I suspect that there are plenty of people around the world who are astonished at the furore that has arisen in the UK over the discovery of horsemeat in burgers
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I’ve heard it said that Apple knows more about what is going on in its competitors’ supply chains than the competitors do themselves. Just hyperbole? Probably. What is true is that Apple has come out top in the Gartner Top 25 supply chain listing
There is no doubt that the sustainability agenda has become established within organisations, and it appears to be teaching some new lessons about how supply chains work
The road to globalisation is littered with companies that have been caught out because they have failed to ensure workers in far away factories are treated properly – and paid properly, or that appropriate steps have been taken to protect the environment
Sportswear giant Nike has pledged to eliminate hazardous chemicals from its supply chains by 2020
It’s now more than a decade since Nike’s supply chain came under intense scrutiny after it was revealed that workers in sub-contractors’ factories in Asia were working in “sweat-shop” conditions.
Agility was the hot topic at last month’s Extended Supply Chain conference, along with supply chain transformation, and S&OP. Lucy Tesseras and Johanna Parsons report.
Extended Supply Chain 2011 opens tomorrow, and will bring together supply chain leaders from a range of industry sectors to discuss, network and debate supply chain best practice and operational excellence
The Extended Supply Chain conference programme is packed with strategic insight, innovative thinking and useful tools for enhancing visibility, responsiveness and flexibility across the supply chain. Here’s what to expect. By Nick Allen.
When Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, the software vendor became a manufacturing company overnight
