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Logistics, Video installation tracking the global flow of products
https://logisticsartproject.com/
Is it possible to get to the source of the things we consume? In 2008, we came up with the idea to follow the reverse journey of a product. Our case was a tiny plastic electronic product, a pedometer. The sort of anonymous clutter that everyday life is full of. Something that just is. We wanted to follow the pedometer from the store in Stockholm where it was bought to the factory in China where it was manufactured. But how? We started by googling the word “logistics”. Four years later we found ourselves on the largest container ship in the world on our way from Sweden to China. We had started the journey by truck to Middle Sweden, then by freight train to the port of Gothenburg, and after four weeks at sea, we filmed from a truck again, this time from the port of Shenzhen to a factory in Bao´an.
https://logisticsartproject.com/
Is it possible to get to the source of the things we consume? In 2008, we came up with the idea to follow the reverse journey of a product. Our case was a tiny plastic electronic product, a pedometer. The sort of anonymous clutter that everyday life is full of. Something that just is. We wanted to follow the pedometer from the store in Stockholm where it was bought to the factory in China where it was manufactured. But how? We started by googling the word “logistics”. Four years later we found ourselves on the largest container ship in the world on our way from Sweden to China. We had started the journey by truck to Middle Sweden, then by freight train to the port of Gothenburg, and after four weeks at sea, we filmed from a truck again, this time from the port of Shenzhen to a factory in Bao´an.
Paper: Supply Chains and the Human Condition
https://www.sv.uio.no/sai/english/research/projects/anthropos-and-the-material/Intranet/economic-practices/reading-group/texts/tsing-supply-chains-and-the-human-condition.pdf
This article theorizes supply chain capitalism as a model for understanding both the continent-crossing scale and the constitutive diversity of contemporary global capitalism. In contrast with theories of growing capitalist homogeneity, the analysis points to the structural role of difference in the mobilization of capital, labor, and resources. Here labor mobilization in supply chains is the focus, as it depends on the performance of gender, ethnicity, nationality, religion, and citizenship status. The article uses the concept of figuration to show how difference is mobilized within supply chains, and to point to the importance of tropes of management, consumption, and entrepreneurship in workers’ understandings of supply chain labor. These tropes make supply chains possible by bringing together self-exploitation and superexploitation. Diversity is thus structurally central to global capitalism, and not decoration on a common core.
https://www.sv.uio.no/sai/english/research/projects/anthropos-and-the-material/Intranet/economic-practices/reading-group/texts/tsing-supply-chains-and-the-human-condition.pdf
This article theorizes supply chain capitalism as a model for understanding both the continent-crossing scale and the constitutive diversity of contemporary global capitalism. In contrast with theories of growing capitalist homogeneity, the analysis points to the structural role of difference in the mobilization of capital, labor, and resources. Here labor mobilization in supply chains is the focus, as it depends on the performance of gender, ethnicity, nationality, religion, and citizenship status. The article uses the concept of figuration to show how difference is mobilized within supply chains, and to point to the importance of tropes of management, consumption, and entrepreneurship in workers’ understandings of supply chain labor. These tropes make supply chains possible by bringing together self-exploitation and superexploitation. Diversity is thus structurally central to global capitalism, and not decoration on a common core.
Coal, Iron, Steel Flows 1910-30
Random find on Twitter
Random find on Twitter
The Uncertain Rhythms Of Life For China’s Migrant “Bosses”
https://www.noemamag.com/the-uncertain-rhythms-of-life-for-chinas-migrant-bosses/
On the fringes of global supply chains are Chinese migrant entrepreneurs, for whom long hours and little pay are less important than climbing the social ladder toward new opportunities outside China.
https://www.noemamag.com/the-uncertain-rhythms-of-life-for-chinas-migrant-bosses/
On the fringes of global supply chains are Chinese migrant entrepreneurs, for whom long hours and little pay are less important than climbing the social ladder toward new opportunities outside China.
Resilinc, Company Website
https://www.resilinc.com/
With 95% of the global supply chain mapped across the industries we serve, we are the first line of defense for our customers, helping them navigate supply disruptions. Our early- warning alert system monitors and predicts potential disruptions across suppliers, sites, and materials; our platform enables them to collaborate closely with their suppliers; our historical data-backed insights give them options on appropriate actions to take.
https://www.resilinc.com/
With 95% of the global supply chain mapped across the industries we serve, we are the first line of defense for our customers, helping them navigate supply disruptions. Our early- warning alert system monitors and predicts potential disruptions across suppliers, sites, and materials; our platform enables them to collaborate closely with their suppliers; our historical data-backed insights give them options on appropriate actions to take.
Milk Moovement, Company Website
https://www.milkmoovement.com/
Actionable Intelligence Across the Dairy Supply Chain
https://www.milkmoovement.com/
Actionable Intelligence Across the Dairy Supply Chain
Supply Chain in Google Datasets
https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/search?src=3&query=supply%20chain
https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/search?src=3&query=supply%20chain
ORBCOM, Company Website
https://www.orbcomm.com
Enable uninterrupted, end-to-end visibility, traceability and management of dry and refrigerated containers, chassis, gensets and cargo travelling through complex global supply chains on land and at sea.
https://www.orbcomm.com
Enable uninterrupted, end-to-end visibility, traceability and management of dry and refrigerated containers, chassis, gensets and cargo travelling through complex global supply chains on land and at sea.
NEXXIOT, Company Website
https://nexxiot.com
The global supply chain is under pressure. Humans all over the world are struggling to make sure that resources, transport assets and the things they carry, get to their destination on time and in peak condition. Nexxiot brings together the perfect match-up of the most advanced sensors, hardware, software interfaces and analytics to optimize transportation on a global scale.
https://nexxiot.com
The global supply chain is under pressure. Humans all over the world are struggling to make sure that resources, transport assets and the things they carry, get to their destination on time and in peak condition. Nexxiot brings together the perfect match-up of the most advanced sensors, hardware, software interfaces and analytics to optimize transportation on a global scale.
Hapag-Lloyd to begin installations for real-time container tracking
https://smartmaritimenetwork.com/2022/08/05/hapag-lloyd-to-begin-installations-for-real-time-container-tracking/
Hapag-Lloyd has announced that it is set to begin the mass installation of tracking devices on containers at its depots worldwide at the end of August 2022, as the company gears up to begin offering its new Hapag-Lloyd LIVE product to customers in early 2023. The carrier announced in April that it was set to become the first shipping company in the world to outfit all of its standard containers with technology systems to support real-time data transmission, allowing the firm to track its containers around the globe and collect data from them, improving transparency for both the company and its customers.
https://smartmaritimenetwork.com/2022/08/05/hapag-lloyd-to-begin-installations-for-real-time-container-tracking/
Hapag-Lloyd has announced that it is set to begin the mass installation of tracking devices on containers at its depots worldwide at the end of August 2022, as the company gears up to begin offering its new Hapag-Lloyd LIVE product to customers in early 2023. The carrier announced in April that it was set to become the first shipping company in the world to outfit all of its standard containers with technology systems to support real-time data transmission, allowing the firm to track its containers around the globe and collect data from them, improving transparency for both the company and its customers.
farmlandgrab.org
https://www.farmlandgrab.org/
This website contains news about the global rush to buy or lease farmlands by agribusiness, governments and financial investors -- and people’s resistance against it. Its purpose is to serve as a resource for those monitoring, researching or organising around the issue, particularly activists, non-government organisations and journalists.
https://www.farmlandgrab.org/
This website contains news about the global rush to buy or lease farmlands by agribusiness, governments and financial investors -- and people’s resistance against it. Its purpose is to serve as a resource for those monitoring, researching or organising around the issue, particularly activists, non-government organisations and journalists.
