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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

The company is also stopping production in Ecuador, Venezuela, Belarus and Pakistan by April 2014 (these countries scored low in a World Bank report that assessed countries on accountability, corruption, violence, and other metrics). Be Sociable, Share! Tweet The post How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

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This Week in Logistics News (November 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

In 9 days, the host country will take on Ecuador in the first match of the group stage. Supply chain woes accelerate reshoring, nearshoring trend. The trend is borne out in the 2021 State of North America Manufacturing Report produced annually by research and publishing firm Thomasnet.com.

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7 Blockchain Development Trends You Can’t Miss!

Supply Chain Game Changer

What are the top Blockchain development trends? There are countless others – advocates of blockchain believe that it has the implicit ability to increase security and integrity in any system with multiple parties participating in database access because of many blockchain development trends. Tokenization.

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Building A Guiding Coalition for Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Centers of excellence evolved in countries like Guatemala, Ecuador, Poland, Singapore, and China. Future Trends on My List: So, as we move forward, what will the next decade hold? The great recession slowed IT spending and accelerated supply chain team development/consolidation. Business process outsourcing accelerated.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

Trends for high-tech industry. The high-tech industry are currently facing a tsunami of external trends. These external trends force high-tech companies to prepare for this unpredictable future: Plan. The impact of trends force companies to make clear trade-offs: Do. Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Cook Islands.

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Most desirable logistics location of Europe in 2018

Supply Chain Movement

Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Cook Islands. Costa Rica. Cote D'ivoire. Czech Republic. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia. French Southern Territories.

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Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

Supply Chain Movement

Global market trends have a considerable impact on a company’s different business functions. Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Cook Islands. Costa Rica. Cote D'ivoire. Czech Republic. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia.