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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

The law requires “retail sellers and manufacturers doing business in the state [with over $1 million $100 million in annual worldwide gross receipts] to disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their direct supply chains for tangible goods offered for sale, as specified.”

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So Your Supply Chain is Banning Bangladesh….and Going to Cambodia?: “The Ugliest Race to the Bottom”

Supply Chain View from the Field

In Thailand, workers at a factory producing Nike apparel were forced by military personnel allegedly hired by the manufacturer to sign a petition allowing them to be paid less than the minimum wage of $4 a day.

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What is a Sourcing Agency and How does it work?

SCMDOJO

Limited Scope: Offers a more focused and individualized approach to the procurement process. Diverse Expertise: Leverages collective knowledge and resources for a more comprehensive and streamlined procurement process. Streamlining Logistics: Coordinating the logistics of procuring goods internationally involves a multitude of tasks.

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Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations

ThroughPut

On the contrary, you should be exploring all your procurement options globally, nationally, and locally. manufacturers do to better understand global supply chain operations when exporting goods abroad? To find the best prices for raw materials and the cheapest places to manufacture goods, the most logical answer is to travel.

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China Flexes Its Global Logistics Muscle

Material Handling & Logistics

China-Pakistan. For instance, Rachel Duan, industrial conglomerate General Electric’s chief executive in China, told the New York Times that she sees manufacturing in the area increasing when “the roads are built, the ports are built and the power plants are built.” The plan consists of six economic corridors: • China-Mongolia-Russia.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

Manufacturing sites have been rationalized in terms of, “we don’t need five factories in this country, we only need three, then two, then we don’t need them at all, we’ll move them to China”. Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

Services Matias Offer on SCMDOJO Logistics Consulting Maritime Freight Sourcing and Procurement Logistics Technology Sourcing Executive Mentoring Guide: Matias, our supply chain consultant, has also created Maritime Freight Sourcing and Procurement Guide , which is available from SCMDOJO Academy.