Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 22, 2015

In The Netherlands, cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris is closing its factory in Bergen op Zoom and AkzoNobel has decided to phase out its production of organic peroxides in Deventer by the end of 2016. In Belgium, the Ford factory in Genk will soon close for good, as will the Heinz manufacturing facility in Turnhout.

Europe 60

Europe SCM Turkey Optimal Sourcing 60

Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Sourcing from far-flung countries such as China is leading to growing uncertainty about the actual supply of purchase orders. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia. French Southern Territories. Guadeloupe.

Supply Chain Execution 60

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Europe is the seat of coffee’s power across the world, although the UK itself only makes up a small portion of this market (compared to the likes of Finland, where consumers drink about four times as much coffee as the UK). Sources used in our figures above: IBIS World, Statista, Mordor Intelligence. Source: Statista.

Trends 76

Trends Industrial Industry Purchasing Skills 76

Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 26, 2016

The trends of increasing urbanisation and digitisation were covered extensively several times during the Logy Conference in Helsinki, Finland. Reima, a rapidly growing Finnish manufacturer of children’s clothing, has been around for 70 years yet still has the genes of a start-up in its DNA, explained Chief Supply Chain Officer Nina Anttila.

SCM 60

SCM Pharmaceutical Material Savings Supply Chain Design Software 60

MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 19, 2015

China’s logistics industry is gaining in importance and developing rapidly to support the nation’s manufacturing sector. While China has gained a reputation as a cost effective place for manufacturing, logistical costs (about 18% of the cost of sales) in the country are still very high compared to other developed countries.

Cost Reduction Strategies 40

Cost Reduction Strategies Third Party Logistics Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software 40

Provenance

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

It documents ideas for how certifiers can leverage blockchain technology to reduce audit inefficiency, create a single source of truth for chain of custody (CoC) tracking and support sustainability data reporting. A single source of truth for chain of custody tracking. Travelling to UPM Kymi Pulp Mill in Finland. Background.

Sourcing Strategies 67

Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Software Sustainability Supply Chain 67

Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

The pressure to be more sustainable also comes from outside sources like governments, banks and customers. This is how I learned about the concept of “retained carbon”, or embodied carbon, which is essentially the carbon that is used in the extraction and manufacture of materials used in a project. And this is a significant amount.

Material Savings 52

Material Savings Cost Reduction Strategies Resource Reduction Expense Reduction 52

RELEX Solutions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

By optimizing its planning process, its goal is to match the purchase of raw materials and production to forecasted demand from all of its customer segments: retail, wholesale, food service, and industrial customers. Finnish convenience foods manufacturer. Factories 3 in Finland + 1 subsidiary in Estonia. Saarioinen at a Glance.

Forecasting Software 28

Forecasting Software Forecasting Supply Chain Planning Software Demand Planning Software 28

Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 6, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. For example, it would make more sense to use the customer data of users located in Northern US, Finland, Germany for a winter jacket. Procurement Blog.

Supply Chain Planning Software 22

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Supply and Demand Supply Chain Software 22

Enterra Insights

MARCH 15, 2022

He wrote, “For supply chain leaders, especially those running global organizations with center-led functional executives in charge of manufacturing, sourcing and logistics, the temptation is to ignore politics as an externality and concentrate instead on the known-knowns of costs, capacity and lead-times.

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Ukraine Russia Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Planning 182

Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Supply disruptions in these and other key commodities will trigger price increases for economically vital products such as batteries, and hinder the manufacture of semiconductors, jet engines, automobiles, and some medicines.” The real objective is the Finlandization of Georgia. …

Ukraine 130

Ukraine Russia Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain 130

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Purchasing and supplier management. Production/manufacturing. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Broadly speaking though, the following areas are those where KPIs will be necessary: Order capture. Inventory management. Warehousing. Transportation.

KPI 96

KPI Guinea-Bissau Virgin Islands Papua New Guinea 96

Exiger Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Exiger was invited to help drive the national conversation on supply chain resilience and ensure that it included the perspective of the private sector — which serves as the source of much innovation and investment to build back a trustworthy supply base for critical industries across the United States. government’s efforts will continue.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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