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What You Can’t See Can Hurt You – Is Your Supply Chain Really Transparent?

Logility

Shipments without origin documents are being turned away from ports, creating expensive disruptions and inventory that doesn’t reach its destination, affecting the overall supply chain and your business health. The stakes are high. Violations of workers’ rights are at an all-time high. Yet you may need to buy from these countries.

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In Pursuit of the Cognitive Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

As one source concludes, “An intelligent supply chain is built upon digital technologies that empower businesses to keep up with the speed of their customers’ needs and expectations. Multi-enterprise business networks are revolutionizing how companies bring together the necessary parties, documents and data into a digital ecosystem.

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The Local Food Movement is right around the corner

ITradeNetwork

From a recent survey of some of the major grocery store chains conducted here at iTradeNetwork, sourcing locally fresh food is a direct response to their customer’s desire. But all food simply cannot be sourced locally. Major grocers have also admitted that local providers and local sourcing programs are more difficult to manage too.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

Illegal sourcing: Suppliers offer goods or services misrepresented or produced illegally or immorally, whether because of materials used (such as the substitution of horsemeat for beef) or the labour conditions in which production takes place (notably in the garment industry). These documents can vary in length.

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66% of CEOs are concerned about human rights risks within their supply chains…

Proxima

A milestone document was created – the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Since so many companies experienced the consequences of sourcing from Asia during the Covid pandemic, recent years have seen an increase in sourcing from alternative markets. And so, where is the balance?

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Podcast: Roberto Reichard on Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Capital Projects

Requis

I had the opportunity to work in Turkey, Egypt and in Venezuela. The pressure to be more sustainable also comes from outside sources like governments, banks and customers. The energy business presented the best opportunities so that is where I headed after school. I then decided to go back to school.

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

Supply challenges arising from the war will hit many industries, with electronics being a prime example, since Russia and Ukraine are both sources of materials such as palladium and neon , vital for the manufacture of semiconductors. From Fuel to Fertiliser, Supply Shortages Start to Bite. Grain From Ukraine: Will it Start Moving at Last?