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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

Supply chain due diligence is a critical topic for manufacturers and enterprises in all industries, especially given three major impacts of recent high-profile abuse cases, new due diligence laws and consumer buying trends. . found that consumers would stop purchasing brands with ethics issues. Let’s break it down. In the U.S.,

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Still Don’t Know How Many Slaves Are In Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

I asked that question almost three years ago following the collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 workers and injured thousands of others. Based on recent reports, it appears that, three years later, the answer to that question remains the same: We don’t know.

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One Man’s Trash: How Blockchain Can Target Food Waste to Help End World Hunger

Material Handling & Logistics

billion metric tons—gets lost or wasted. What’s more, net food losses in developed countries (222 million metric tons) equate to nearly all of the food produced in Sub-Saharan Africa yearly (223 million metric tons). From the wholesale manufacturers in Iowa to the farmers in Bangladesh, change is coming.

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Supplier Management and Sourcing in the Fashion Industry – Under the Spotlight

Jaggaer

In recent years, these complex supplier networks have posed difficult challenges for the purchasing teams that are charged with ensuring that goods are made at the right price, are delivered on time and meet the right ethical and quality standards. Procurement teams know that their brands are now in the spotlight.

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Ensuring Workers’ Rights in Global Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Just about every major manufacturer has a supplier code of conduct to ensure that workers are treated humanely. A former journalist, she first became aware of the need for an intensive training regimen in Bangladesh, site of multiple labor violations and worker deaths. You don’t change the world in a minute.” in new financing.

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How Europe is Coping with Supply Chain Disruption

Jaggaer

Define your procurement response strategy. Many countries have closed shops for non-essential and discretionary purchases, and even where they are open, consumers may be cautious about venturing to the high street, preferring to shop online. Adapting to the present and future challenges of COVID-19.

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Alternatives to Blockchain in Supply Chain

Logichain Solutions

These systems maintain records from sourcing, manufacturing, processing, to distribution and use unique identifier like part number, lot code, batch code, production line, time frame, or supplier. The Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh on April 24, 2013 killed over 1,100 garment workers and injured more than 2,000.