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In Fast Fashion, the Tug of War Between the Circular Economy and Capitalism is Glaringly Apparent

Logistics Viewpoints

As large companies embrace environmental, social, and governance goals, they also need to revamp their reverse supply chains to disassemble returned goods apart, save valuable materials, and reuse them. In contrast to the traditional apparel supply chain that took months to bring garments made in Asia to market.

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This Week in Logistics New (May 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

A mountain of discarded clothing, including Christmas sweaters and ski boots, cuts a strange sight in Chile’s Atacama, the driest desert in the world, which is increasingly suffering from pollution created by fast fashion. Some 59,000 tons of clothing arrive each year at the Iquique port in the Alto Hospicio free zone in northern Chile.

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Are Chickens Coming for Your Supply Chain?

Enterra Insights

Supply risk managers are also watching this potential disaster unfold knowing full well the negative effects the coronavirus outbreak had on supply chains. He explains, “I’ve managed many crises with serious supply chain implications. Sharpen supply chain visibility.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Many of the leading ERP and supply chain software vendors have customer events in various countries around the world.; Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,

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This Week in Logistics News (September 10-14, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Without further delay, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Walmart to Acquire Cornershop in Mexico and Chile, Further Investing in Last-Mile Delivery and Strengthening Omnichannel Strategy. Germany’s Merck Introduces Automation to Supply Chain (WSJ – sub.

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Logistics in Latin America: A Mosaic of Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

Talking Logistics

Ricardo gave a simple example to illustrate this point: If I am an importer in Chile — which is the best of importing worlds in Latin America, with import processes similar to those in the U.S. Dealing with this mosaic of operating environments is one of the challenges that shippers and logistics service providers face in Latin America.

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The Endless Complexities of the Ocean side of Supply Chains

SCMDOJO

By mid-April, the shipping traffic jam, part of a broader gridlock in supply chains around the world amid disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic, started thinning while record cargo volumes were reported in the U.S. Supply Chain KPI Dashboard. Lauritzen Chile S.A. Infineon Technologies A.G, among others”.