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What Every Multinational Company Should Know About. Supply Chain Integrity

Foley

Both enforcement agencies and consumers increasingly are focused on manufacturers’ supply chains. Just as importantly, manufacturers will face tangible reputational risks if forced-labor issues are exposed in their supply chains. Human rights enforcement frameworks increasingly have real teeth.

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Sustainable supply chains, what does it mean?

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Excessive energy and water consumption, high waste production with low reuse rates, human rights issues, and abuse of labor are just some of the core issues plaguing supply chains globally. A supply chain is a vast network between large companies and their suppliers to develop, manufacture and distribute finished products to end users.

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Critical Developments in the Supply Chain & Logistics Sector

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Post pandemic, the supply chain and logistics sector has transformed drastically with the help of digital technology by automating and optimizing the supply chain processes. Companies are now adopting digital technologies to increase supply chain efficiency, improve cycle time, and minimize human errors.

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Unlocking Sustainability Opportunities Through Supply Chain Digitalization

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Towards Lower Emissions and a Sustainable Supply Chain With the global developments moving towards sustainability, Oman and UAE have both pledged net zero emissions by 2050, whereas KSA, Kuwait and Bahrain have committed to zero carbon emissions by 2060.

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2024 to be the year of the Sustainable Supply Chain

Manufacturer's Monthly

“The sustainable supply chain is going to be the top focus in the new year,” says Chartres, who oversees MEGATRANS, Australia’s largest logistics event taking place in Melbourne in September 2024. The past few years have been about securing supply chains at any cost, after they were disrupted by the pandemic.

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Collaborate, improve resilience in an industrial automation supply chain

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Understand how rapid changes in supply chains created a need to share more information more effectively. Learn the advantages of improving data transparency for supply chains. See how tools can increase supply chain digitalization, integration and automation.

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Embrace Disruption: The Supply Chain

Fabricating & Metal Work

COVER STORY Metalworkers can build supply chains that can bend without breaking thanks to innovative strategies, processes and products. Where do things stand regarding the state of the supply chain as we enter the summer of 2023? “I In the meantime, supply chain challenges persist, hampering best-laid plans.