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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

I recently came back from vacation in Malawi a land-locked country of 19 million that surrounds Lake Malawi. Like many countries today, Malawi struggles to provide basic services to a large number of its people. Very quickly the industries all cut back on using power, people run out of savings, and livelihoods shrivel.

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Fixing supply chain inefficiencies: what we did and why it’s hard

Provenance

What we found was a way to take all those financial inefficiencies and pass that money on to the first-mile (in this case, small-scale tea farmers in Malawi). Provenance worked on this groundbreaking solution to redesign the way money flows for Unilever’s tea farmers in Malawi. A bit more about the project. Image credit: Meridia.

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Sustainable Forestry: Can We Get It Right?

EcoVadis

In Malawi, deforestation for human settlement and agricultural land has triggered soil erosion with direct impact on lake Malawi’s fish supply, which showed a 90 percent decline over the last 20 years. It is estimated that about 12 percent of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions are generated from deforestation and forest degradation.

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4 Technology Trends Set to Transform Your eCommerce Business

Vinculum

Retail Industry have been completely transformed during the past few decades due to the emerging trends and updated models. Today, it’s easy to predict which way the global eCommerce Market and Retail Industry tends to lean in the recent future. The Changing Landscape. Tech-trend #1 – AI Powered Supply Chain Management.

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S.E.C. Approval of Conflict Minerals Rules: a landmark in supply chain disclosure requirements

EcoVadis

Countries covered by the new rules in addition to the DRC include South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. It is worth mentioning that other minerals could be designated by the U.S. Secretary of State as conflict minerals in the future.

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Strategic moves among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry. Last year was one of the busiest on record in terms of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the logistics industry. A further 9% thought this was a positive move as it would simplify the fragmented industry. Liechtenstein.

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Gartner’s Women in Supply Chain Survey 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Industrial manufacturers have noticeably lower representation than other sectors. It also identifies practices that are increasing the engagement with and success of women in supply chain organizations. Key Findings. â–  The percentage of women in leadership positions decreases as the corporate ladder rises. Lao People's Democratic Republic.