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McDonald’s Mesoamérica Supply Chain Response to COVID-19

ToolsGroup

Businesses around the world are learning to adapt as best they can to the COVID-19 supply chain impact. Unpredictable consumer behavior in response to macro events creates demand volatility in every link of global supply chains. Nicaragua has placed lower restrictions.

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What You Can’t See Can Hurt You – Is Your Supply Chain Really Transparent?

Logility

Increasing scrutiny of labor practices requires supply chain technology that proves accountability and compliance. Consumers are demanding greater transparency and want more information about worker treatment in the supply chain. . Key Takeaways. Lack of transparency also carries a huge reputational risk.

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How Plastic Bottles From Haiti End Up In Your Boots: Timberland X Thread on Open Sourcemap

Sourcemap

Thread International weaves fabric from plastic bottles collected in Haiti and Honduras - providing income opportunities to nearly four thousand people and diverting two hundred tons of plastic from waste streams. This Spring Timberland is launching two footwear products built using Thread post-consumer recycled fabric.

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ONE Announces Service Further Connecting North and South America

Supply Chain Brain

The service, which will be launched in September 2023, will connect South Florida to Honduras, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador.

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Frictionless Podcast: Apparel Production and Logistics in Central America

Supply Chain 24/7

On this Episode, Rosemary Coates, Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, and Annie Paredes, Director of Customer Service at CBX Global Central America discuss the apparel industry’s shift to Honduras.

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The Key Coffee Industry Trends For 2021 & Beyond

Unleashed

However with Covid-19 slowing both production and demand, and disrupting the global supply chain, the global coffee industry has stalled in recent months – and seen new trends take hold. But a global pandemic that has disrupted supply chains and eradicated past norms, coffee could not be expected to escape unscathed.

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Country Risk Scores Mapped and Explained

EcoVadis

Six countries decreased their risk level, this includes: Honduras, Indonesia, Nepal and Ukraine. Human rights issues, such as freedom of speech and modern slavery, are of particular concern in this methodology since these tend to pose the largest risk to companies and their supply chains and should receive particular attention.