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In Chains: How to Approach Human Trafficking in your Supply Chain

Elementum

The process of identifying and penalizing human traffickers in a supply chain is exhaustive and at this point a comprehensive solution seems nearly impossible. It’s easy for these suppliers to turn a blind eye to any illegal activity, so information about employment doesn’t always make it to the top of the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Risk Management in 2024: A Forward Look with Tom Linton

Resilinc

Accomplished procurement veteran and author Tom Linton provides valuable insights into the supply chain risk management landscape in 2024 in this exclusive Q&A. As we move into the new year, there are many questions on our minds about the future of the supply chain. Tom: We always have to keep an eye on North Korea.

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Geopolitical Risks and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Supply chain risk managers often feel like long-tailed cats in a room full of rocking chairs — everywhere they look a new risk appears. ”[1] Mike Rosenberg, a professor at the Iese Business School in Spain, insists understanding geopolitical risks is essential for supply chain managers.

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Navigating the Future in an Uncertain Political and Regulatory Environment

NC State SCRC

The Supply Chain Resource Cooperative held its bi-annual Industry Partner Meeting in the Talley Student Center at North Carolina State University this past week. Participants also attended the Innovation Showcase in Nelson Hall,, featuring two winning supply chain teams in the undergraduate and graduate divisions!

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How the Inflation Reduction Act’s EV Tax Credit Will Reshape Supply Chains

QAD

The trend also stands to shake up the global electric vehicle (EV) and battery supply chain, and companies that act decisively now will be more likely to come out on top. The proposed rulemaking also contains a three-step process for verifying batteries meet those critical mineral thresholds.

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EV segment will likely depend on China for many years

Resilinc

Since declaring in June 2021 that China’s dominance of critical minerals supply chains threatened U.S. The IRA also labels China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea as “foreign entities of concern” and aims to prohibit automakers that use any critical minerals extracted, processed or recycled in those countries from receiving tax credits.

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