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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

Logistics Viewpoints

Thomson Reuters purchased the global trade compliance vendor Integration Point in 2018. Many multinationals have engineered their global supply chains to minimize taxation by creating subsidiaries in low taxation nations like Switzerland, Ireland, and Singapore. The large fines above are examples of this class of penalties.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of February 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which appear to indicate some stabilization within global supply chain networks. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The reported 50 value for February was up 0.9

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This Week in Logistics News (December 10-14, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Economic misery, gridlocked ports, shortages of medicine and food, disrupted flights and a potential rekindling of violence in Northern Ireland are all very real threats. As reported by Bloomberg, “Theresa May’s government has told supermarkets to keep as much stock as possible in warehouses around the country in case the U.K.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

To get a better understanding of how the shared economy works within the supply chain, let’s take a look at some examples: Example #1: Amazon Flex. Example #2: Airtasker. Example #2: Airtasker. It works like this: A poster, for example, needs someone to assemble furniture bought from Ikea. Other Examples.

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How Europe is Coping with Supply Chain Disruption

Jaggaer

Define your procurement response strategy. Many countries have closed shops for non-essential and discretionary purchases, and even where they are open, consumers may be cautious about venturing to the high street, preferring to shop online. Adapting to the present and future challenges of COVID-19.

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Guest post: Sustainable monitoring in supply chains: it’s time for companies to reconnect with their stakeholders.

EcoVadis

For example, over the last two decades, Suncor, a resource firm based in Canada, has been characterized by the rise of multiple important issues, from habitat preservation, to the exploitation of indigenous workforce in its supply chain, to greenhouse gas emissions. European Commission, 2014; Global Reporting Initiative, 2013).

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The Sensory Pleasures of Food

Enterra Insights

Sight : Researchers from Ireland and the United States are studying how the appearance of food — especially its color — affects how we perceive its flavor. ”[3] Nina Sparling reports a new study from Penn State agrees with Scannell’s conclusions. For example, the color white, such as soya, has a calming effect.

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