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Germany Raises the Stakes on Corporate Social Responsibility with Supply Chain Due Diligence

Logility

The new act joins relatively recent laws from Switzerland , Norway , the Netherlands , and the European Union to eliminate child and forced labor, improve working conditions, and institute environmentally responsible practices across the global supply chain. to identify, prevent, mitigate, and resolve operational and supply chain violations.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

The figure includes Panasonic’s purchase of the remaining 80 percent of shares in Blue Yonder for $5.6 The US, Norway, and Britain joined forces with companies including Amazon and Nestle to launch a project aimed at protecting the world’s tropical forests. Truck driving shortage impacting cost of goods.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

15 countries, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales declared that they will collaborate towards realizing 100 percent zero emission new trucks and bus sales by 2040.

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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

The European Commission published the proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence draft directive in February 2022. Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, and the UK have all passed similar due diligence, human rights, and anti-slavery legislation. found that consumers would stop purchasing brands with ethics issues.

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Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2022.1

QAD

the latest version of QAD’s next generation ERP solution that includes the Adaptive User Experience (UX) and the QAD Enterprise Platform. We are also excited to unveil updates to other areas in the QAD Adaptive Applications solution portfolio. We are excited to announce the general availability of QAD Adaptive ERP 2022.1,

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“We didn’t do anything wrong, but somehow, we lost.”

Tailwind

Back in 2015 when the President of Nokia – Nokia, the star child of Finnish technology sector – announced that it was being purchased by Microsoft. I run a trucking software and freight brokerage software business. Petter Northug of Norway completed the 50 kilometer course in 2 hours, 5 minutes and 35.5

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

In order to leverage this advantage, the right “delivery” tool for the digital maritime services needs to exit. With a focus on ocean freight leveraging internal ocean freight services, Twill bridges Maersk’s core maritime competencies with a customer-facing solution. But the shift to direct pricing and booking isn’t the only change.