The 11 sins of seafood: Assessing a decade of food fraud reports in the global supply chain
https://ift.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1541-4337.12998
Due to complex, valuable, and often extremely opaque supply chains, seafood is a commodity that has experienced a high prevalence of food fraud throughout the entirety of its logistics network. Fraud detection and prevention require an in-depth understanding of food supply chains and their vulnerabilities and risks so that food business operators, regulators, and other stakeholders can implement practical countermeasures. An analysis of historical criminality within a sector, product, or country is an important component and has not yet been conducted for the seafood sector. This study examines reported seafood fraud incidents from the European Union's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed, Decernis's Food Fraud Database, HorizonScan, and LexisNexis databases between January 01, 2010 and December 31, 2020.
https://ift.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1541-4337.12998
Due to complex, valuable, and often extremely opaque supply chains, seafood is a commodity that has experienced a high prevalence of food fraud throughout the entirety of its logistics network. Fraud detection and prevention require an in-depth understanding of food supply chains and their vulnerabilities and risks so that food business operators, regulators, and other stakeholders can implement practical countermeasures. An analysis of historical criminality within a sector, product, or country is an important component and has not yet been conducted for the seafood sector. This study examines reported seafood fraud incidents from the European Union's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed, Decernis's Food Fraud Database, HorizonScan, and LexisNexis databases between January 01, 2010 and December 31, 2020.
What is a Supply Chain?
"To understand supply chain management, one must first begin with a discussion of a supply chain; a generic one is shown. The supply chain shown in the figure starts with firms extracting raw materials from the earth -- such as iron, oil, wood, and food items -- and then selling these to raw material suppliers such as lumber companies, steell mills, and raw food distributors. These firms, acting on purchase orders and specifications they have received from componenent manufacturers, turn the raw materials into materials that are usable by these customers (materials such as sheet steel, aluminum, copper, lumber, and inspected foodstuffs.) The component manufacturers, responding to orders and specifications from their customers (the final product manufacturers) make and sell intermediate components (electric wire, fabrics, plumbing items, nuts and bolts, molded plastic components, component parts and assemblies, and processed foods). The final product manufacturers (companies such as Boeing, General Motors, and Coca-Cola) assemble the finished products and sell them to wholesalers or distributors, who then resell these products to retailers as their product orders are received. Retailers in turn sell these products to us, the end-product consumers."
From Principles as Supply Chain Management (Wisner, Tan, Leong. 2016)
In the context of this website what is important that information travels up and down the chain, but not all data points to all participants equally
"To understand supply chain management, one must first begin with a discussion of a supply chain; a generic one is shown. The supply chain shown in the figure starts with firms extracting raw materials from the earth -- such as iron, oil, wood, and food items -- and then selling these to raw material suppliers such as lumber companies, steell mills, and raw food distributors. These firms, acting on purchase orders and specifications they have received from componenent manufacturers, turn the raw materials into materials that are usable by these customers (materials such as sheet steel, aluminum, copper, lumber, and inspected foodstuffs.) The component manufacturers, responding to orders and specifications from their customers (the final product manufacturers) make and sell intermediate components (electric wire, fabrics, plumbing items, nuts and bolts, molded plastic components, component parts and assemblies, and processed foods). The final product manufacturers (companies such as Boeing, General Motors, and Coca-Cola) assemble the finished products and sell them to wholesalers or distributors, who then resell these products to retailers as their product orders are received. Retailers in turn sell these products to us, the end-product consumers."
From Principles as Supply Chain Management (Wisner, Tan, Leong. 2016)
In the context of this website what is important that information travels up and down the chain, but not all data points to all participants equally
Who Is Collecting Data from Your Car?
https://themarkup.org/the-breakdown/2022/07/27/who-is-collecting-data-from-your-car
Here we take Traceability as a good thing, as a methodology of security. Articles like this, from the always excellent The MarkUp, remind us, in case we need that, that traceability can go rogue.
https://themarkup.org/the-breakdown/2022/07/27/who-is-collecting-data-from-your-car
Here we take Traceability as a good thing, as a methodology of security. Articles like this, from the always excellent The MarkUp, remind us, in case we need that, that traceability can go rogue.
Trimco-group, Company Website
https://www.trimco-group.com/
We deliver end-to-end solutions including impactful trims, sustainable product and e-commerce packaging, tailored store deco, compliant care labels, source tagging, and RFID for stock accuracy and brand efficiency. We top it all with our digital supply chain traceability and transparency platform.
https://www.trimco-group.com/
We deliver end-to-end solutions including impactful trims, sustainable product and e-commerce packaging, tailored store deco, compliant care labels, source tagging, and RFID for stock accuracy and brand efficiency. We top it all with our digital supply chain traceability and transparency platform.
Article: We Need Assurance!
https://www.acsac.org/2005/papers/Snow.pdf
'We Need Assurance!' is a paper from 1999 by Brian Snow of the NSA. It is a classic in the computer security literature. In certification the term assurance is used to name those activities that safeguard that products sold as certified are indeed entitled to this claim. Supply chain assurance is a distinct field of security and the parallels with the concerns of this paper are obvious throughout.
https://www.acsac.org/2005/papers/Snow.pdf
'We Need Assurance!' is a paper from 1999 by Brian Snow of the NSA. It is a classic in the computer security literature. In certification the term assurance is used to name those activities that safeguard that products sold as certified are indeed entitled to this claim. Supply chain assurance is a distinct field of security and the parallels with the concerns of this paper are obvious throughout.
Fairphone 3 Suppliers, Smelters and Refiners
https://www.fairphone.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/016_005_FP3_List_Suppliers_and_Smelters_Web_190930.pdf
Smartphones are intricate products made up of thousands of different components. Each of these parts comes from different suppliers and contain a wide variety of materials. As a result, our supply chain includes mines, smelters, refiners and different tiers of manufacturers that span the entire globe. While it may seem like an impossible task, step by step, we are mapping our supply chain to understand exactly what goes into our phone and where it comes from. By learning more about the hundreds of actors and locations involved in our smartphone supply chain, we can take an informed approach to making a difference. For Fairphone, that goes beyond audits, assessments and compliance. For example, it includes sourcing from more responsible mines and actively connecting them to our supply chain. It also means finding and engaging with suppliers that share our values and initiating improvement programs at the factories and beyond.
https://www.fairphone.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/016_005_FP3_List_Suppliers_and_Smelters_Web_190930.pdf
Smartphones are intricate products made up of thousands of different components. Each of these parts comes from different suppliers and contain a wide variety of materials. As a result, our supply chain includes mines, smelters, refiners and different tiers of manufacturers that span the entire globe. While it may seem like an impossible task, step by step, we are mapping our supply chain to understand exactly what goes into our phone and where it comes from. By learning more about the hundreds of actors and locations involved in our smartphone supply chain, we can take an informed approach to making a difference. For Fairphone, that goes beyond audits, assessments and compliance. For example, it includes sourcing from more responsible mines and actively connecting them to our supply chain. It also means finding and engaging with suppliers that share our values and initiating improvement programs at the factories and beyond.
