The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 13, 2021

By some accounts, the conception of the first FTA dates back to 1860, when tariffs between France and England were removed (wine, brandy and silk in one direction, and coal and iron in the other!) Although somewhat simplistic, that is not necessarily a bad way to think about FTAs, at least for companies that ship goods across borders.

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 17, 2017

A significant amount of waste – including flame retardants and gas pollutants – is generated during the manufacturing process of electronic components, which is hazardous to both plant workers and the environment if not handled and disposed of properly. It is estimated that e-waste will be the fastest growing waste type, reaching 48.2

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SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

Additionally, its strategic location in proximity to Germany, France, and the UK adds to its appeal. Let’s take a closer look at these stakeholders and their roles: Shippers: Shippers are businesses that produce or procure goods and require them to be transported to their intended destinations.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 21, 2020

Products are stored at an 84,000 sqm space in France which manages the distribution of tires across the whole of France and some neighboring countries. As a result, we need to have more than 20,000 SKUs in stock,” explains Pierre-Jean Coltat, procurement and planning manager at Allopneus.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

Affected by changes in production, procurement and distribution methods, warehousing has continually been pushed and pulled in different directions. Just-in-time techniques have led to more products arriving directly from manufacturing to the end-customer, shrinking warehouse use. Who Will Do Your Warehousing? Tropicana Products, Inc.

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OptiProERP

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Manufacturers often need functionality specific to their industry. Manufacturing ERP provides more value as it has business and manufacturing operations modules. The eight use cases below show how these unique companies benefit from the implementation of manufacturing ERP. It will more than double its staff.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 22, 2018

Waste is also limited by the efficient manufacturing process. On the other hand, traditional manufacturing is subtractive. Costs must also be correctly compared, if 3D printing is to justifiably replace traditional manufacturing. 3D printing allows such structures to be manufactured like any other shape. Risk goes down.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

The reality is that the Smiley Company, which is celebrating its 50 th birthday this year, created smiley as a symbol for good news in the newspaper France Soir in 1972. Staten Island workers could challenge the company’s current labor model, which is the backbone of its Prime two-day shipping promise.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Global Production Activity Rise Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® began 2024 with output levels rising for the first time in eight months. Global manufacturing employment levels fell for the fifth straight month. Manufacturing , there were mixed consensus.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Orders are typically placed by different factions within a single facility, and fulfilled by multiple manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors. Centralisation then, is all about taking procurement and logistics out of the hands of medical professionals and placing it under its own governance structure.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Peter Guinto capped his 12-year Air Force career in procurement by serving on the federal COVID supply chain task force and becoming head of contracting for the Medium-altitude UAS Division—the unit responsible for keeping the United States’ edge in warfighting drones. How can the U.S. Can you speak more about that?

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