Unleashed

JANUARY 4, 2024

Product sourcing, done the right way, can set your business up with the foundations needed for achieving maximum sales. This guide will explain how product sourcing works in modern business, best practices for finding suppliers, and list some of the most popular websites and tools for sourcing goods to sell.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 13, 2020

Will the COVID-19 crisis lead more companies to manufacture and source their products and materials from the United States instead of China and other countries? I’ve been getting asked that question a lot these days. Read more Will COVID-19 Lead to More U.S.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

domestic supply of computer chips and the construction of semiconductor fabrication facilities and equipment within the United States. 2022) Source. As of 2020, the vast majority of the world’s “advanced” chips were manufactured outside of the United States, which is a noted concern of the US military. .

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 27, 2013

The “reshoring” of manufacturing operations from China and elsewhere to the United States continues to make headlines. A month later, Walmart announced that it will increase its sourcing of US products by $50 billion over the next 10 years. One is the thought process around best-cost sourcing versus least-cost sourcing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 17, 2020

Strategic National Stockpiles and Sourcing for the National Interest! These Rare Earth Elements have long ago been abandoned for mining and processing here in the United States and are part of our reliance on Chinese sources of supply. sourcing #rareearthelements. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Pile it up!

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Logility

JANUARY 15, 2021

On January 13, 2021 the United States Customs and Border Protection expanded the blanket Withhold Release Order (WRO) initially issued on December 2, 2020 and will detain all shipments containing cotton and cotton products originating from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and now includes tomato products. How ready are you?

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Logility

DECEMBER 2, 2021

These laws ultimately led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service. The politician: Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States. The writer and book: Upton Sinclair, The Jungle. The beverage: Coca-Cola®.

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EC Sourcing Group

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

EC Sourcing Group ranks as a ‘Value’ & ‘Customer’ Leader in Latest eSourcing Benchmarking Study. Spend Matters’ newly released Fall 2021 SolutionMap report names EC Sourcing Group a Customer & Value Leader across multiple organization types.

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EC Sourcing Group

DECEMBER 2, 2021

“EC Sourcing also happens to be one of the most mature in capability, with a set of clever features that only comes from the battle scars of decades of managing sourcing events” — Spend Matters 2021. Today marks a both an exciting and also incredibly challenging time to be in procurement and sourcing.

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EC Sourcing Group

DECEMBER 2, 2021

“EC Sourcing also happens to be one of the most mature in capability, with a set of clever features that only comes from the battle scars of decades of managing sourcing events” — Spend Matters 2021. Today marks a both an exciting and also incredibly challenging time to be in procurement and sourcing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

On top of that, some retailers are developing sustainability scorecards for items, allowing consumers to see hoe sustainably sourced and delivered their order is. Knowing which source of freight-related emissions are the highest can lead to improved decision making in shipping decisions.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 19, 2022

As detailed by WSJ’s Tokyo-based automotive industry reporter Sean McLain , Toyota embraced just-in-time (JIT) inventory management after an executive took a late 1950s visit to the United States and marveled at how supermarkets kept store shelves stocked without massive inventory stockpiles. The post Behind Toyota’s 2021 U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Source: J.P. The United States publishes monthly advance economic indicators that can provide more recent and updated information. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI compiles data from S&P Global and other sources from countries across the globe and weighs the countries based on annual manufacturing value added.

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Logility

MARCH 2, 2021

For Ben & Jerry’s, claims related to non-GMO compliance require tracing animal feed sources and ingredients obtained from fermentation and processing aids or enzymes, potential comingling of GMO and non-GMO ingredients at any point in the supply chain, and any variances issued. Changing the Way Materials Are Sourced.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 19, 2023

Simultaneously, an estimated 20 million people nationwide attended the inaugural events that day at tens of thousands of sites including elementary and secondary schools, universities, and community sites across the United States. Today more than 1 billion people in 193 countries participate.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

As Asia-Pacific production ramped up, competition was on to source the scarce goods and to get access to the limited transportation capacity available to move these goods to their destinations. They also show how critical the sourcing and movement of goods are to businesses and economies as a whole. These are headline issues.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2024

The German Supply Chain Act is currently setting the benchmark in Europe, but in the United States, the Uighur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) is a significant force. This wave of new legislation is pushing companies to understand and evaluate their supply chain in much greater depth than ever before.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 24, 2024

The RTS staff reports, “The United States discards more food than any other country in the world: nearly 60 million tons — 120 billion pounds — every year. ”[2] Here’s the rub: “The United States currently does not have a single baseline estimate of food loss and waste.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

United States Inflation Rates and GDP Inflation is the highest in forty years. Build in-market sourcing. Rationalize global strategies to focus on building markets based on in-market sourcing. For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Headline news that day was Theranos’, once-Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes, 38, sentenced to over 11 years in prison by a United States District Court for defrauding investors of her firm to revolutionize blood-testing technology. Happy thanksgiving to those in the United States.

