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Do We Really Need a New Smart Phone Every Two Years?

SCM Research

However, as brand companies make consumers believe they need a new smart phone every two years, today’s global supply chains are responsible for incredibly large amounts of electronic waste. kg), Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. The total amount of e-waste generated in 2014 is 41.8 Mt) and China (6.0

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Recommendations For Creating a LEGO House

Supply Chain Shaman

The SEGLAR Property was designed by simply Bjarke Ingels Group, Ralph Appelbaum Associates, and e-Types, and was recently unveiled in Billund, Denmark. The architects, who also designed the www.noelsbricks.com/bringing-cartoons-to-life-connect-electronics-to-lego outside and interior of the SEGLAR House, were Danish.

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The problem with renewable energy resources isn’t the technology, but the quantity of supply

Kinaxis

Electrons are shot into a uranium atom splitting it apart, releasing energy and additional electrons. These additional electrons in turn collide with other uranium atoms, releasing more energy and electrons in a process referred to as a chain reaction. But we’re not there yet.

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Doing Business in Germany

QAD

km and borders the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and other countries including the Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Typical manufacturing products made in Germany include machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages, textiles and shipbuilding.

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SCRC Partner Profile: A Textbook Transformation at Biogen-Idec

Supply Chain View from the Field

Although strategic sourcing capabilities are well established in industries ranging from automotive to electronics, they are still in the formative stages in the biotechnology sector. It isn’t easy to drive change in biotech companies for a number of reasons.

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RELEX Enters The New Year on the Momentum of a Successful 2017

RELEX Solutions

Among those who’ve joined the ‘RELEX family’ in 2017 are: Coop Denmark – the country’s biggest grocery chain retailer. MediaMarkt – Leading home electronics retailer. S Group – Finland’s largest retailer, operating in the areas supermarket trade, department stores and specialty stores.

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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

Analysis by the Financial Times reveals that many new jobs were created in Central Europe between 2010 and 2013, particularly in electronics manufacturing. One example of this is Disney’s proposed idea to relocate production of some of its Infinity figures to Turkey to shorten and improve the flexibility of its supply chains.

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