The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Figure 1: Identifying gaps in supply chain competency Overall Findings from three segments of industry were identified namely logistics, manufacturing and trading. Manufacturing Industry: The manufacturing industry faces challenges stemming from material and labour shortages due to pandemic-related lockdowns.

Purchasing Skills 130

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NC State SCRC

JULY 28, 2019

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

Manufacturing Procurement 40

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Consumers, activists, and investors increasingly want to know the products they buy are sourced sustainably and ethically. In retail, buyers want to understand where the products they are purchasing are coming from and how they were created.” sources of raw materials. They are demanding more supply chain transparency.

Supply Chain Design Software 174

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 6, 2020

And 55% believe they lack the information they need to make an educated decision about purchasing fair-labor products. (In Manufacturers in the U.S. ” Viederman notes, “Knowing where goods come from is complicated enough when dealing with manufacturing, but commodity products present another level of complexity.

Company 100

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

And since COVID, I would say getting in and out of countries like China is an ever-increasing issue that I don’t see going away anytime soon with the current policies that they have. And what that often means is finding a second source, finding other options, another alternative. So, there’s generally hardware, software.

Quality 52

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 13, 2015

I sure called this one right…Globalization linked with increasing labor costs in countries such as China, as well as fuel costs and regulatory shifts, are driving a dramatic impact on where companies source, where they produce, and the complexity of processes required to sell to the customer. The solution? More of the same.

Negotiating Skills 60

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 19, 2015

China’s logistics industry is gaining in importance and developing rapidly to support the nation’s manufacturing sector. These findings have important policy implications. Most of the IT used in 3PL operations is quite basic transactional software, and there is little opportunity to integrate with supply chain partners.

Cost Reduction Strategies 40

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