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

Requis

Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand. Circularity and sustainability are really hot topics in parallel with digital transformation. That’s been a massive trend. They are far more literate in terms of data.

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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

The company is also stopping production in Ecuador, Venezuela, Belarus and Pakistan by April 2014 (these countries scored low in a World Bank report that assessed countries on accountability, corruption, violence, and other metrics). The group plans to publish the results of the talks in May.”.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86 per ton; the standardized container cut that cost to just 16 cents a ton … The U.S.

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AI and Climate Change, Can Technology Save The Planet, and What’s Next for Green City Vancouver

Freightera

I grew up there, but also spent some time in Saudi Arabia, and because my family is from Pakistan, I spent some time there too. So, my purpose became sustainability which is about not wasting and ensuring that we have enough for everyone, now and in the future. If you look at sustainability, it’s gone much further than “Do no harm.”