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The Naked Truth Behind One Swedish Brand and Its Cotton Sustainable Supply Chain

Supply Chain 24/7

This Swedish company is showing that ethical supply chains and commercial viability can go hand in hand even in the fast paced fashion world.

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How Mindfulness can increase S&OP Meeting Effectiveness

Supply Chain Trend

In the corporate world you can drown in meetings. Estimates are, that if you’re a middle manager, you can spend about 35% of your time in meetings. If you’re in upper management, that goes up to 50%. S&OP meetings can be long meetings, as it requires time to review a company’s 24 months rolling forecast, its strategic intent and enterprise wide resource allocation.

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5 Ways to Show Respect to a Truck Driver

DAT Solutions

This week is National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. Here are 5 ways that carriers, brokers, and shippers can show respect to drivers for all 52 weeks in the year. 1. Respect the Driver’s Time. We surveyed 257 carriers and owner-operators earlier this year about detention times , and 63% of them said that it takes more than 3 hours on average to get loaded or unloaded.