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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.

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5 Tactics for Transforming Your Supply Chain into a Lean, Mean, Green Machine

AFFLINK

Supply chain management traditionally focuses on coordinating the flow of goods and services from suppliers to manufacturers, to wholesalers to retailers, and retailers to consumers. Computer manufacturer and retailer Dell revamped truck-loading processes to achieve greater packing density, which reduces overall fuel consumption.

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Eloments covers all bases with Unleashed Software

Unleashed

Starting a new company is risky – and the food and beverage industry is no exception. We sourced vanilla from Madagascar, Egyptian mint and fantastic cardamom, cloves and cinnamon from Sri Lanka.” Hirsch agreed and added that, because of the way the company does business, this function is a necessity.

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Supply Chain Market Report – August 2022

Elementum

In this month’s newsletter, we explore the crunch a strong dollar poses for many companies right now — and the possible twists and turns in the road ahead. For example, companies who export oil are paid in dollars. International companies exporting to the US will have higher earnings (e.g. Cash reserves.

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Digitizing the COVID Vaccine: India’s Got This Figured Out

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To begin with, it helps that India is one of the largest manufacturers of vaccines in the world. India’s domestic vaccine program administers one of two shots: the AstraZeneca Plc vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India Ltd. , a private company based in Hyderabad. The way the app works is as follows.

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Which Industries Have Been Impacted by UFLPA?

Resilinc

Since UFLPA went into effect in July 2022, the top three industries that had shipments stopped by CBP include: 1) Electronics; 2) Apparel, footwear, and textiles; 3) Industrial and manufacturing materials. And, the future looks bright for US solar manufacturers. Thankfully, in March 2023, U.S. Automotive U.S. Currently, U.S.

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China and the global textile machinery

Exapro Hub

By the end of 2014, more than 2,600 Chinese companies had opened textile and apparel production facilities in more than 100 countries and regions (with most investment going to Asia) according to the Ministry of Commerce. Sri Lanka: 15% / 38%. year-on-year to US$2.66bn. of the global total. Pakistan: 32% / 68%.

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