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Better ESG Performance Will Unlock Fashion’s Supply Chain Resilience in 2022

Logility

Customs and Border Protection Agency’s Withhold Release Order (WRO) on cotton products sourced from China and other countries in south-east Asia. Fashion brands can collaborate with suppliers continuously to manage and verify that predetermined environmental and social metrics are being met. Add to this the U.S.

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Made in “I Really Don’t Know”

Talking Logistics

As first reported by Fairfax Media , a factory in North Korea has been making high-priced surf and snow gear for Australian surfwear company Rip Curl since at least 2014, with the garments labeled “Made in China.” It’s very likely that North Koreans are producing garments for other brands too, either in the country or as slave labor in China.

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A World in Flux: Global Supply Chain Predictions for 2021

ToolsGroup

If you look at all of the operational metrics here, the global PMI data, production and manufacturing activity, which includes supply chain activity, what we’ve seen—and what, you know, anybody can see—there’s been a classic V response on the manufacturing side. Then COVID came along and China was the epicenter of that.

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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

Two Foxconn Technology workers died in 2016 in work-related incidents at the company’s Zhengzhou, China plant, which produces Apple iPhones. A 2021 Deloitte study documented how 43% of UK consumers selected brands based on environmentally sustainable values. However, Foxconn has faced repeated scrutiny for labor-related deaths.

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The Modern Risk Landscape Needs a Strong Supply Chain Risk Management Framework

Exiger Perspectives

The metrics of the Executive Order deem the need for a strong supply chain risk management framework in business ecosystems. Examples include the US-China conflict , increased global competition for cutting-edge technology, political disruption and the rise of mercenaries leading cyberattacks between states.

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The 6 Greatest Challenges to your Supply Chain

DynaSys

To recover from this pandemic have documented plans in place for the following: Headcount ramp up Workplace safety to prevent COVID-19 spread Outbreak readiness. Then document how you developed these plans. The COVID-19 pandemic started out as a China disruptor. And retain this for future crises and disruptions.

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Reduce Lead Time in Your Global Supply Chain with Lean Thinking

Material Handling & Logistics

We have to order it from China,” was the answer from the sales assistant. But it only takes a ship two weeks to travel from China to Australia [where I live], so what is happening for the other 10 weeks?” Everyone knows that things take a long time to come from China!”. For example, to ship goods from China to the U.S.