Green Supply Chain

A ‘Green supply chain’  refers to a series of interconnected stakeholders (customer, primary supplier, and lower-tier suppliers) that apply processes and policies that deliver environmental and social benefits while complying with appropriate legislation. While aspirational, a green supply chain can be challenging to establish; many organizations have a supply chain that may include large quantities of […]

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Ethical Supply Chain

An ethical supply chain is configured to balance the need for economic returns against social and environmental responsibilities. An ethically focused organization directs its efforts towards processes that create products and/or services in a way that is built from the ethical treatment of its workforce and stakeholders while ensuring its production methods utilize environmentally sustainable […]

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Supply Chain Visibility

Supply chain visibility describes the process of identifying & understanding what’s going on across your supply chain (up and downstream), in real-time, across interconnected processes and stakeholders. It can be a complex and challenging process to succeed in but can offer numerous benefits when configured appropriately. In this article, we’ll be looking at Supply Chain […]

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Warehouse mistakes

With warehouse and logistics functions being critical to the success of most businesses, it’s perhaps not a surprise that organizations look to avoid needless warehouse mistakes that can impact the customer, drive cost or reduce efficiency. So, what are these mistakes, why are they so common? How can effective warehouse functions avoid them?  In today’s […]

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Supplier Development

Supplier development is the act of the buying organization working closely with a supplier, or group of suppliers, to drive improvement.   Supplier development targets goals initially laid out by the buyer and delivering advantages for the buying organization. In most cases, however, both parties receive a level of benefit from the collaboration. Despite this simple […]

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Procurement Cycle

All businesses rely heavily on their supply chain function to meet their strategic objectives. One of those essential supply chain functions is procurement. Procurement is a decision-based set of processes that includes sourcing suppliers, negotiating, agreeing contracts, tendering, and placing purchase orders. The procurement cycle can help a business understand the steps in which products, […]

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