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Unethical Sourcing Practices in Procurement and How to Avoid Them

EC Sourcing Group

Unethical Sourcing Practices in Procurement and How to Avoid Them. In procurement, unethical practices can be hard to spot. It’s critical to understand what makes up ethical vs. unethical practices within your procurement function. Unethical Procurement Practices : Examples of Unethical Behavior.

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GrandVision: “We are changing completely as we become demand driven”

Supply Chain Movement

In the last three years we’ve developed our strategy, centralised procurement, purchasing and manufacturing aligned our portfolios across all categories globally and developed our exclusive brands portfolio. We are transitioning our Chinese supplier base to other regions such as Bangladesh and Vietnam for labour cost and quality reasons.

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What Should Supply Chain Management Teams Anticipate in 2023 and Beyond- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

This is likely to include select areas of added business and supply chain digital transformation, but in more managed and focused scope. Procurement and supply management leaders will be expected to provide both leadership for supply resiliency and added value, but also supply network cost reductions.

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How Europe is Coping with Supply Chain Disruption

Jaggaer

Define your procurement response strategy. One of the likely outcomes is that companies will choose to have more suppliers in more locations. Sectors such as apparel, which have shifted production to countries such as Vietnam and Bangladesh, may see reshoring in the long run.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Derek Panchyshyn!

Supply Chain Game Changer

More recently at ATX Networks, I am proud of sourcing and developing new suppliers that have helped us grow into new markets, help capture tactical or long term opportunities, and reduce cost and risk for the company. Every day is about communicating, collaborating, organizing, problem solving, cost and environmental management.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Derek Panchyshyn, SVP at ATX Networks!

Supply Chain Game Changer

More recently at ATX Networks, I am proud of sourcing and developing new suppliers that have helped us grow into new markets, help capture tactical or long term opportunities, and reduce cost and risk for the company. Every day is about communicating, collaborating, organizing, problem solving, cost and environmental management.

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Top Considerations Around Reshoring in Today’s Supply Chain

QAD

That includes front-end forecasting and planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics and import/export. When you use local labor, procure raw materials locally and center production in the same area, the benefits flow into the nearby economy in the form of job growth and financial stability.