ISEAL Core Metadata on Sustainability
https://www.isealalliance.org/isealcoremetadata
This project sought to codify a shared language for the sustainability community. All certification schemes or sustainability initiatives are based on similar data concepts: certificate holders, certified sites, location coordinates, dates for audits, indicators for compliance, publications, normative frameworks, etc. When data and information are standardised, they can inform multiple purposes (e.g., using monitoring and evaluation data to inform compliance assessment, or combining multiple organisations’ compliance results to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of risk for a specific region), making them more valuable. This standardisation will enable standards to better align the ways they communicate and demonstrate their performance in the sustainability landscape—maximizing the data’s ability to generate cross-sector business insights and reach less-informed external audiences.
https://www.isealalliance.org/isealcoremetadata
This project sought to codify a shared language for the sustainability community. All certification schemes or sustainability initiatives are based on similar data concepts: certificate holders, certified sites, location coordinates, dates for audits, indicators for compliance, publications, normative frameworks, etc. When data and information are standardised, they can inform multiple purposes (e.g., using monitoring and evaluation data to inform compliance assessment, or combining multiple organisations’ compliance results to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of risk for a specific region), making them more valuable. This standardisation will enable standards to better align the ways they communicate and demonstrate their performance in the sustainability landscape—maximizing the data’s ability to generate cross-sector business insights and reach less-informed external audiences.
Beneath the Surface, Nestle Palm Oil Platform
https://www.nestle.com/beneath-the-surface
The complexity of the palm oil supply chain is displayed through a series of decisions that viewers are asked to make in order to ensure a transparent and sustainable palm oil supply chain on the global scale, the company explained. “The Beneath the Surface platform enables users to take a peek at some of the dilemmas Nestlé and many other organisations face with palm oil every day,"
https://www.nestle.com/beneath-the-surface
The complexity of the palm oil supply chain is displayed through a series of decisions that viewers are asked to make in order to ensure a transparent and sustainable palm oil supply chain on the global scale, the company explained. “The Beneath the Surface platform enables users to take a peek at some of the dilemmas Nestlé and many other organisations face with palm oil every day,"
Luxury Brand Blockchain
https://auraluxuryblockchain.com/
The Aura Blockchain Consortium’s solution empowers luxury customers to directly authenticate luxury products, by providing answers to their new expectations for additional information, services, and transparency about the source of raw materials, savoir-faire of manufacturing and transfer of ownership certificates.
https://auraluxuryblockchain.com/
The Aura Blockchain Consortium’s solution empowers luxury customers to directly authenticate luxury products, by providing answers to their new expectations for additional information, services, and transparency about the source of raw materials, savoir-faire of manufacturing and transfer of ownership certificates.
Mars' Cocoa and Forests Action Plan
https://www.mars.com/about/policies-and-practices/cocoa-and-forests-policy
As part of our goal of sourcing 100% of our cocoa through our Responsible Cocoa program by 2025, we aim to achieve a?deforestation and conversion-free?supply chain (as defined by the Accountability Framework Initiative (AFi)). But not certified through independent scheme.
https://www.mars.com/about/policies-and-practices/cocoa-and-forests-policy
As part of our goal of sourcing 100% of our cocoa through our Responsible Cocoa program by 2025, we aim to achieve a?deforestation and conversion-free?supply chain (as defined by the Accountability Framework Initiative (AFi)). But not certified through independent scheme.
How to Turn a Supply Chain Platform into an Innovation Engine
https://hbr.org/2022/07/how-to-turn-a-supply-chain-platform-into-an-innovation-engine
In early February 2020, when its home country of China was coping with the first wave of Covid-19, Haier Group, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of home appliances, faced a challenge and an opportunity. A customer—Heji Home, a Chinese home-furnishings company—asked Haier for help in producing mobile isolation wards that it wished to donate to a hospital in Wuhan, the site of the first outbreak of the novel coronavirus. These units required fresh-air, sterilization, and sewage-treatment systems that met stringent medical standards. Neither company had produced such equipment before, and neither had the design resources and supply chain capabilities necessary to go it alone. So they teamed up, and despite widespread lockdowns because of the pandemic and other business closings for the Chinese New Year, they managed to develop a working prototype of the unit and deliver it to the hospital in two weeks.
https://hbr.org/2022/07/how-to-turn-a-supply-chain-platform-into-an-innovation-engine
In early February 2020, when its home country of China was coping with the first wave of Covid-19, Haier Group, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of home appliances, faced a challenge and an opportunity. A customer—Heji Home, a Chinese home-furnishings company—asked Haier for help in producing mobile isolation wards that it wished to donate to a hospital in Wuhan, the site of the first outbreak of the novel coronavirus. These units required fresh-air, sterilization, and sewage-treatment systems that met stringent medical standards. Neither company had produced such equipment before, and neither had the design resources and supply chain capabilities necessary to go it alone. So they teamed up, and despite widespread lockdowns because of the pandemic and other business closings for the Chinese New Year, they managed to develop a working prototype of the unit and deliver it to the hospital in two weeks.
Digital Transformation Is Changing Supply Chain Relationships
https://hbr.org/2022/07/digital-transformation-is-changing-supply-chain-relationships
One supply chain process that requires such interactions is collaborative forecasting informed by machine-learning-based algorithms, which use real-time information on buying patterns to identify new parameters that affect demand. To fully exploit these insights, companies need deeper interactions with upstream suppliers and customers downstream.
https://hbr.org/2022/07/digital-transformation-is-changing-supply-chain-relationships
One supply chain process that requires such interactions is collaborative forecasting informed by machine-learning-based algorithms, which use real-time information on buying patterns to identify new parameters that affect demand. To fully exploit these insights, companies need deeper interactions with upstream suppliers and customers downstream.
Flexe, Company Website
https://www.flexe.com/
The intersection of logistics and technology Flexe delivers technology-powered, omnichannel logistics programs. The world’s largest retailers and brands use Flexe to move fast—at scale—and with precision.
https://www.flexe.com/
The intersection of logistics and technology Flexe delivers technology-powered, omnichannel logistics programs. The world’s largest retailers and brands use Flexe to move fast—at scale—and with precision.
Blume Global, Company Website
https://www.blumeglobal.com/
In an era that demands greater transparency and optimal results, Blume Digital Platform is a best-in-class, real-time platform that connects and enhances the entire supply chain ecosystem.
https://www.blumeglobal.com/
In an era that demands greater transparency and optimal results, Blume Digital Platform is a best-in-class, real-time platform that connects and enhances the entire supply chain ecosystem.
Understanding End-to-End Tea Traceability
https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/understand-end-to-end-traceability-for-tea/
Producers and companies will have a single transactional system to record all purchases and sales of Rainforest Alliance and UTZ certified tea, which also facilitates high level reporting for internal management, and for external disclosure, for example against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/understand-end-to-end-traceability-for-tea/
Producers and companies will have a single transactional system to record all purchases and sales of Rainforest Alliance and UTZ certified tea, which also facilitates high level reporting for internal management, and for external disclosure, for example against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Safe Trace, Company Website
https://www.agrotransparencia.com.br/homeenglish
Safe Trace company is specialized in the traceability of food production chain, integrating information from all links, from the producer to the consumer's plate. ? By purchasing products with the Safe Trace label, you will know where the food consumed comes from, as well as having the transparency that the producer is acting according to socio-environmental and sanitary standards, thanks to a constant monitoring process.
https://www.agrotransparencia.com.br/homeenglish
Safe Trace company is specialized in the traceability of food production chain, integrating information from all links, from the producer to the consumer's plate. ? By purchasing products with the Safe Trace label, you will know where the food consumed comes from, as well as having the transparency that the producer is acting according to socio-environmental and sanitary standards, thanks to a constant monitoring process.
