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Boeing’s Potential Sourcing Reversal- Financial or Operational?

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an update on the ongoing production, quality reputation and corporate cultural challenges that surround commercial aircraft producer Boeing. Boeing spun out this supplier, which was once a part of this plane maker’s internal production in 2005 in a major strategic sourcing move.

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List of Top 7 Supply Chain Management Scholarships

SCMDOJO

Supply chain management is one of the popular courses in today’s world and the education system. Pursuing a degree in supply chain management requires utmost dedication and adequate finances to cater for tuition, accommodation, stationery, and other important necessities for a smooth school life. 2. David R.

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Supply chain security: local vs global

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Britain is the main source of imports for Ireland, making up more than 20 per cent in 2018 and 2019, despite uncertainty around the UK’s departure from the EU, according to the Central Statistics Office.

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EU-UK supply chains roiled by surprise tariffs, red tape, delays

Resilinc

Turmoil points to need for robust mapping of supply chains, rigorous analyses of alternate sourcing strategies. But for supply chain managers, uncertainty over the final shape of the Brexit deal hasn’t been resolved—in fact, in the first weeks of 2021, new uncertainties and challenges have emerged.

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Forced Labour and Exploitation in Supply Chains

Savant Events

In response, national governments, state and regional governments and the EU have legislated to hold organisations to account for exploitation in their operations and supply chains. Norway’s Transparency Act came into force in July 2022 and the first phase of Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act has been in force since 2023.

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Overcoming Hurdles to Supply Chain Transformation

Enterra Insights

For the past several months, supply chains have received more press than they have in a long time — maybe ever. Supply chains are in trouble. Marcus Jeffery, Territory Manager, UK and Ireland, at Ivanti Supply Chain, observes, “Global supply chains have been under immense pressure over the past year.

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Sustainability: Do Supply Management and Global Sourcing Matter? (Guest Post by Jury Gualandris, UCD)

SCM Research

Is it possible to achieve high environmental and social performance in global supply chains? Increasing demand from a variety of stakeholders has pushed firms to improve environmental and social sustainability in their supply chains. Jury is a Lecturer at UCD Smurfit Graduate Business School in Dublin, Ireland.