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CIES Supply Chain 2008

Event: 9th Oct 2008 – 10th Oct 2008 by Sarah Whitworth

At the event, practical case studies based on real experiences are presented by the speakers representing retailers and manufacturers.

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Retail Supply Chain Market Report

8th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

This report, commissioned by Unipart Logistics, aims to deepen the understanding of consumer supply chain drivers, logistics models and improvement initiatives.

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Compliance driving Global Supply Chains?

8th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

This Retail Bulletin article discusses the results of a recently published survey on supply chain issues. According to the 100 UK supply chain professionals surveyed, supply chain managers spend up to 52 days a year keeping abreast of, and complying with regulation and legislation relating to the supply chain.
The research found 84 per cent spend up to 52 days a year on compliance while 16 per cent claim even more time. More than half (58 per cent) claim to be either concerned or very concerned about operating in an increasingly regulated environment.

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Securing the collaborative supply network

Event: 3rd Nov 2008 – 4th Nov 2008

The Supply Chain Risk Management Summit 2008 (SCRM 2008) is the conference and networking event that will highlight once again the key issues in supply chain risk management.

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Food Safety Guidelines put more pressure on food processors

27th Jun 2008

The global sourcing of ingredients and products along with recent factory recalls has led to increased calls from consumers for more rigorous safety programmes and close monitoring of suppliers

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Richard Wilding Supply Chain Podcast - Episode 2

9th Jun 2008

This podcast is episode two of a three part series. The series is made up of interviews with Professor Richard Wilding from Cranfield University, one of Europe’s top supply chain management experts.

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Roles of ISPS code and standards in supply chain management

2nd Jun 2008

The 9/11 incidents has created an increased awareness of security that has considerable potential for progressive ports and companies to exploit to their commercial advantage by being able to market their compliance with the ISO 28000:2007 Standard that has been developed because of 9/11.

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Unilever pledge to use only palm oil certified as sustainable by 2015

9th May 2008

Unilever has pledged to use only palm oil certified as sustainable by 2015, while also supporting calls for a moratorium on further deforestation for palm oil in Indonesia.

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Tropical insects first to be affected by climate change?

6th May 2008

Scientists also warned that there will be other effects of global warming that could also have a serious impact on tropical regions, particularly on food crops.

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TranSec World Expo Conference 2008

Event: 25th Jun 2008 – 26th Jun 2008

At the centre of TranSec World Expo 2008 is a series of conferences & workshops and during the two days delegates will gain insight and opinion from over 70 expert speakers on the significant security and safety issues facing avaiation, maritime, rail and supply chain.

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Climate Change

The Climate Change section is your one stop shop for news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and other climate change resources.

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Supply Chain

The Supply Chain Assurance section covers news, blogs, podcasts, standards, events and resources on supply chain issues.

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Food

The Food section focuses on issues of food safety and the food supply chain, and provides news, blog posts, podcasts, resources, standards and events.

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CSR

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) section focuses on current CSR issues which face all companies all over the world. This information is provided to you via six sections: news, blog posts, podcasts, resources, standards and events.

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Product Conformity

The Product Conformity section contains news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and resources covering Product Conformity and other European Union related issues.

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Carbon Labelling

The Carbon Labelling section was launched in sync with the Check-out Carbon report, June 2008. The section contains information on news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and other carbon labelling resources.

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