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Podcast | Unilever Pledges a ‘Living Wage’ for Its Global Supply Chain

The consumer products giant Unilever plc is promising a “living wage” for all of its supply-chain workers by the year 2030. Can it make good on that pledge?

Bottles of Unilever skincare products move along the production line at a factory in Cikarang, Indonesia. Photo: Bloomberg.

Rethinking Supply Chain as a Value Driver

Supply chain should be viewed as a value driver as opposed to a cost center.

Procurement and HR: A Critical Partnership in the Supply Chain

For all the differences between procurement, with its pragmatic, quantitative and best-price-for-best-supply mindset, and human resources, with its qualitative approach to the organization’s people and relationships, a lot more thought should be given to where they come together.

Three Ways Mobile Data Could Transform the Construction Industry

Data collection technology gives contractors a bird’s eye view of their business.

Watch: How Can Manufacturers Meet Current and Future Labor Needs?

Bill Currence, president and managing partner of Cornerstone Consulting Organization, tells of the difficulties that manufacturers are experiencing in attracting workers in the midst of the pandemic, and what the employment picture will look like when it’s over.

How Can Manufacturers Meet Current and Future Labor Needs?

The Gig Economy Is Booming, Despite Debates Over Workers’ Rights

The debate over what constitutes a “gig worker” rages on, but that hasn’t stopped the gig economy from exploding.

Photo: Bloomberg

The Apps and Devices Supporting Remote Supply-Chain Teams

Virtual teams improve the bottom line. But before businesses can reap the benefits, they have to determine the right supporting drivers for organizational communication.

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Biden Confronts Decades of Union Decline in Bid to Boost Pay

The globalization of supply chains, technological advancements that allow companies to replace labor, legal barriers to organizing and the shrinking share of factory workers — traditionally easier to organize — in the workforce have all taken a toll.

Source: Bloomberg

Podcast | Failing to Be Safe: Preventing Warehouse Injuries

At a time when warehouses are under intense pressure to process and ship product to demanding customers, how can we keep warehouse workers safe?

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Fed Sees Supply-Chain Issues Growing Despite Better U.S. Outlook

The Federal Reserve is seeing both labor and material shortages mounting up across several sectors of the U.S. economy.

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A.I.-Augmented Jobs Are Key to Helping U.S. Manufacturing

The day-to-day reality for American corporations is more complicated than simple proclamations about the need to bring back manufacturing, or buy more American-made products.

Photo: Bloomberg

Watch: Adjusting Global Supply Chains to a Reopened Economy

Thomas Goldsby, Professor & Haslam Chair in Logistics in the Supply Chain Management Department at the University of Tennessee, sketches a picture of how supply chains might be permanently changed by the pandemic, even as they adjust to its end.

Adjusting Global Supply Chains to a Reopened Economy

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