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How Supply Chain Orchestration Can Help Generate Predictive Insights
Demand volatility has been a challenge for supply chains from the very beginning.
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How to Make Your Supply Chain World Cup Game-Ready
As a massive horde of soccer fans gather in stadiums across Russia for the World Cup to cheer on their favorite team, one thing is for certain: they’ll be armed with plenty of money to spend. Is your supply chain prepared to serve them?
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Walmart Bests Whole Foods in Study of Food Supply's Human Toll
Grocers including Walmart Inc., Jumbo Group Ltd. and Whole Foods Market Inc. fared poorly in ratings looking at the treatment of the women, farmers and food-sector workers who supply supermarket shelves in the U.S. and European Union.
Trump Tariffs Force Companies to Rework Supply Chains
From global manufacturers such as Harley-Davidson Inc to small tech startups, companies are scrambling to rework supply chains built for an era of stable, open trade policy that is now under threat.
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A.I. for Compliance: An ‘Artificial’ Answer to a Very Real Problem
When it comes right down to it, are all these corporate scandals the result of a lack of intelligence? Specifically, of the artificial variety?
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ASOS Pledges to Ban Mohair, Cashmere and Silk From 2019
Animal welfare in fashion has had a huge boost last week. Asos — the second biggest clothing site in the U.K., with 64.4 million visitors in the six months to May 2018 — has pledged to ban silk, mohair, cashmere and feathers from its site from January 2019. In addition, products using down, teeth and bone — including mother-of-pearl, which is taken from the shell of some molluscs — also fall under the planned ban.
Spend Analytics: Understanding the Total Cost of a Supplier Relationship
Challenge: Growth driven by acquisitions left a global manufacturer with a mixed bag of ERP systems — resulting in an unconsolidated view of spend and an inability to quickly analyze data. The manual reporting system, combined with data extraction and trust issues, was costly and left the manufacturer with a poor understanding of true supplier expenses.
Automotive Manufacturer Eliminates Supply Chain Damage Using Impact Monitoring System
Challenge: A major international automotive manufacturer was experiencing a high rate of supply chain damage. The component racks which held car parts during transit had passed impact and vibration testing, but shipments were still arriving damaged. With no way to tell what was causing the damage, the automotive company had to get creative.
U.K. Supermarkets Are ‘Trapping Suppliers in Poverty,’ Report Says
Price squeezes by some of the U.K.’s biggest supermarkets, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda, are hurting workers and small-scale farmers in some of the poorest parts of the world, Oxfam has said.
Aerospace and Defense Companies Are Jumping on the Blockchain Train
The potential benefits of blockchain technology appeal to the aerospace/defense sector with 86 percent of them expect to integrate blockchain into their corporate systems within three years, according to new research from Accenture.
Coal in the Crossfire: Chinese Traders Wary of Being Burnt by Trade War
At least three U.S. coal shipments on their way to China may end up casualties of the escalating trade dispute after Beijing said it would impose steep tariffs that may kick in before the ships reach their destinations.
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How to Conduct a ‘Health Check’ on Your Supply Chain
What do supply chains have in common with humans? They both need occasional health checks.
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