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Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems. In India, the Central Government’s focus on improving all aspects of the supply chain means that all supply chain users must start thinking carefully about how to create a streamlined and agile supply chain to keep up with the changing global environment.

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Trends 2024: Risk Management

Enterra Insights

That’s the main reason why supply chain experts insist supply chains must become more agile and resilient. Few, if any, analysts are predicting fair winds and following seas for supply chains this year. Supply Chain Risks Geopolitical Risks. How will this impact supply chains?

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Climate Change: Yet Another Source of Global Supply Chain Risk and Disruption

BlueYonder

Supply Chain Disruption. In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solution Marketing team explores innovative solutions to guard against supply chain disruptions. to the recent devastating floods in Pakistan , we’re witnessing a series of natural and humanitarian crises unfold as a result of global warming.

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Accelerate Digitisation in the Supply Chain – Leveraging a Data-driven Approach to Optimisation – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

They work with clients to accelerate and simplify digitization across the supply chain, increasing revenue, reducing costs, and improving market penetration. Their scalable solutions have proven to help companies reduce their logistics costs and optimize their supply chains. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

The collapse of the garment factory in Bangladesh last week , which killed at least 705 workers and injured thousands of others, has put a spotlight on a problem that plagues many supply chains: the use of slave labor. In response, federal and state governments are taking action to drive down the use of slave labor in supply chains.

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Make Bottleneck Management Your Biggest Priority

ThroughPut

The new process might only save a few dozen seconds for each truck, but it ensures that the security checkpoint does not become a bottleneck that holds up the entire fulfillment process. Stakeholders throughout the supply chain should have the freedom to make small changes and improvements as they see fit (and within reason).

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Unethical Sourcing Practices in Procurement and How to Avoid Them

EC Sourcing Group

A perceived lack of ethics may affect your reputation and the entire procurement process and supply chain. . Sales teams at Smith & Wesson were trying to win contracts for firearms supplies in foreign countries, including Indonesia and Pakistan, using third parties to try to cover their tracks.