Blogs about: Global Supply Chains
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Are Indian suppliers becoming more concerned with supply chain risk?
How you find out about the latest trends in supply chain managemen? Well, having a blog dedicated to supply chain risk and business continuity and a good traffic stats program goes a long way towards… more →
Jan Husdal
The Darker Side of Fashion
wrote 3 days ago: Despite my love of Topshop and luxury handbags; and my frequent string of “girl-crushes”, “style cru … more →
OM in the News: Bangladesh and the Clothing Supply Chain
wrote 2 weeks ago: Bangladesh protesters Global apparel companies often depict their international supply chains as tig … more →
What is Enhanced Due Diligence?
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wrote 1 month ago: Enhanced due diligence (EDD) is the investigation of a target that goes over and above standard due … more →
Empowering smallholder farmers to create sustainable change - live discussion
wrote 2 months ago: By Jenny Purt The Guardia - Do you ever look at where the products you buy come from or ponder over … more →
Is 3d Printing Really Going to Change our Supply Chains?
wrote 3 months ago: 3D printing appears to be the new tech hype. I must agree that some of the new applications really a … more →
Why Luxury Brands Should Bring Manufacturing Home
wrote 5 months ago: I think of myself as a smart shopper. And if I am paying a certain price point for a certain brand, … more →
OM in the News: The Rise and Fall of Rare Earths
wrote 6 months ago: Manufacturers of high-tech products rely on a steady stream of metals–some of them scarce–to make th … more →
Kik, Karachi and the Certification-Industrial Complex
wrote 6 months ago: One of the most insidious aspects of the global CSR machine, ‘social standards certification,’ adds … more →
Apple, Foxconn and YOU: the limits of consumer-driven supply chain action on labour exploitation
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wrote 7 months ago: Who owns an iPhone? An iPad? A MacBook? For many reasons, not least their beauty, their functionali … more →
Initial thoughts on Obama's anti-slavery speech at CGI2012
wrote 7 months ago: Yesterday, US President Barack Obama gave a rhetorically galvanising speech about ending modern slav … more →
Africa's investment avalanche: Part Deux
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wrote 10 months ago: So here are some of the other reasons why I am skeptical about the extent to which Africa will benef … more →
Scoreboard Journalism on the Worldbank's LPI
wrote 11 months ago: A few weeks ago, The World Bank published the most recent version of its Logistics Performance Index … more →
Delta's backward integration with the acquisition of a refinery
wrote 1 year ago: This morning’s news that Delta had acquired an oil refinery in Pennsylvania is another example … more →
Tuesday’s Headlines: Forget Investment Banking – Try Operations Management!
wrote 1 year ago: While Wall Street may be cutting back in some job sectors, Philip Delves Broughton, author of The Ar … more →
Administrative sanctions for failure to report on supply chain labour problems
wrote 1 year ago: The current right-wing government in the Netherlands is not particularly unfriendly to business. Yet … more →
Manufacturing returning from China?
wrote 1 year ago: The recent move by Philips to backshore the complete production of its shavers from China to the Net … more →
Contributions from many to participate with one
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wrote 1 year ago: The nature of the relationship between customers and firms has changed dramatically. For over a hund … more →
Adoption of container tracking will accelerate in the coming years
wrote 1 year ago: According to a new research report from Berg Insight, the number of active remote container tracking … more →
Chapter 1: Global Risks
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wrote 1 year ago: Chapter 1: The Changing Environment for Business We are living in a new world of risk. Globalization … more →
