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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

Frasquet is the executive director of corporate procurement, although his responsibilities include a much broader set of supply chain responsibilities than just sourcing. Belcorp Corporation, headquartered in Peru, manufactures cosmetics and personal care products for women in 14 nations across South and Central America.

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Talking Turkey for Thanksgiving

Enterra Insights

He’s not just referring to today’s global supply chain, but to historical global supply chains as well. As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, one of the things we are thankful for is the food that graces our tables. According to Farok J. but is more likely a (re)import from Europe.

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Embracing the Digital Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

I will be speaking and working with clients in wonderful locations in Brussels, China, Germany, London, Mexico, Peru, and South Africa. At one time a three to five minute response would be seen as immediate. Now the expectation is immediate or real-time. Today marketing is just marketing. Probably three to five minutes.

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Impressions from Day 2 at COP21: Commitments, Hope, Controversy and Chocolate

EcoVadis

Dear Clients, Dear followers, I wanted to give you a glimpse of the COP21 that just started as I was lucky to attend yesterday morning in Paris-Le Bourget. In this context we will evaluate their suppliers once in the coming weeks, and another time in 6 months. Paris, December 2nd, 2015. C, I agree.

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The reality of green energy: “green metal” supply chains won’t be able to keep up

NC State SCRC

This time the transition will bring windfalls to countries dubbed the “green-commodity superpowers” The authors constructed a simple scenario for the use of ten “energy-linked” commodities in 2040, assuming that global warming by 2100 stays below 2 degrees C. The same question comes up for clean energy. The losers?

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Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

SupplyShift

So imagine the billions of cacao trees worldwide required just to feed our Halloween habit! Cocoa beans grow best in hot and rainy regions hugging the equator, places like Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Peru and Papua New Guinea.

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Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

With a total area just slightly smaller than the U.S., Brazil is located in Eastern South America and borders the Atlantic Ocean as well as the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. Brazil would eventually become a republic again in 1985.

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