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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In Malaysia, CEVA Logistics worked closely with L’Oréal , a major producer of luxury and consumer products, to develop a social initiative of providing jobs for the hearing impaired at our warehouse since June 2020. CEVA Logistics actively reaches out to support social innovations and engage local communities. Photo Credit: L’Oréal.

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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Consumers, activists, and investors increasingly want to know the products they buy are sourced sustainably and ethically. Transparency, on the other hand, involves moral and ethical dimensions of activities associated with sourcing and manufacturing. sources of raw materials. performance-based metrics. direct suppliers.

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Q: Food vs Fuel? A: Wrong question…We need more efficient markets!

Supply Chain View from the Field

Looking at vegetable oils, with a global population of 7B people, each consuming the recommended 40g of dietary fat per day, 365 days per year, would require just over 100M metric tons of oil. We are currently according to the USDA producing over 160M metric tons of refined vegetable oil alone.

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Benchmarking Success: Focus on what Matters

Logistics Bureau

My first step was to engage Benchmarking Success (BMS) to understand what the “best” for each business really meant from an independent source. We set our performance targets according to the best-in-class metrics and I ended up helping these three companies successively achieve demonstrable best-in-class supply chain performance.

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Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Wholesalers in 2019: Drop Those Bad Habits from 2018

EMERGE App

Source Sensibly and Sustainably. South-East Asian nations such as Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines are ready with substitutes or alternative suppliers. Keep an eye on this metric to avoid a deadstock situation. This added mobility means that work need not be confined to bulky desktops or laptops in the office.

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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. This includes, but is not limited to, the proper disposal of hazardous waste. But audits will no longer be enough.

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Global Manufacturing PMI Levels Rise in January 2024

Supply Chain Matters

This index is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand , and Vietnam. This metric bears continual observation in the coming months. These nations reportedly account for 98 percent of ASEAN manufacturing value added. in January from 49.7 reported for December.