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Why Can’t The Supply Chain Get Rid of Abuse?

Material Handling & Logistics

Let’s stop buying products where labor abuse exists in the supply chain. In January of this year, another Apple supplier, Catcher Technology Co., Young female workers have been held captive behind the walls of garment factories in southern India. The answer is eight. That’s a solution? And what has improved since then?

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Can Australian Manufacturing be Brought Back Home from China?

Logistics Bureau

With the significant disruption to Australia’s supply chains caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the question now focusing the minds of supply chain managers is whether production outsourced to China can be brought back onshore—and if so at what cost. Wealth of Professional Talent. Environmental/Regulatory Issues.

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When it Comes to Direct-to-Consumer Shipping, Warehouse Size Matters

BlueYonder

Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. These warehouses require two to three times more space than traditional warehouses due to the increased inventory which requires more labor and automation. Ship-to-consumer means bigger warehouses.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon postpones Prime Day sale in Canada and India. Colonial Pipeline said on Wednesday that it had initiated the restart of operations, but it will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to return to normal. The impacts of the blockage are still being felt in global supply chains.