Vericode, Company Website
https://www.vericode.it/en
VeriCode is an anti-counterfeit and traceability system designed to protect producers and consumers by certifying authentic goods to distinguish them from any fraudulent copies.
https://www.vericode.it/en
VeriCode is an anti-counterfeit and traceability system designed to protect producers and consumers by certifying authentic goods to distinguish them from any fraudulent copies.
A Comparison of Supply Chain Tracking Tools for Tropical Forest Commodities in Brazil
https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/documents/Supply_Chain_Tracking_Tools.pdf
Robust, functional, affordable and scalable commodity supply chain tracking systems are essential to reducing deforestation resulting from the production of tropical forest commodities. In Brazil, monitoring tools are becoming increasingly important to private sector efforts aiming to reduce and eliminate the risk of deforestation from tropical forest commodity supply chains. This report provides a comprehensive comparison of supply chain tracking tools for tropical forest commodities, specifically cattle, soy and timber, currently being used in Brazil. In addition to detailing the objectives, methodologies, scope and cost1 of each tool, the report also describes the advantages and challenges of each system, and concludes with a comprehensive comparison. This report will inform private sector entities, other supply chain actors and consumers about the various supply chain monitoring tools available to help reduce and eliminate deforestation from tropical forest commodity production, and serve as a guide to help companies identify the most suitable tools to increase supply chain transparency and traceability.
https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/documents/Supply_Chain_Tracking_Tools.pdf
Robust, functional, affordable and scalable commodity supply chain tracking systems are essential to reducing deforestation resulting from the production of tropical forest commodities. In Brazil, monitoring tools are becoming increasingly important to private sector efforts aiming to reduce and eliminate the risk of deforestation from tropical forest commodity supply chains. This report provides a comprehensive comparison of supply chain tracking tools for tropical forest commodities, specifically cattle, soy and timber, currently being used in Brazil. In addition to detailing the objectives, methodologies, scope and cost1 of each tool, the report also describes the advantages and challenges of each system, and concludes with a comprehensive comparison. This report will inform private sector entities, other supply chain actors and consumers about the various supply chain monitoring tools available to help reduce and eliminate deforestation from tropical forest commodity production, and serve as a guide to help companies identify the most suitable tools to increase supply chain transparency and traceability.
Traceablity in McDonald's supply chain
https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-purpose-and-impact/our-planet/conserving-forests.html
Increasing traceability in our supply chains, especially in areas of heightened risks for deforestation, gives us better idea of where challenges lie and how to best focus our resources and scale to effect lasting change. We also know that our complete supply chain emissions disclosure, including deforestation emissions, relies upon increased traceability. We have achieved significant milestones, especially in our chicken supply chain, by mapping soy sourced for animal feed with real data from our Soy Calculator, which you can learn more about below. Key opportunities for improving include engaging with indirect suppliers, auctions and feedlots for beef and continuing to expand soy traceability. We plan to expand this work to other commodities beyond 2020, continuing to understand the impacts of our supply chains.
https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-purpose-and-impact/our-planet/conserving-forests.html
Increasing traceability in our supply chains, especially in areas of heightened risks for deforestation, gives us better idea of where challenges lie and how to best focus our resources and scale to effect lasting change. We also know that our complete supply chain emissions disclosure, including deforestation emissions, relies upon increased traceability. We have achieved significant milestones, especially in our chicken supply chain, by mapping soy sourced for animal feed with real data from our Soy Calculator, which you can learn more about below. Key opportunities for improving include engaging with indirect suppliers, auctions and feedlots for beef and continuing to expand soy traceability. We plan to expand this work to other commodities beyond 2020, continuing to understand the impacts of our supply chains.
FarmOS
https://farmos.org/
farmOS is a web-based application for farm management, planning, and record keeping. It is developed by a community of farmers, developers, researchers, and organizations with the aim of providing a standard platform for agricultural data collection and management.
https://farmos.org/
farmOS is a web-based application for farm management, planning, and record keeping. It is developed by a community of farmers, developers, researchers, and organizations with the aim of providing a standard platform for agricultural data collection and management.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
https://www.eea.europa.eu/help/glossary/eea-glossary/life-cycle-assessment
Life-cycle assessment (LCA) is a process of evaluating the effects that a product has on the environment over the entire period of its life thereby increasing resource-use efficiency and decreasing liabilities. It can be used to study the environmental impact of either a product or the function the product is designed to perform. LCA is commonly referred to as a "cradle-to-grave" analysis. LCA's key elements are: (1) identify and quantify the environmental loads involved; e.g. the energy and raw materials consumed, the emissions and wastes generated; (2) evaluate the potential environmental impacts of these loads; and (3) assess the options available for reducing these environmental impacts.
https://www.eea.europa.eu/help/glossary/eea-glossary/life-cycle-assessment
Life-cycle assessment (LCA) is a process of evaluating the effects that a product has on the environment over the entire period of its life thereby increasing resource-use efficiency and decreasing liabilities. It can be used to study the environmental impact of either a product or the function the product is designed to perform. LCA is commonly referred to as a "cradle-to-grave" analysis. LCA's key elements are: (1) identify and quantify the environmental loads involved; e.g. the energy and raw materials consumed, the emissions and wastes generated; (2) evaluate the potential environmental impacts of these loads; and (3) assess the options available for reducing these environmental impacts.
Article: Digital extraction: Blockchain traceability in mineral supply chains
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096262982100041X?via%3Dihub
Digital data — including technologically-mediated data generated by blockchain-enabled traceability — is performing an increasingly integral role in extractive operations, but scarce attention has been paid to the structuring effect of these digital technologies or the socio-economic spatiality of data-driven mining operations. Drawing on extensive qualitative research (interviews, participant observation, and two sets of survey data among actors relevant to these mineral supply chains), this article advances the notion of “digital extraction” to describe the collection, analysis, and instrumentalization of digital data generated under the banner of blockchain-based due diligence, chain of custody certifications, and various transparency mechanisms, situated alongside and in support of mineral extraction.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096262982100041X?via%3Dihub
Digital data — including technologically-mediated data generated by blockchain-enabled traceability — is performing an increasingly integral role in extractive operations, but scarce attention has been paid to the structuring effect of these digital technologies or the socio-economic spatiality of data-driven mining operations. Drawing on extensive qualitative research (interviews, participant observation, and two sets of survey data among actors relevant to these mineral supply chains), this article advances the notion of “digital extraction” to describe the collection, analysis, and instrumentalization of digital data generated under the banner of blockchain-based due diligence, chain of custody certifications, and various transparency mechanisms, situated alongside and in support of mineral extraction.
