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Polaris Named a Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2021 Top Supply Chain Project with ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup

Whether it be moving a customer to a cloud-based solution or implementing a more sustainable shipping option, these top supply chain projects reflect the supply chain industry’s strength and resilience to overcome disruptions and work better, smarter and more efficiently in the years ahead.” About Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

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Logistics and Supply Chain – 1940 to 2040 with Jason Miller

The Logistics of Logistics

The department educates students to succeed in careers such as procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and customer service. In 1940, the iron skillet was manufactured in Wisconsin from iron ore mined from Michigan and Minnesota.

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3 Lessons from the Biggest Supply Chain Planning Mishaps Of 2016

AFFLINK

Consumers reported their new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones exploding in their hands, from the batteries shorting and catching fire, resulting in toxic chemical leakage and sustained injuries. fitness tracker toys after complaints that children were sustaining blisters and burns. McDonald’s Toy Recall. SunOpta Sunflower Kernels.

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Bridging the Gap: Gender Disparity in Supply Chain Leadership

BlueYonder

times more likely to have sustained, profitable growth and 1.5 Programs like Women Mean Business at the University of Minnesota are doing a great job of exposing their high school participants to more technical business majors, such as Supply Chain Operations and Management. Communicate opportunities early.

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Closed Loop Recycling Systems are Key to Sustainable Concessions for the Portland Blazers

NC State SCRC

All of the Company’s products are certified by BPI to be compostable, and they are made from all-natural and sustainable resources. Ovations Food Service – made procurement switch to compostable products and achieved price parity; engaged staff effectively.

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From Materials to Practices: Sustainable Purchasing Groundswell At The SPLC Summit 2019

EcoVadis

Portland has a reputation as a sort of sustainability mecca, so it was certainly an apt site for the SPLC’s annual Summit. Private and Public Sectors: Common Ground in Sustainability Ratings. Read more in this Guidebook on Integrating Ratings into Sustainable Public Procurement.