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Strategic trends

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This will deliver procurement savings and enable them to develop electric trucks jointly. To achieve sustainable deliveries, P&G in the United Kingdom has purchased its own fleet of electric trucks and – for the first time in the company’s history – is taking care of transport itself.

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech- January 19 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Magazine as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America. Treasury Department along with governmental agencies in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and the European Union. According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal , the tech provider has been awarded contracts to a number of U.S.

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Coronavirus Highlights Fragility of Global Supply Networks

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The ease with which the virus can be spread, even by people who have never been to China, let alone Wuhan, was highlighted by a case in the United Kingdom. Procurement professionals around the world are sitting up and paying attention, especially in sectors with globally integrated supply chains.

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Relatively Cautious Global Production and Supply Chain Indices for February 2022

Supply Chain Matters

This index complies a data set of 2 chosen variables for each of the economies of the Eurozone , China , Japan, South Korea , Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. A relatively new index is The Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI) , developed by a group of researchers at the U.S. Federal Bank of New York.

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Sustainability Certifications for SMEs: The Best Programmes

Unleashed

The Tourism Business Scheme is the national sustainable tourism certification scheme for the United Kingdom and Ireland. Sustainability certifications in North America. Sustainability certification that is the most important to your business and aligns with its procurement policies.

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Unilever Gains Visibility & Control Over the Most Unpredictable Spend Category

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Unilever has research and development facilities in China, India, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States and does 57 percent of its business in emerging markets. Unilever’s relationship with JAGGAER goes all the way back to 1998 with what was then Unilever’s Transportation Business Center (TBC) in North America.

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Freight Market Snapshot: Houthi Attacks in Red Sea and Suez Canal News Updates

Freightos

The Suez Canal is the shortest route for container traffic from Asia to the Mediterranean and Europe, and is also used for some volumes from the Far East or Southern Asia to North America. In addition to time, the fuel implications add up significantly both from a cost perspective and in terms of carbon emissions.

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