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A supply chain is a network of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in the production, handling, and distribution of goods and services. The supply chain starts with the raw materials or components that are used to create a product, and it ends with the delivery of the finished product to the consumer.
The supply chain includes a wide range of activities, such as sourcing, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, and distribution. The supply chain is a key factor in the efficiency and effectiveness of a business, and it can have a significant impact on the cost, quality, and sustainability of a product.
Supply chain management is the process of coordinating and optimizing the activities of the supply chain to maximize value and minimize risk.
TEMPO.CO, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia has taken action against 400 companies so far this year for violating labor laws, state news agency Bernama reported, citing Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar. The ministry’s labor department issued fines totaling 2.17 million ringgit ($463,000) against 272 employers, while the courts fined 128 employers a combined 242,000 ringgit, Bernama cited…
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General recently hosted its first annual symposium on labor trafficking, which brought together attorneys, law enforcement, social workers, advocates, and community members to share information on the signs of labor trafficking, and to collaborate on prevention and responses to it. The event at Temple University Beasley School of…
RICHMOND, Va. — For Shamere McKenzie, “human trafficking” is more than just a phrase — it is a lived experience. “When I hear human trafficking that phrase, to me, is synonymous to slavery. When we understand the definition of human trafficking, in its entirety, in my opinion, it is slavery,” said McKenzie. “Human trafficking is…
It’s still unclear whether Turkmenistan has the political will to root out forced labor from its own cotton fields, Allison Gill, forced labor program director at the Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum, told Sourcing Journal Monday. Gill, whose organization hosts the Cotton Campaign, a multistakeholder initiative that aims to eliminate state-sponsored forced labor in…
US Turns To Country Notorious For Child Labor And Unsafe Mines To Source Its EV Ambitions Nick Pope on August 24, 2023 In order to facilitate electric vehicle (EV) production, the U.S. is seeking to spend taxpayer dollars to develop cobalt supply chains from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a country which is…
Walmart and Centric Brands are probing their supply chains in Cambodia over allegations of the illegal use of women’s prison labor to produce garments for export in the wake of questions raised by Reuters this week and amid ongoing concerns by an apparel industry trade group that the violations were taking place. The American Apparel…
https://youtu.be/KSjjw730ycg With the United States leading the charge, more and more countries are growing concerned about economic over-reliance on China. From supply chain disruptions to economic coercion, the risks are ever-more apparent. But for close neighbors like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, whose economies are deeply intertwined with China’s, de-risking is not a simple proposition….
The global landscape of human trafficking and forced labor is evolving, and no country is immune. In this episode of Hidden Traffic, Gwen Hassan sits down with Sean Stephenson, an accomplished attorney based in Toronto. Sean works for the multinational law firm Dentons, and has extensive experience in trade and investment. The growing concern for…
Eliminating forced labor is a vital starting point for creating a just and sustainable food supply, but most of us don’t know much about the labor conditions involved in producing our food. It’s possible that the people who picked and processed some of the items on our dinner table worked in conditions that involved force, fraud, coercion,…
Trafficking and exploitation: how countries rank The Global Slavery Index, which includes forced marriage, ranks North Korea the worst: More than 1 in 10 people are estimated to be in conditions of modern slavery. In Eritrea, about 9 in 100 people are estimated to be modern slaves. About 3 in 100 people in Mauritania are…
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