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Tesla Raises Pay Levels for California Production Workers

Supply Chain Matters

European Developments In our prior commentary we made reference to building tensions with certain European workers, in areas where labor union representation are an accepted practice. Reportedly, labor unions within Denmark , Norway and Finland , along with Sweden , rallied around the IF Metall labor union.

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What would you do if you discovered modern slavery in your supply chain? The role of psychological distance.

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This refers to the condition where executives tend to create more “abstract” visions of things like slavery – whereas lower level people, who are conducting the site inspections, will have a much more “concrete view of what is going on in factories.

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The World Bank Cares About Logistics

Supply Chain View from the Field

JP referred to the importance of logistical events in history to set the context. The LPI is conducted largely through Professor Lauri Ojula at the Turku School of Busieness in Finland. Jean-Francois Arvis spoke about the World Bank Study on the Logistics and Public Sector. For example, he discussed commemoration in 1826 of A.J.

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ABB’s Daniel Helmig: “We are moving to virtual centres of expertise”

Supply Chain Movement

I am the Global Head of Supply Chain Management (SCM) in some companies referred to as the chief procurement officer. Daniel Helmig explains how the supply chain will strengthen the company’s global position. What are your responsibilities? “I My job entails procurement as well as transportation and logistics.

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Major organisational and cultural changes lie ahead for SCM

Supply Chain Movement

The trends of increasing urbanisation and digitisation were covered extensively several times during the Logy Conference in Helsinki, Finland. For example, employees are consistently referred to as ‘partners’ and they look out for one another. By Martijn Lofvers and Marieke Lenstra. The balance must be right.

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Congratulations Professor June Huh, Fields Medal Awardee 2022

Enterra Insights

’ “The honor, often referred to as the ‘Nobel Prize of mathematics,’ was awarded to Huh and three other early career researchers at the 2022 IMU Award Ceremony in Helsinki, Finland. ’ “Huh’s research focuses on geometry, topology, and the combinatorics of algebraic varieties.

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Building Green Cities

DELMIA Quintiq

For example, in Finland, Helsinki’s Hot Heart project will create an archipelago of floating, forested islands whose large water basin will store renewable energy – converted into heat – for use during periods of high demand.