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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

Sustainable supply chain management: The original model of Supply Chain Management follows a linear production that hypothesizes the constant input of natural resources and an unlimited capacity to assimilate waste. Sustainable procurement: consists of environmentally friendly purchasing that carry reduction, reuse, and recycle.

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Unleashed SME Supply Chain Resilience Roundtable: Improving Cash Flow in a Manufacturing Business

Unleashed

James Ewing: Procurement Manager at Renewable Parts Ltd. In South Africa, there are a lot of third-party fulfilment companies , so costs were going up with them.” Below are five effective solutions extracted from the roundtable conversation to help manufacturers maintain healthy cash flow despite capricious supply chains.

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Marion Kohlmeier: ‘Expansion in our global footprint has been a big step’

Supply Chain Movement

In this edition: Marion Kohlmeier, Head of supply chain planning and project purchasing at Weidmann Plastics Technology. Weidmann Plastics Technology is part of the Techniplas Group and I am responsible for three teams: Logistics planning; pre-series scheduling; and project purchasing. The third team is project purchasing.

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What Does it Take to be a Successful Entrepreneur? The Incredible Journey of a Last Mile Pioneer

Logistics Viewpoints

Wumdrop is a successful last mile logistics company in South Africa. Our USP (unique selling proposition) was we will deliver to you on a regular basis, don’t worry about the administration of having to purchase again. So, we outsourced the delivery capacity too incumbent courier companies. We will remember that.”

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Should You Offer Sustainability Reporting To Your Clients?

Unleashed

Companies are now turning to sustainability reporting to not only ensure they behave environmentally responsibly but also because it has become an important marketing tool. Sustainability reporting is one way to attract consumers looking for more environmentally friendly purchasing options. Who reports on sustainability?

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23 warehouse pros reveal the best ways for warehouses to control & reduce fulfillment costs

6 River Systems

Sophie Miles is the VP of Marketing & Co-Founder of CalculatorBuddy.com , a tech company in expansion to USA, Canada, and South Africa. “In our company what has worked best is what we call, the magic formula, the software + method…” . Then implant control methods. The top operators work at a 99.9%

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The Top 15 Omnichannel Retail Trends to Watch in 2022

ToolsGroup

Using shop-by-store features to check inventory availability before going to make purchases in-store. When looking at how omnichannel retail increases sales, consider the fact that 54% of consumers say they are likely to look at a product online and then purchase it in-store. Buy online and return in-store (BORIS).