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Do Consumers Care About Ethical Sourcing?

Logistics Viewpoints

Over the last few years, we have seen dozens and dozens of examples of companies changing the way they source materials to promote sustainability and ethical standards. For example, 71 percent of respondents said that businesses have a responsibility to ensure their suppliers abide by an ethical code of conduct. Ethical Sourcing.

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10 questions about supply chain optimisation

Supply Chain Movement

Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Access to relevant information is necessary in the sales & operations planning (S&OP) cycle, for example. Cape Verde. Cayman Islands. Central African Republic. Christmas Island. Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Cook Islands. Costa Rica. Cote D'ivoire. Czech Republic. Dominican Republic.

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New: Global Trade Map 2016

Supply Chain Movement

EU FTAs and PTAs range from the classic FTA, such as between the EU and Mexico (which focuses predominantly on liberation of goods and services), to more enhanced forms of the FTA like the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), between the EU and Ukraine for example. Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Cape Verde.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

It might help to think of a KPI as something like an instrument on a car dashboard—a speedometer for example. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Against a required standard of performance. Inventory management. Purchasing and supplier management.

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