Mine Spider, Company Website
https://www.minespider.com/
Minespider is a blockchain-based traceability platform empowering companies to create, capture, and communicate sustainability efforts along their supply chains.
https://www.minespider.com/
Minespider is a blockchain-based traceability platform empowering companies to create, capture, and communicate sustainability efforts along their supply chains.
Economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy-wide_material_flow_accounts
Economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA) is a framework to compile statistics linking flows of materials from natural resources to a national economy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy-wide_material_flow_accounts
Economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA) is a framework to compile statistics linking flows of materials from natural resources to a national economy.
Verified by GS1, Barcode Lookup
https://www.gs1.org/services/verified-by-gs1/
Product barcode lookup
https://www.gs1.org/services/verified-by-gs1/
Product barcode lookup
AIS, Automatic Identification System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_identification_system
The automatic identification system (AIS) is an automatic tracking system that uses transceivers on ships and is used by vessel traffic services (VTS).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_identification_system
The automatic identification system (AIS) is an automatic tracking system that uses transceivers on ships and is used by vessel traffic services (VTS).
Conex Bird, Company Website
https://conexbird.com/
ConexBird offers a truly unique source of information on the structural condition of shipping containers based on vibration analysis and machine learning: the insight we provide allows you to make informed, reliable decisions for your intermodal logistics. Company Website.
https://conexbird.com/
ConexBird offers a truly unique source of information on the structural condition of shipping containers based on vibration analysis and machine learning: the insight we provide allows you to make informed, reliable decisions for your intermodal logistics. Company Website.
Paper: Traceability is Free
http://vcm-international.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Traceability-Is-Free.pdf
Competitive Advantage of Food Traceability to Value Chain Management (2013). Well thought out with examples and definitions
http://vcm-international.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Traceability-Is-Free.pdf
Competitive Advantage of Food Traceability to Value Chain Management (2013). Well thought out with examples and definitions
What is Traceability?
What is traceability? Historically traceability is synonymous with provenance and the (geographic) protection of luxury food goods against fakery. Roquefort cheese for instance has had product regulation and claim definition as early as 1411 (or so Wikipedia tells me).You could even think about the medieval catholic problem of assessing the authenticity of relics as a traceability problem. Modern definitions stress the function of a traceability system as the collection of all data associated with a specific product needed to document its movements from source to consumption along a supply chain. If modern supply chain management creates efficiencies by treating the material aspects of products as abstraction, traceability systems deanonymize products to reveal their unique histories.
What is traceability? Historically traceability is synonymous with provenance and the (geographic) protection of luxury food goods against fakery. Roquefort cheese for instance has had product regulation and claim definition as early as 1411 (or so Wikipedia tells me).You could even think about the medieval catholic problem of assessing the authenticity of relics as a traceability problem. Modern definitions stress the function of a traceability system as the collection of all data associated with a specific product needed to document its movements from source to consumption along a supply chain. If modern supply chain management creates efficiencies by treating the material aspects of products as abstraction, traceability systems deanonymize products to reveal their unique histories.
Case Study: John West Traceability App
https://www.john-west.co.uk/sustainability/trace-your-plate/
John West is promoting a ‘100% traceable’ solution for a number of their canned products.
The app asks to enter a barcode (5000171053312) and a can number (1922).
Since 2014 it is mandatory in the EU that information on production method, fishing gear, catch area, common and latin species names are recorded on the packaging of fish products. So apart from the fishing vessel this solution is not giving away any information John West is not legally required to disclose anyway. Although I have not yet found the latin name mentioned anywhere unless you need to dive as far as the sustainability report (pdf).
Knowing the name of the vessel that caught your fish is a nice feature, and there exist a number of online shipping tools that allow you to explore it. For instance, it is registered in Ghana and was built in 1983. Marinetraffic even has a picture (ominously with a Sea Shepherd logo).
Note that the traceability information for this product comes without any explanation on verification. Who manages these systems, how accurate are they, are they audited? Information like date of harvest, or the location of canning, are not legally required to be published but are crucial to traceability. Having said that, I happen to be interested in the nuts and bolts of these systems, but for a ‘normal’ consumer this might be a value enhancing addition to a supermarket product.
https://www.john-west.co.uk/sustainability/trace-your-plate/
John West is promoting a ‘100% traceable’ solution for a number of their canned products.
The app asks to enter a barcode (5000171053312) and a can number (1922).
Since 2014 it is mandatory in the EU that information on production method, fishing gear, catch area, common and latin species names are recorded on the packaging of fish products. So apart from the fishing vessel this solution is not giving away any information John West is not legally required to disclose anyway. Although I have not yet found the latin name mentioned anywhere unless you need to dive as far as the sustainability report (pdf).
Knowing the name of the vessel that caught your fish is a nice feature, and there exist a number of online shipping tools that allow you to explore it. For instance, it is registered in Ghana and was built in 1983. Marinetraffic even has a picture (ominously with a Sea Shepherd logo).
Note that the traceability information for this product comes without any explanation on verification. Who manages these systems, how accurate are they, are they audited? Information like date of harvest, or the location of canning, are not legally required to be published but are crucial to traceability. Having said that, I happen to be interested in the nuts and bolts of these systems, but for a ‘normal’ consumer this might be a value enhancing addition to a supermarket product.
Industrial Dynamics (1961)
Jay Wright Forrester (1918-2016) first pioneered the development of magnetic computer memory before moving on to something really diffiult: system dynamics. This discipline studies and simulates the interaction between dynamic systems and provided the type of computer modelling that enabled the Limit to Growth report by the Club of Rome. Industrial dynamics is also, crucially, an early attempt to model supply chains. Here are a few images from his Industrial Dynamics (1961), a landmark book with still stunning graphs.
Jay Wright Forrester (1918-2016) first pioneered the development of magnetic computer memory before moving on to something really diffiult: system dynamics. This discipline studies and simulates the interaction between dynamic systems and provided the type of computer modelling that enabled the Limit to Growth report by the Club of Rome. Industrial dynamics is also, crucially, an early attempt to model supply chains. Here are a few images from his Industrial Dynamics (1961), a landmark book with still stunning graphs.
Bullwhip effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullwhip_effect
The bullwhip effect is a distribution channel phenomenon in which demand forecasts yield supply chain inefficiencies. It refers to increasing swings in inventory in response to shifts in consumer demand as one moves further up the supply chain. The concept first appeared in Jay Forrester's Industrial Dynamics (1961) and thus it is also known as the Forrester effect. It has been described as “the observed propensity for material orders to be more variable than demand signals and for this variability to increase the further upstream a company is in a supply chain”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullwhip_effect
The bullwhip effect is a distribution channel phenomenon in which demand forecasts yield supply chain inefficiencies. It refers to increasing swings in inventory in response to shifts in consumer demand as one moves further up the supply chain. The concept first appeared in Jay Forrester's Industrial Dynamics (1961) and thus it is also known as the Forrester effect. It has been described as “the observed propensity for material orders to be more variable than demand signals and for this variability to increase the further upstream a company is in a supply chain”.
Chain.io, Company Website
https://chain.io/
Advanced integrations linking a smarter, more scalable, more functional supply chain. Company Website
https://chain.io/
Advanced integrations linking a smarter, more scalable, more functional supply chain. Company Website
Traceability with TransparenC
https://www.worldwildlife.org/transparenc
Food supply chains are complex and verifying claims of responsible or sustainable production is challenging. Yet growing demand from consumers to know where their food is coming from, and new regulations are demanding transparency and accountability across all stages of production. Investing in traceability helps ensure all food commodities, from shrimp to palm oil, travel through the supply chain with clear visibility on social and environmental impacts, including food safety, environmental degradation, labor and human rights, and more.
