Earlier this year Europe's horsemeat scandal revealed how processed meat can get mislabelled in a complicated supply chain.
In addition, those subsidiaries are key players in the supply chain for factories in Japan.
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The three secretaries of state outlined plans for "tax certainty", supply chain support and skills development.
Apple is deeply dependent on China for its supply chain and increasingly for sales.
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The region requires a great deal of education and enlightenment in the field of supply chain.
Method is working to grow that spark by making its supply chain more scalable.
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Mobile handsets require high levels of precision manufacturing skill as well as strong supply chain capabilities.
Sometimes there are local market dynamics that make good supply chain strategies impossible to operate.
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They will conduct assessments in the rest of their supply chain in upcoming years.
Companies need to make every effort to ensure human rights across the supply chain.
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EPDs can even be used to help a company or industry clean up its supply chain.
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"We've cleaned up the supply chain, " says Carl Redfield, Cisco's senior vice president for manufacturing.
Can they gain better visibility of the manufacturing floor and across the supply chain?
For once, a major public company with a household-name brand took responsibility for its supply chain.
The supply chain was disrupted for everyone, which created a consumer shortage in the fourth quarter.
Smith, Amelio's handpicked head of supply chain, and Kenneth DiPietro, the hr chief, remain.
The supply chain is also showing significant slowdown, and semiconductor-related inventory levels are still elevated.
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Acer designs environmentally friendly products and, with its vendors, has established a green supply chain.
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Does that make China more of an opportunity for companies in the solar supply chain?
In other words, this movie broadcasts that breaking your supply chain can break your business.
"It is a food supply chain, and we're all in this together, " he said.
The supply chain that put that piece of electronics in your hand is long and dangerous.
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The immediate impact is of the natural disaster in Japan on the supply chain is clear.
Industry checks find no reason for worry about supply chain effects from the issues in Japan.
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It has also reduced new additions ever since, focusing on web sales and supply chain improvements.
Jon Bovit is chief marketing officer with Resilinc, a provider of supply chain management tools.
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Concern about the supply chain have been rising among both corporate and government officials.
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Manufacturers expect continued cost reductions though economies of scale and supply chain cost reductions.
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And many will ultimately fail, creating disruptions in the supply chain that can negatively impact operations.
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