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The Green Corridor – Why You Should Care About Biodiversity

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

I was fortunate to have grown up in the Appalachian Mountains in eastern Tennessee, where I could enjoy fresh air, clean water, and beautiful mountain countryside. Those who know me know I am a big nature lover and always have been since my days as a boy scout.

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Why Can’t The Supply Chain Get Rid of Abuse?

Material Handling & Logistics

In Malaysia last year, for instance, a supplier to Samsung and Panasonic was found confiscating passports of workers and subjecting them to long periods of standing without adequate rest and restricted toilet breaks—a textbook case of modern slavery. In January of this year, another Apple supplier, Catcher Technology Co., And the U.S.

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The Green Corridor – Why You Should Care About Biodiversity

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

I was fortunate to have grown up in the Appalachian Mountains in eastern Tennessee, where I could enjoy fresh air, clean water, and beautiful mountain countryside. Those who know me know I am a big nature lover and always have been since my days as a boy scout.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Located in Coopertown, Tennessee, the company’s new fulfillment center (built in 2016) is large enough to house 22 football fields. Wayfair is also running a pilot program through its CastleGate warehouse network to ship consolidated containers of goods from multiple suppliers from China, Malaysia and Vietnam.