Food production is a major economic activity for people around the world but particularly in developing countries. Traceability technology can be costly for food producers to utilize, so World Wildlife Fund set out to develop accessible technologies that remove the cost barriers that prevent advancing traceability across these supply chains.
Traceability in our food system often collapses due to an inability to organize diverse actors in complex supply chains. To alleviate these pressures, WWF developed transparenC, the first open-source, free, traceability software for commodity supply chains. This cloud-based smartphone app and desktop web portal can be used anywhere by farmers, buyers, retailers, and everyone in between without paying licensing fees that can be a barrier for disaggregated supply chains, especially in developing countries.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/transparenc
Food supply chains are complex and verifying claims of responsible or sustainable production is challenging. Yet growing demand from consumers to know where their food is coming from, and new regulations are demanding transparency and accountability across all stages of production. Investing in traceability helps ensure all food commodities, from shrimp to palm oil, travel through the supply chain with clear visibility on social and environmental impacts, including food safety, environmental degradation, labor and human rights, and more.
Food production is a major economic activity for people around the world but particularly in developing countries. Traceability technology can be costly for food producers to utilize, so World Wildlife Fund set out to develop accessible technologies that remove the cost barriers that prevent advancing traceability across these supply chains.
Traceability in our food system often collapses due to an inability to organize diverse actors in complex supply chains. To alleviate these pressures, WWF developed transparenC, the first open-source, free, traceability software for commodity supply chains. This cloud-based smartphone app and desktop web portal can be used anywhere by farmers, buyers, retailers, and everyone in between without paying licensing fees that can be a barrier for disaggregated supply chains, especially in developing countries.
Integrity and Assurance of Food Supply Networks
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/350726/elliot-review-final-report-july2014.pdf
A National Food Crime Prevention Framework
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/350726/elliot-review-final-report-july2014.pdf
A National Food Crime Prevention Framework
Appellation d'origine contrôlée
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appellation_d%27origine_contr%C3%B4l%C3%A9e
In France, the appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC, "controlled designation of origin") is a certification of authenticity granted to certain geographical indications for wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products, under the auspices of the Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO), based upon the terroir and a form of geographic protectionism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appellation_d%27origine_contr%C3%B4l%C3%A9e
In France, the appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC, "controlled designation of origin") is a certification of authenticity granted to certain geographical indications for wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products, under the auspices of the Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO), based upon the terroir and a form of geographic protectionism.
WholeChain, Company Website
https://wholechain.com/
Wholechain is a blockchain based traceability solution built to enable trust, coordination, and transparency in fragmented supply chains.
https://wholechain.com/
Wholechain is a blockchain based traceability solution built to enable trust, coordination, and transparency in fragmented supply chains.
Transparency in Seafood
https://oceandisclosureproject.org/
Discover the origin and environmental sustainability of wild-caught and farmed seafood sourced by seafood businesses throughout the supply chain.
https://oceandisclosureproject.org/
Discover the origin and environmental sustainability of wild-caught and farmed seafood sourced by seafood businesses throughout the supply chain.
A pocket guide to the EU’s new fish and aquaculture consumer labels
https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/december/tradoc_152941.pdf
Within the EU fish comes with basic traceability requirements. This pocket guide will explain what must appear on the new labels and what additional information can be displayed.
https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/december/tradoc_152941.pdf
Within the EU fish comes with basic traceability requirements. This pocket guide will explain what must appear on the new labels and what additional information can be displayed.
EPCIS 2.0 Standard, full text
https://ref.gs1.org/standards/epcis/
EPCIS Standard enables disparate applications to create and share visibility event data, both within and across enterprises. Release 2.0, Ratified, Jun 2022.
https://ref.gs1.org/standards/epcis/
EPCIS Standard enables disparate applications to create and share visibility event data, both within and across enterprises. Release 2.0, Ratified, Jun 2022.
EVRYTHNG, Company Website
https://evrythng.com/
Enabling more sustainable, more transparent and more secure supply chains. EVRYTHNG aggregates data from across the product lifecycle, unlocking end-to-end visibility and authenticity through item-level real-time intelligence and analytics.
https://evrythng.com/
Enabling more sustainable, more transparent and more secure supply chains. EVRYTHNG aggregates data from across the product lifecycle, unlocking end-to-end visibility and authenticity through item-level real-time intelligence and analytics.
Sourcing Journal
https://sourcingjournal.com/
SJ is a global resource for news and information tailored for apparel and textile executives working on the supply chain side of the business.
https://sourcingjournal.com/
SJ is a global resource for news and information tailored for apparel and textile executives working on the supply chain side of the business.
Marin Trust
https://www.marin-trust.com/
Independent third-party audit and certification programme, allowing producers to demonstrate that marine ingredients are responsibly sourced & produced. Chain of Custody certifification included.
https://www.marin-trust.com/
Independent third-party audit and certification programme, allowing producers to demonstrate that marine ingredients are responsibly sourced & produced. Chain of Custody certifification included.
Book: Cannibals with Forks, The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business
https://books.google.nl/books/about/Cannibals_with_Forks.html?id=dIJAbIM7XNcC
Market success will often depend upon a company's ability to satisfy the three-pronged fork of profitability, environmental quality, and social justice. This is the ur-text for market-driven certification schemes.
https://books.google.nl/books/about/Cannibals_with_Forks.html?id=dIJAbIM7XNcC
Market success will often depend upon a company's ability to satisfy the three-pronged fork of profitability, environmental quality, and social justice. This is the ur-text for market-driven certification schemes.
Poseidon Principles
https://www.poseidonprinciples.org/
The Poseidon Principles provide a framework for integrating climate considerations into lending decisions to promote international shipping’s decarbonization
https://www.poseidonprinciples.org/
The Poseidon Principles provide a framework for integrating climate considerations into lending decisions to promote international shipping’s decarbonization
Article: Can Global Brands Create Just Supply Chains?
https://bostonreview.net/forum/can-global-brands-create-just-supply-chains-richard-locke/
I began studying Nike because I was impressed with its commitment to labor standards. After several years of effort, with many conversations and visits to corporate headquarters, I convinced the company to share its factory audit reports and facilitate visits to its suppliers. Eventually my case study evolved into a full-fledged research project involving the collection, coding, and analysis of thousands of factory audit reports; more than 700 interviews with company managers, factory directors, NGO representatives, and government labor inspectors; and field research in 120 factories in fourteen different countries. What began as a study of one company (Nike) in a particular industry (athletic footwear) grew to include several global corporations competing in different industries, with different supply chain dynamics, operating across numerous national boundaries.
https://bostonreview.net/forum/can-global-brands-create-just-supply-chains-richard-locke/
I began studying Nike because I was impressed with its commitment to labor standards. After several years of effort, with many conversations and visits to corporate headquarters, I convinced the company to share its factory audit reports and facilitate visits to its suppliers. Eventually my case study evolved into a full-fledged research project involving the collection, coding, and analysis of thousands of factory audit reports; more than 700 interviews with company managers, factory directors, NGO representatives, and government labor inspectors; and field research in 120 factories in fourteen different countries. What began as a study of one company (Nike) in a particular industry (athletic footwear) grew to include several global corporations competing in different industries, with different supply chain dynamics, operating across numerous national boundaries.
