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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Transparency, on the other hand, involves moral and ethical dimensions of activities associated with sourcing and manufacturing. performance-based metrics. Rootstock analysts explain, “Manufacturing supply chains need transparency throughout the process to avoid bad press outcomes from failures in the chain.”

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017. manufacturers have increasingly relied on parts produced in low-cost countries, especially China, a practice known as offshoring.

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Podcast: Roberto Reichard on Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Capital Projects

Requis

The biggest one was liquified natural gas (LNG) development in Indonesia on the island of Papua. 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.

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Global Manufacturing PMI Levels Rise in January 2024

Supply Chain Matters

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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Global Sourcing and Human Rights Go Hand in Hand

NC State SCRC

Low-cost country (LCC) sourcing is now a commonplace strategy for shrinking bottom line labor and material costs in most consumer products industries, including apparel, footwear, toys, and other manufactured products. Dow Chemical, for example, considers environmental concerns a critical feature of its policies and procedures.3

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Production/manufacturing. A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric. A KPI is a metric focused on a KEY element of business, departmental, or team performance. There is really nothing wrong with capturing a lot of metrics, especially with today’s powerful analytics software solutions to help.

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