Supply Chain Matters
JUNE 15, 2023
Athletic and leisure footwear manufacturer New Balance has advanced plans to build the company’s sixth footwear manufacturing facility within the United States. Commenting on the Skowhegan facility expansion, Joe Preston, New Balance President indicated: “ Manufacturing has always been at the core of our company culture.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
APRIL 15, 2021
“Two years of digital transformation in two months,” was the comment that one retailer made when discussing how COVID-19 had accelerated their digitalisation journey. The impact was across manufacturing plants, transport networks, warehouses, and retail outlets. Source: IDC 2021—Digital Analysis: Manufacturing.
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Unleashed
JULY 2, 2020
The latest data shows New Zealand’s manufacturers appearing to shrug off the ‘80% economy’, reaching pre-Covid levels of activity at the end of June. The data in question has been sourced from Unleashed Software’s inventory management and business SaaS product. Australian manufacturing booming. NZ purchasing rebounds.
Unleashed
DECEMBER 13, 2023
New manufacturing data reveals the small to medium manufacturing sector remains in recovery mode, with global performance largely mapping to local economic conditions. New Zealand manufacturing, meanwhile, is at an historic inflection point, with stagnant performance in multiple sectors.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
DECEMBER 21, 2021
By the end of 2022, half of all manufacturing supply chains will see the benefits of supply chain resiliency, resulting in a 10% reduction in disruption impact. Source: 2021 FUTURE ENTERPRISE RESILIENCY & SPENDING- Wave 9, September 2021. Holmes worked at the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech).
Logility
MARCH 2, 2021
For example, a Nielson poll found that 66% of adult consumers are willing to pay more for eco-friendly products and 50% of purchasing decisions are influenced by sustainability claims. Changing the Way Materials Are Sourced. In other words, greenwashing exists because green sells. A large body of research bears this out.
Resilinc
AUGUST 3, 2021
These concepts can be hard to define and measure, and even harder to integrate into procurement. But as food and beverage brands grow larger, their claims to be selling environmentally preferable products will face more scrutiny from the buyers at large retailers such as Whole Foods and Wal-Mart. Retailer Uniqlo Co.
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