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Vlisco takes optimization to the catwalk

DELMIA Quintiq

The textile manufacturer initially focused on the Dutch and Dutch-Indonesian markets, but by the end of the 19th century, it had expanded to the West-African market. Today, Vlisco is an undisputed market leader in Benin, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast and the Congo.

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Solving The Cold Chain Challenges

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

For example, the One Network platform for supply chain planning and execution is used by the Ministries of Health in Nigeria, Ghana, and Rwanda, providing comprehensive inventory visibility across all health facilities for real time supply demand matching and collaborative decision making. End-to-End and Real-Time Logistics.

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A Chocolate Addict’s Plea: Know Your Supply Chain Risks!

Kinaxis

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently posted an article about the huge shortfall in the cocoa crop in Ghana. That means manufacturers will likely be scrambling to find enough cocoa to satisfy their chocolate producing needs. Together they account for more than half of the world’s cocoa supplies!

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Manufacturing Pulse Report 2016

Supply Chain Movement

The manufacturing sector is in the midst of a period of great change. JDA’s Manufacturing Pulse report examining consumer industries has revealed that in the last 12 months, more than two-fifths (42%) of European adults have bought goods directly from a manufacturer. Manufacturing Pulse Report 2016. Choose country.

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The World Needs More Fertilizer — and That’s No Bulls**t

Enterra Insights

Those inputs have always been key, but it was only about a century ago that humanity learned to manufacture mass-produced ammonia-based nutrients. India, China, Bangladesh, and Ghana) but those regimes are going to place tremendous fiscal pressure on budgets already stressed by substantial government outlays during the COVID-19 epidemic.”

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A look at solving the e-recycling problem

ModusLink Corporation

It’s a growing problem with no easy solution: with the expansion of technology, an increasing amount of electronics waste is ending up in developing countries such as Ghana, India and parts of China. Most of this e-waste comes from the US and Europe, while only a small amount of it is produced locally.

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Unethical Supply Chains Cost More Than Dollars and Cents

QAD

And, also served as a wake up call across the manufacturing and other industries, not just the textile and garment segment. More recently, Cadbury’s supply chain in Ghana was found to include children as young as 10 working on cocoa farms while missing school. Apple has not been able to avoid this situation.