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4 Ways to Lift Manufacturing Productivity: The MFP Approach

Unleashed

Over the past ten years, the issue of stagnating productivity in the United Kingdom has grown to seem almost unstoppable. Each report on the issue from the country’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) offers few signs of hope — to the point that no individual solution seems sufficient to tackle such an overwhelming problem.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. Asif Iqbal (Ex Google) Location: United States (US)/Remote Rating: 5/5.0 They come from a variety of backgrounds.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

The potential supply chain impacts of this conflict dwarf any other supply chain news that might be reported. shale or Iran, for example. The United States and Iran have been engaged in indirect nuclear talks in Vienna that could lead to the removal of sanctions on Iranian oil sales. This week’s news will all center on this war.

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Sustainability Certifications for SMEs: The Best Programmes

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Sustainability certifications help consumers identify whether or not a product or manufacturer is sustainable. Across Europe, EPDs are routinely factored into personal and corporate level purchasing and supply chain management decisions. Equally, regular monitoring, testing, and reporting is required.

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ESG, CSR, and Sustainability: how does your supply chain stack up?

Resilinc

These concepts can be hard to define and measure, and even harder to integrate into procurement. A small food or beverage brand, for example, can rely on suppliers’ certifications that their ingredients are “organic” or “fair trade.” Forced labor and modern slavery in supply chains are becoming larger concerns.

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Will Consumer Goods Be Stronger from the Pandemic?

Supply Chain Game Changer

We all know and regularly purchase Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG, often also referred to as Consumer Packaged Goods, or CPG). But how has the pandemic accelerated changes in the way that consumers find and purchase these products? In some regions the lockdown period caused a boom in the purchase of FMCG products.

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FIFO vs LIFO: Advantages & Disadvantages

Unleashed

First-in, first-out (FIFO) is a cost-flow inventory method used to value inventory stock. FIFO assumes the items first purchased or first produced are the first items to be sold. Under the FIFO method, the inventory you have left at the end of your accounting period would be the items you’ve most recently purchased or produced.