Sat.Aug 20, 2011 - Fri.Aug 26, 2011

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VMI Today

Logility

I can remember the industry abuzz about VMI 10 years ago. Then, it just faded away. The reasons for its fade were quite simple. VMI was widely hyped to dramatically reduce inventories, cut costs and improve efficiency across the supply chain. While it did accomplish these goals some of the time, its key hurdle and reason for the lack of continued support was the absence of true collaboration between trading partners.

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Textile industry suppliers’ environmental violations in China

EcoVadis

In China, the textile industry was classified as the top 5 most polluted industries in 2007, which is caused by waste water discharge (containing toxic and hazardous substances) from “wet processing” technology which includes dyeing, washing, printing and finishing. Despite implementation of sewage treatment plants, toxic substances can not be completely removed.

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