All Things Supply Chain
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
With the recent technological advancements of the 21st century, cobalt has become a key ingredient of the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries. Used in electric vehicles (EV) it gives them the…
SCM Research
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
What is the role of contract manufacturers? What can be problematic about sourcing raw materials from the Congo? Why is final assembly being done in China and not in the EU or Canada? Why is packaging being done in Eastern Europe or Mexico and not in China; and why not in Northern Europe or Canada, where the consumers are located?
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NC State SCRC
APRIL 22, 2022
What will happen to those manufacturers that can’t or won’t convert? of the lithium reserves and a quarter of its copper deposit, much in the Atacama desert – see picture of the flats above); Third, the Congo which has 46% of global cobalt reserves and produces 70% of the world’s output. They go out of business?
Enterra Insights
DECEMBER 7, 2023
They want to know you’re not using children going into mines in Congo, or families being thrown into boats to go fishing for shrimp and never see land.” He states, “I think consumers have done their bit and continue to do so. But what they want they can’t have right now. And that is transparent supply chains.
EcoVadis
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
” I recall that manufacturing an electric car battery consumes as much energy as the car itself. Source: ICCT (2018), effects of battery manufacturing on greenhouse gas emissions over the life cycle of electric vehicles. For example, in France Stratégie’s analysis paper, “How can we now reduce CO 2 emissions from cars?”
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 17, 2018
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. Congo Metals. Improving data flow to contract manufacturers improves cycles to get products to market.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
JUNE 3, 2014
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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