Article: After Free Trade
https://bostonreview.net/articles/after-free-trade/
The Suez Canal cut the time it took to travel from London to Mumbai in half; Panama did the same for travel times in the Americas. Complex global commodity chains emerged for the first time. Their network structure was amazingly hierarchical: by the end of the nineteenth century, every part of the world was connected to Europe, if not necessarily to adjacent countries or even neighboring provinces. In the Western Hemisphere, the only international rail links were in North America; they were meant to carry lumber, grain, and hides out of Canada and silver, gold, copper, and nickel from Mexico in exchange for finished goods from the United States.
https://bostonreview.net/articles/after-free-trade/
The Suez Canal cut the time it took to travel from London to Mumbai in half; Panama did the same for travel times in the Americas. Complex global commodity chains emerged for the first time. Their network structure was amazingly hierarchical: by the end of the nineteenth century, every part of the world was connected to Europe, if not necessarily to adjacent countries or even neighboring provinces. In the Western Hemisphere, the only international rail links were in North America; they were meant to carry lumber, grain, and hides out of Canada and silver, gold, copper, and nickel from Mexico in exchange for finished goods from the United States.
Samsung Sustainablity Page
https://www.samsung.com/us/sustainability/sustainable-supply-chain/
Including supplier lists
https://www.samsung.com/us/sustainability/sustainable-supply-chain/
Including supplier lists
Apple Supplier Responsibility
https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/
Including PDF's of suppliers and smelters
https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/
Including PDF's of suppliers and smelters
Defining polycrisis – from crisis pictures to the crisis matrix
https://adamtooze.com/2022/06/24/chartbook-130-defining-polycrisis-from-crisis-pictures-to-the-crisis-matrix/
Polycrisis, where the whole is even more dangerous than the sum of the parts.
https://adamtooze.com/2022/06/24/chartbook-130-defining-polycrisis-from-crisis-pictures-to-the-crisis-matrix/
Polycrisis, where the whole is even more dangerous than the sum of the parts.
Beyond Corporations
https://www.msi-integrity.org/
For the past decade, MSI Integrity has investigated whether, when and how multi-stakeholder initiatives protect and promote human rights. The culmination of this research, detailing the significant limitations of MSIs, is available in our report Not Fit-for-Purpose.
https://www.msi-integrity.org/
For the past decade, MSI Integrity has investigated whether, when and how multi-stakeholder initiatives protect and promote human rights. The culmination of this research, detailing the significant limitations of MSIs, is available in our report Not Fit-for-Purpose.
Standards Map, Certification Standard Database
https://www.standardsmap.org/en/home
We provide free, accessible, comprehensive, verified and transparent information on over 300 standards for environmental protection, worker and labour rights, economic development, quality and food safety, as well as business ethics.
https://www.standardsmap.org/en/home
We provide free, accessible, comprehensive, verified and transparent information on over 300 standards for environmental protection, worker and labour rights, economic development, quality and food safety, as well as business ethics.
Fair Trade Certified Companies Lookup
https://partner.fairtradecertified.org/
Explore fair trade partners
https://partner.fairtradecertified.org/
Explore fair trade partners
Fair Trade Does Not Certify Shipping
https://trace-and-traceability.org/uid/7dae7f99-ebb2-11ec-a4fb-525400ede284
From Ninety Percent of Everything (2013, George)
https://trace-and-traceability.org/uid/7dae7f99-ebb2-11ec-a4fb-525400ede284
From Ninety Percent of Everything (2013, George)
UNCTAD starts blockchain supply chain project
https://unctad.org/news/project-explores-blockchain-solutions-trade-facilitation
UNCTAD and five UN regional agencies on 28 June launched a four-year project on the use of blockchain to simplify and expedite import, export and transit procedures. Blockchain can help ease trade in the wake of supply chain crises, such as those emanating from the blockage of the Suez Canal, the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, which have caused catastrophic trade disruptions, especially in developing countries.
https://unctad.org/news/project-explores-blockchain-solutions-trade-facilitation
UNCTAD and five UN regional agencies on 28 June launched a four-year project on the use of blockchain to simplify and expedite import, export and transit procedures. Blockchain can help ease trade in the wake of supply chain crises, such as those emanating from the blockage of the Suez Canal, the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, which have caused catastrophic trade disruptions, especially in developing countries.
Article: How the Shipping Industry Sails through Legal Loopholes
https://hakaimagazine.com/features/how-the-shipping-industry-sails-through-legal-loopholes/
A murky world of shell companies, flags of convenience, and end-of-life flags allows companies to dodge accountability and dispose of ships cheaply
https://hakaimagazine.com/features/how-the-shipping-industry-sails-through-legal-loopholes/
A murky world of shell companies, flags of convenience, and end-of-life flags allows companies to dodge accountability and dispose of ships cheaply
Yossi Sheffi, Homepage
https://sheffi.mit.edu/
Author 7 books on Supply Chain, Logistics, Risk Analysis, & System Optimization
https://sheffi.mit.edu/
Author 7 books on Supply Chain, Logistics, Risk Analysis, & System Optimization
Four Kites, Company Website
https://www.fourkites.com/
FourKites connects global end-to-end supply chains with the most powerful technology on the planet, helping our customers and their customers work better together. Company website.
https://www.fourkites.com/
FourKites connects global end-to-end supply chains with the most powerful technology on the planet, helping our customers and their customers work better together. Company website.
Open Supply Hub
https://www.opensupplyhub.org/
Open Supply Hub will make global supply chain data accessible to all. Brought to you by the team behind the Open Apparel Registry
https://www.opensupplyhub.org/
Open Supply Hub will make global supply chain data accessible to all. Brought to you by the team behind the Open Apparel Registry
Newsletter, Supply Chain in Numbers
https://scnumbers.substack.com/
Weekly/monthly five significant numbers from the world of Supply Chain.
https://scnumbers.substack.com/
Weekly/monthly five significant numbers from the world of Supply Chain.
Novel, The Shipping Man
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12895441-the-shipping-man
When restless New York City hedge fund manager Robert Fairchild watches the Baltic Dry Cargo Index plunge 97%, registering an all-time high and a 25-year low within the span of just six months, he decides to buy a ship. Immediately fantasizing about naming a vessel after his wife, carrying a string of worry beads and being able to introduce himself as a "shipowner" at his upcoming college reunion, Fairchild immediately embarks on an odyssey into the most exclusive, glamorous and high stakes business in the world. From pirates off the coast of Somalia and on Wall Street to Greek and Norwegian shipping magnates, the education of Robert Fairchild is an expensive one. In the end, he loses his hedge fund, but he gains a life - as a Shipping Man. Part fast paced financial thriller, part ship finance text book, The Shipping Man is 310 pages of required reading for anyone with an interest in capital formation for shipping.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12895441-the-shipping-man
When restless New York City hedge fund manager Robert Fairchild watches the Baltic Dry Cargo Index plunge 97%, registering an all-time high and a 25-year low within the span of just six months, he decides to buy a ship. Immediately fantasizing about naming a vessel after his wife, carrying a string of worry beads and being able to introduce himself as a "shipowner" at his upcoming college reunion, Fairchild immediately embarks on an odyssey into the most exclusive, glamorous and high stakes business in the world. From pirates off the coast of Somalia and on Wall Street to Greek and Norwegian shipping magnates, the education of Robert Fairchild is an expensive one. In the end, he loses his hedge fund, but he gains a life - as a Shipping Man. Part fast paced financial thriller, part ship finance text book, The Shipping Man is 310 pages of required reading for anyone with an interest in capital formation for shipping.
