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5 Tactics for Transforming Your Supply Chain into a Lean, Mean, Green Machine

AFFLINK

Supply chain management traditionally focuses on coordinating the flow of goods and services from suppliers to manufacturers, to wholesalers to retailers, and retailers to consumers. Sustainable transportation deals with the types of vehicles (ground, air, or water) used for transport and their energy sources. Transportation.

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Analytics Should Focus on A Culture of Factory Safety for Workers in Low Cost Country Manufacturing

NC State SCRC

For analytics to become truly effective in global manufacturing settings, veracity and consistency are critical requirements. In this respect, seeking a relationship between audit work violations as a predictor for work disruptions would be a productive avenue for global sourcing managers and analytic exploration.

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Eloments covers all bases with Unleashed Software

Unleashed

When Julie Hirsch and Nicole Lamond started tea company Eloments , they didn’t just want to make it different in terms of what it delivered in taste and health benefits; they also wanted to make sure that the ingredients for its range of patented vitamin- and mineral-infused teas were sourced ethically and via fair trade agreements.

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What is the True Cost of Sustainable Apparel from Bangladesh? Insights from Harvard “Sustainable Models for the Apparel Industry” Conference

NC State SCRC

What is the fair price of an apparel product responsibly sourced from Bangladesh, and what price do apparel suppliers need to ensure a safe and sustainable work place and fair wages for the workers in Bangladesh? Are big name brands really paying a fair price to a supplier in Bangladesh? During the Conference, Prof.

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Supply Chain Market Report – August 2022

Elementum

In this regard, instability in Sri Lanka provides a cautionary tale. First, poor policy choices around requirements for organic farming cut Sri Lankan food yields in half. When Sri Lanka started running out of dollars to import food, central banks started manipulating the local currency to try to keep more US Dollars.

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Which Industries Have Been Impacted by UFLPA?

Resilinc

Since UFLPA went into effect in July 2022, the top three industries that had shipments stopped by CBP include: 1) Electronics; 2) Apparel, footwear, and textiles; 3) Industrial and manufacturing materials. And, the future looks bright for US solar manufacturers. Data for Industrial and Manufacturing Materials shipments stopped by CBP.

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China and the global textile machinery

Exapro Hub

Sri Lanka: 15% / 38%. The Chinese government has recently put in place initiatives such as the 13th Five-Year Plan for the Textile Industry (covering the period from 2016-2020) and “Made in China 2025” which are showcasing value-added manufacturing and automation. Source of some data: just-style.com).

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