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ThroughPut

MAY 28, 2024

will start its journey to create and provide innovative capabilities that will strengthen the national defense of the United States of America. looks forward to supporting efforts to accelerate inventory flow across the United States Air Force,” said Ali Raza, CEO & Founder of ThroughPut.ai. “By ThroughPut.ai

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Logility

JANUARY 5, 2021

In addition, COVID revealed the need for increased downstream fortification as sources — from growers to spinners to mills — became less reliable. The other shoe dropped in September 2020 when, by a vote of 406-3, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. In other words, more action could come.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The largest source of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States currently comes from transportation, surpassing electricity emissions in 2017 for the first time since 1978.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As shown in Figure 1, there are many types of networks: industry-focused networks, functionally focused networks (like sourcing and logistics) and specialized networks for discovery (marketplaces), product serialization, open innovation. I know of no-means to drive interoperability across make, source, and deliver in a multi-tier network.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

For example, China and the United States are ranked 1 and 2 respectively for the production of rare earth elements, but this is deceiving as China is producing 5 times the amount of the United States. Materials like rare earth elements have a high concentration in Asia. Supply Chain Resilience vs Low-Cost Supply Chain.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 25, 2024

Two years later, Data Privacy Day was observed in the United States. In 2009, the United States House of Representatives officially recognized National Data Privacy Day. Five years later, the United Senate also recognized 28 January as National Data Privacy Day.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Source: [link]. The United States, for example, wastes about 40% of their food , amounting to about 125 to 160 billion pounds—much of which is perfectly edible. By creating greater transparency throughout food supply chains, manufacturers can identify where the wastage happens and solve the problem at the source.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance have reportedly agreed to a tentative deal on wages, temporarily ending a port strike that impacted 14 different U.S. East and West Coast ports. This tentative deal was disclosed on an ILA Facebook posting.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2024

Medline was the first company in the United States to adopt the AutoStore robotic order fulfillment solution and Medline is the largest AutoStore user in the world. SwissLog was selected as the implementation partner and the source of the warehouse control software that links AutoStore to Medline’s warehouse management system.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In 2011, the Fabricators and Manufacturers’ Association (FMA) of the United States decided a national Manufacturing Day might help turn the spotlight on manufacturing by encouraging companies to open their doors to visitors or sponsor events, exhibitions, and so forth. .” moved towards a more service-oriented economy.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 4, 2022

Chartered Accountants, in Accra, Ghana between completing his secondary school education and commencing undergraduate study in the United States in 1997. He was a junior auditor at Issifu Ali & Co. Brian holds a BA with a double major in Mathematics and Physics from Connecticut College in New London, CT.

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ivalua

APRIL 19, 2022

Founded by Congress in 1962, the gallery’s mission displays portraits of individuals who have made significant contributions to the history, development, and culture of the people of the United States. . Director Strategic Sourcing Digital & Functional Transformation, .

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 31, 2021

Paul Jensen is a graduate of Iowa State University earning a Bachelor of Science in Physics. Upon graduation, he joined the United States Navy as a submarine officer and nuclear engineer. Jensen retired from the United States Navy Reserves in 2010 as a Commander (O5). About Paul Jensen.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 8, 2024

In export activity, China and India are cited as exhibiting very strong quarter-over-quarter export performance, followed by the Russian Federation and the United States. percent decline in trade dependence with the United States. Brazil is noted as having a 3.3 Be prepared!

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ivalua

JULY 21, 2021

REV Group embarked on its sourcing and procurement transformation earlier this year, which included four appointments to REV’s global sourcing and supply chain team, representing the Fire & Emergency, Commercial and Recreation segments. Benefits include: Shortened sourcing cycle times. 100% visibility of sourcing processes.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2024

Brazil, China, India, and the United States indices remained at expansionary levels. Regional Highlights United States Among major regions, the two followed indices of U.S. Europe remained weak with eight nations in continued production contraction.

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Logility

MAY 17, 2023

According to Reshoring Initiative , companies seeking to limit their exposure to supply chain uncertainties and global conflict risks are moving operations from East Asia to the United States or as close as possible. Whatever the rationale, this trend – which includes onshoring, reshoring and nearshoring – offers enticing tradeoffs.

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