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Reflections: Building the Network of Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

Working for a large manufacturer, she was trying hard; but failing, to integrate Ariba, Elemica, and GT Nexus. To help, I set up a series of dinner meetings for Maddy to speak to other manufacturers working on similar problems. Ethical Sourcing. Congo Metals. These are all issues in ethical sourcing initiatives.

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The reality of green energy: “green metal” supply chains won’t be able to keep up

NC State SCRC

What will happen to those manufacturers that can’t or won’t convert? The authors then used industry sources to project demand and revenue for thee fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal) vs. seven “green” metals (aluminum, cobalt, copper, lithium, nickel, silver and zinc) that are critical to building an energy economy.

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An update on required ‘Conflict’ Metals reporting…

Operations and Supply Chain Management

listed companies that have filed their first audits on whether their products contained any tin, gold, tungsten or tantalum from Africa’s war-torn Congo region. Others said the complexity of their manufacturing processes made it impossible to give a definitive answer. The admissions were among reports by nearly 1,300 U.S.-listed

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How EV Manufacturers Can Navigate Supply Chain Complexity

Arena Solutions

The global shift from traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to vehicles with electrified powertrains is underway, and it’s creating greater complexity for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their supply chains. DEVELOP THE RIGHT SOURCING STRATEGY. Alliances with manufacturing specialists.

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Q&A with Sidney Johnson: Veteran Supply Chain Practitioner and Resilinc Advisory Board Member

Resilinc

Sidney has over three decades of global direct and indirect procurement and supplier management experience. As Head of Procurement at Harman International to VP of Global Supply Chain Management at Aptiv, we learned about this supply chain thought leader’s extensive experience in the world of supply chain and procurement.

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Unethical Supply Chains Cost More Than Dollars and Cents

QAD

And, also served as a wake up call across the manufacturing and other industries, not just the textile and garment segment. Now they want to know what acre of land it was grown on, the source of the water and the living conditions of the workers.” The incident claimed over 1,100 lives and injured over 2,500 people.

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Big Tech and Auto Battle for the World’s Cobalt Resources

Elementum

The Democratic Republic of Congo holds the most global cobalt reserves , at around 3.5 Traditionally, companies like Apple haven’t purchased the metal directly from mines, but through brokers like China’s Congo Dong Fang Mining. A cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It’s followed by Australia, which has 1.2