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Daimler Warns of Supply Chain Risk From Switch to Electric Cars

February 15, 2018

Daimler AG, owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand, warned that a fall in demand for diesel cars and a switch to electric vehicles could force it to prop up its supplier base.

Lawsuit Alleges Ulta Resold Used Cosmetics As New

February 14, 2018

Los Angeles Times

A Los Angeles woman is suing Ulta Beauty, alleging that the cosmetics retailer had a practice of reselling used makeup as new to unsuspecting customers.

From Algae to Yeast: The Quest to Find an Alternative to Palm Oil

February 14, 2018

The Guardian

When green cleaning company Ecover announced the launch of a new laundry liquid containing an oil made from algae, as an alternative to the palm oil used in most detergents, it wasn’t prepared for the backlash.

Roses Are Cheap on Valentine’s Day — Because of Where They Come From

February 14, 2018

The Washington Post

The majority of roses Americans give one another on Valentine’s Day, roughly 200 million in all, grow here, the savanna outside Bogota, Colombia, summoned from the soil by 12 hours of natural sunlight, the 8,400-foot altitude and an abundance of cheap labor.

Collaboration 4.0: The Digital Revolution

February 13, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

As companies digitize and integrate their enterprise and implement advanced analytics, they are learning that collaboration is the key to market leadership. Collaborative channel relationships are transforming the buyer-seller relationship from transactional to strategic. Working together to integrate and share process information, partners experience performance improvement by focusing on the least landed cost at every point in the channel versus leveraging price. Regulatory compliance for track, trace and authentication can only be realized through digitization. -Rich Sherman, Senior Fellow, Supply Chain Centre of Excellence, Tata Consultancy Services

Why Red Bull Changed Its Travel Buying Strategy

February 13, 2018

Supply Management

Travel buyers should start talking to their travel management companies (TMCs) now about how changes to flight booking technologies could impact them, Red Bull’s head of procurement has said.

'No Slavery on Our Factory Floor': How Human Trafficking Laws Can Still Shut You Down

February 13, 2018

Industryweek

"Slavery? In my factory? There’s no way…I know who all my employees are, and I make sure they work under great conditions."

Avoid Strategic Drift in Your 3PL Relationship with a Sound Governance Structure

February 12, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

Even the seemingly most aligned and value-enhancing 3PL relationships can falter badly if the parties fail to “keep up” with each other over the course of their agreement. I call this problem “strategic drift.” It’s a question of good governance, which includes regular communication and meeting cadences throughout the involved organizations. -Kate Vitasek, faculty member, University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business Administration; author of six books on the Vested business model

Introducing a Cryptocurrency for the Food Supply Chain

February 12, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

And so the cryptocurrency mania continues, in yet another form.

Making a Crypto Utopia in Puerto Rico

February 12, 2018

The New York Times

They call what they are building Puertopia. But then someone told them, apparently in all seriousness, that it translates to “eternal boy playground” in Latin. So they are changing the name: They will call it Sol.