Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 5, 2022 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership.

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Proxima

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In our new report, Investing in a Sustainable Supply Chain , we spoke to investors across the United States and the United Kingdom to get their first-hand perspective on sustainability within supply chains. Sustainable supply chains matter to investors over the long term.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights perspectives and added insights on reported August 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. The three specific regions of concern are the Eurozone, United Kingdom along with Taiwan. That represented a 2.3 percentage point plunge from the 45.3

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Synovos

AUGUST 21, 2023

The RoSPA Health and Safety Awards is the largest occupational health and safety awards program in the United Kingdom. RS Integrated Supply was introduced by RS Group in 2022 after combining Synovos and IESA, two procurement and supply chain management companies.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 3, 2021

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG), corporate social responsibility (CSR), and sustainability are becoming increasingly significant issues for supply chain management. These concepts can be hard to define and measure, and even harder to integrate into procurement. Retailer Uniqlo Co.

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 7, 2022

In 2017, the International Labor Organization estimated that 40 million people globally were victims of modern slavery, and of those, 25 million were victimized by forced labor.Due to the nature and regionality of forced labor, the reality is that it is most likely to be found deeper in supply chains, at the second, third, or fourth tier.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Global Supply Chain Pressures Index. Federal Bank of New York. The Prices index declined 0.5

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 15, 2023

sales, the supply network has domestic value of 70 percent of greater. and one in the United Kingdom , with a reported $5.3 In a prior Supply Chain Matters published commentary in May of last year , we highlighted the grand opening of the company’s fifth manufacturing facility located in Methuen, Massachusetts.

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 7, 2022

In 2017, the International Labor Organization estimated that 40 million people globally were victims of modern slavery, and of those, 25 million were victimized by forced labor.Due to the nature and regionality of forced labor, the reality is that it is most likely to be found deeper in supply chains, at the second, third, or fourth tier.

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EcoVadis

MAY 24, 2019

More than 600 CSR and procurement professionals, attended Sustain , the annual EcoVadis event dedicated to responsible purchasing earlier this year. La Palette Rouge, a division of Euro Pool Group, is a red pallet pooling company specializing in manufacturing and retail chains in the fast-moving consumer goods sector.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides a further global supply chain assessment in the highlighting and added insights on reported October 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our latest news capsule format follow-up relative to the updating of our prior supply chain management published developments we have shared with readers. Supply Chain Driven Inflation Moderates in July. Our previous edition of this series was published on July 28 th.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and commentary relative to the European Union’s proposed import tax on carbon and its potential implications to global based supply chains. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Reportedly, U.S. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides monthly highlight commentary and perspectives on published October 2022 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. United Kingdom. The October reported value of 49.4 percentage points from the 49.8 in October, declining from 48.4 in September, and 47.3

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

This special edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech provides highlights and perspectives of OpenText ’s announced intent to acquire Micro Focus in a $6 billion deal. There have further been a good number of employee and management departures and turnovers related to this business unit.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

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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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides a further installment in our global supply chain assessment in the highlights on reported December 2023, Q3-2023, and full year global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. and the United Kingdom. Contractionary Indications for U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and perspectives on reported July 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. In the dependent region of the United Kingdom , the S&P Global/CIPS UK Manufacturing PMI® deepened to a seven month low of 45.3 All rights reserved.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

B2C Europe is operationally present in four key European E-commerce countries (Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, and Spain), and has offices in China. And we continue to be uniquely positioned to serve customers during this time of disruption and beyond to orchestrate and end supply chain success for these customers.

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Proxima

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

This is where procurement consultancies can help with cost-optimization in supply chains. We’ve seen millions of workers in the United States and United Kingdom laid off, and many economists forecast increasing unemployment in the coming months.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides a further global supply chain assessment in the highlights and added insights on reported November 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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HICX Solutions

JANUARY 31, 2019

In this article, experts identify which steps in the procurement process are most likely to benefit from the AI revolution. One of the main uses for artificial intelligence in procurement is to meld internal and external data to provide enhanced supplier risk management. Data-driven decisions. ” Pick that low-hanging fruit.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights select June and Q2-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating increased headwinds and challenges in the months to come. Weaker demand conditions, the war in Ukraine and persistent supply issues were cited as reasons for lower production. ”.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 19, 2016

the world’s largest network of optical retail stores is far along the path from historically being supplier-led to having a strong demand driven supply chain. And we are still on a journey with many more opportunities,” the Vice President Supply Chain says. Until a few years ago we were a very supply driven company.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 16, 2014

Procurement Transformation Summit. Venue: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel – Victoria, London, United Kingdom. How are you maximising internal and external resources to develop a revolutionary new Procurement Operating Model? Is your procurement function at the bottleneck of driving value into your business?

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Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

On episode 25 of Supply Chain Next, Richard Donaldson talks with Roberto Reichard about embodied carbon, climate change and taking control of our supply chains to move toward sustainability. Supply Chain Next · 025 – Roberto Reichard. Safety and quality became key buying factors during procurement.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 17, 2022

The Logility team writes, “Environmental sustainability in the supply chain is top of mind for consumers, and a brand that fails to hold itself responsible risks reputational damage that will affect the bottom line.”[2] In the past, sustainability initiatives have often been considered bad for the bottom line.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Supply Chain Matters blog features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Technology. This column serves as a news capsule of specific developments occurring in the supply chain technology sector. Our prior full edition of this column was published on January 19 t h.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The United Kingdom has launched a criminal investigation into alleged fraud being committed by a jet engine parts supplier that can have significant implications. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. That request was granted. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of reported February 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Output reportedly rose in China, India, Brazil and the United States , while declines continued in the Eurozone , Japan and the United Kingdom. and has increased 1.4

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Effective supply chain management is essential for success in the dynamism and connectivity of modern companies. To accomplish this, you require the skills of supply chain experts who can manage the complexity and difficulties of today’s global supply chains. They come from a variety of backgrounds.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 2, 2018

In a typical global supply chain, involving multiple tiers of production, the chances of failure are alarmingly high. Most global supply chains are made up of multiple tiers of manufacturing, stretching from production of raw materials to final assembly. QuizRR seeks a minimum of two-year contracts with each factory. “We

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Unleashed

JULY 11, 2021

Across Europe, EPDs are routinely factored into personal and corporate level purchasing and supply chain management decisions. BlueSign certification assesses each step through the supply chain from raw materials, processing, dyeing, and finishing to ensure nothing is missed in sustainable materials and work steps.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides added highlights on a new development involving labor unrest among U.S. West Coast dockworkers, and on an ongoing period of labor activism across global supply chains. In the past few months there have been labor actions involving various European and United Kingdom ports.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an editorial perspective on political actions that occurred this week, specifically the State of the Union Address the release of a new U.S. Trade Policy agenda, and where government and global supply chain policies can either collide or align. . State of the Union Address.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Given that hospitals and other healthcare facilities exist only to provide care to patients, it can come as a surprise to know that supply chain cost is typically the second largest expense such facilities incur, exceeded only by the cost of labour. Hospital and Healthcare Supply: The Need for Change.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But with the escalation of hostilities – and now the broad impact on maritime flows – the US has announced the launch of Operation Prosperity Guardian which will work alongside CMF 153 to address the Houthi threat and will include support from the US, the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain.

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