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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

The concept of ethical sourcing has risen in popularity during the past four years.” . Supply chain due diligence is a critical topic for manufacturers and enterprises in all industries, especially given three major impacts of recent high-profile abuse cases, new due diligence laws and consumer buying trends. . and across Europe.

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Unethical Supply Chains Cost More Than Dollars and Cents

QAD

The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in 2013 serves as an extreme example of the human toll and other costs resulting from a supply chain failure. And, also served as a wake up call across the manufacturing and other industries, not just the textile and garment segment. Apple has not been able to avoid this situation.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

It might help to think of a KPI as something like an instrument on a car dashboard—a speedometer for example. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Purchasing and supplier management. Production/manufacturing. A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric.

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