing across business, industry and supply chain media.

Sourcing Strategies 52

Sourcing Strategies Manufacturing Procurement China Sourcing 52

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

For some companies it means ethical procurement, for others it involves supporting worthy causes. 3) Better trade relations: Companies up and down the supply chain will relate more to other partner firms that have adopted the same or similar CSR values as themselves. Article summary. A commitment to CSR pays off.

Waste Reduction 93

Waste Reduction Resource Reduction San Francisco Ghana 93

Logistics Bureau

JULY 26, 2021

We’ll begin with a look at which of the larger, most well-known companies have already shifted some of their supply chain activity away from China, are in the process currently, or have announced plans to do so. On the other, it’s unwise to underestimate the costs of switching procurement from one country to another.

China 98

China Manufacturing Procurement Cost Reduction Strategies Resource Reduction 98

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Beyond free trade goods provisions, RCEP mandates the opening up of domestic service sectors, including those of telecoms, financial services, and distribution and logistics, to overseas suppliers, with a target of 65 percent of services sectors to be fully open.

Japan 130

Japan Australia India Asia 130

Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 14, 2016

In collaboration with Amber Road, Supply Chain Movement has put together this Global EU Trade Map which provides an overview of current EU trade agreements and an insight into potential trade risks and how to mitigate them. By Supply Chain Movement in collaboration with Amber Road. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bouvet Island.

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Guinea-Bissau Virgin Islands Papua New Guinea Burkina Faso 60