Ftrace, company website
https://web.ftrace.com/en/
Consumers increasingly base their purchase decisions on the confidence they have in companies, products and brands. Meanwhile, legislators and authorities are also demanding greater transparency in the supply chain. However, obtaining reliable data that traces the product from its origins to the consumer's plate often requires a high investment in resources. Different data formats and the storage of redundant data lead to inefficiencies. With ftrace, the community platform from GS1 Germany, companies and entire industries can master these challenges and thus assume responsibility for their own supply networks. The platform is based on the global GS1 standards, which allows the entire community to efficiently and securely exchange transparency information along supply chains with confidence.
https://web.ftrace.com/en/
Consumers increasingly base their purchase decisions on the confidence they have in companies, products and brands. Meanwhile, legislators and authorities are also demanding greater transparency in the supply chain. However, obtaining reliable data that traces the product from its origins to the consumer's plate often requires a high investment in resources. Different data formats and the storage of redundant data lead to inefficiencies. With ftrace, the community platform from GS1 Germany, companies and entire industries can master these challenges and thus assume responsibility for their own supply networks. The platform is based on the global GS1 standards, which allows the entire community to efficiently and securely exchange transparency information along supply chains with confidence.
Hapag-Lloyd Container Tracking
https://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/online-business/track/track-by-container-solution.html
https://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/online-business/track/track-by-container-solution.html
Digital supply chain model in Industry 4.0
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jose-Luis-Flores/publication/338553270_Digital_supply_chain_model_in_Industry_40/links/5e1dfb5aa6fdcc904f703c2b/Digital-supply-chain-model-in-Industry-40.pdf?origin=publication_detail
The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual model that defines the essential components shaping the new Digital Supply Chains (DSCs) through the implementation and acceleration of Industry 4.0.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jose-Luis-Flores/publication/338553270_Digital_supply_chain_model_in_Industry_40/links/5e1dfb5aa6fdcc904f703c2b/Digital-supply-chain-model-in-Industry-40.pdf?origin=publication_detail
The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual model that defines the essential components shaping the new Digital Supply Chains (DSCs) through the implementation and acceleration of Industry 4.0.
Supply Chain Evolution – Theory, Concepts and Science
http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/60767/1/__smbhome.uscs.susx.ac.uk_qlfd7_Desktop_Supply%20Chain%20Evolution.pdf
The supply chain landscape is changing. New supply chains emerge and evolve for a variety of reasons. In this paper we examine the nature of new and changing supply chains and their influences, and address the broad question “What makes a supply chain like it is?”. The paper highlights and develops key aspects, concepts, and principal themes concerning the emergence and evolution of supply chains over their life cycle. We identify six factors that interact and may affect a supply chain over its life cycle. A number of emergent themes and propositions on factors affecting a supply chain’s characteristics over its life cycle are presented. We argue that a new science is needed to investigate and understand the supply chain life cycle. Supply chains are essential to the world economy and to modern life. Understanding the supply chain life cycle and how supply chains may evolve provides fresh perspectives on contemporary supply chain management. The paper presents detailed reflections from leading researchers on emerging, evolving and mature supply chains.
http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/60767/1/__smbhome.uscs.susx.ac.uk_qlfd7_Desktop_Supply%20Chain%20Evolution.pdf
The supply chain landscape is changing. New supply chains emerge and evolve for a variety of reasons. In this paper we examine the nature of new and changing supply chains and their influences, and address the broad question “What makes a supply chain like it is?”. The paper highlights and develops key aspects, concepts, and principal themes concerning the emergence and evolution of supply chains over their life cycle. We identify six factors that interact and may affect a supply chain over its life cycle. A number of emergent themes and propositions on factors affecting a supply chain’s characteristics over its life cycle are presented. We argue that a new science is needed to investigate and understand the supply chain life cycle. Supply chains are essential to the world economy and to modern life. Understanding the supply chain life cycle and how supply chains may evolve provides fresh perspectives on contemporary supply chain management. The paper presents detailed reflections from leading researchers on emerging, evolving and mature supply chains.
Book: The Digital Supply Chain
https://books.google.nl/books?id=IcBZEAAAQBAJ
The Digital Supply Chain is a thorough investigation of the underpinning technologies, systems, platforms and models that enable the design, management, and control of digitally connected supply chains. The book examines the origin, emergence and building blocks of the Digital Supply Chain, showing how and where the virtual and physical supply chain worlds interact. It reviews the enabling technologies that underpin digitally controlled supply chains and examines how the discipline of supply chain management is affected by enhanced digital connectivity, discussing purchasing and procurement, supply chain traceability, performance management, and supply chain cyber security.
https://books.google.nl/books?id=IcBZEAAAQBAJ
The Digital Supply Chain is a thorough investigation of the underpinning technologies, systems, platforms and models that enable the design, management, and control of digitally connected supply chains. The book examines the origin, emergence and building blocks of the Digital Supply Chain, showing how and where the virtual and physical supply chain worlds interact. It reviews the enabling technologies that underpin digitally controlled supply chains and examines how the discipline of supply chain management is affected by enhanced digital connectivity, discussing purchasing and procurement, supply chain traceability, performance management, and supply chain cyber security.
Supply Chain Digital Twins: Opportunities and Challenges Beyond the Hype
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/237399347.pdf
This paper discusses the application of digital twin concepts, prevalent in the factory unit operations environment, to the supply chain context. While the concept of digital twin is relatively recent in the manufacturing context, its application has now emerged within a wider supply chain context. It is unclear in this broader application what might the benefits of such an approach be in terms of operational control, replicability and efficiency.
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/237399347.pdf
This paper discusses the application of digital twin concepts, prevalent in the factory unit operations environment, to the supply chain context. While the concept of digital twin is relatively recent in the manufacturing context, its application has now emerged within a wider supply chain context. It is unclear in this broader application what might the benefits of such an approach be in terms of operational control, replicability and efficiency.
Industry 4.0. IBM page.
https://www.ibm.com/topics/industry-4-0
Industrial operations are dependent on a transparent, efficient supply chain, which must be integrated with production operations as part of a robust Industry 4.0 strategy. This transforms the way manufacturers resource their raw materials and deliver their finished products. By sharing some production data with suppliers, manufacturers can better schedule deliveries. If, for example, an assembly line is experiencing a disruption, deliveries can be rerouted or delayed in order to reduce wasted time or cost. Additionally, by studying weather, transportation partner and retailer data, companies can use predictive shipping to send finished goods at just the right time to meet consumer demand. Blockchain is emerging as a key technology to enable transparency in supply chains.
https://www.ibm.com/topics/industry-4-0
Industrial operations are dependent on a transparent, efficient supply chain, which must be integrated with production operations as part of a robust Industry 4.0 strategy. This transforms the way manufacturers resource their raw materials and deliver their finished products. By sharing some production data with suppliers, manufacturers can better schedule deliveries. If, for example, an assembly line is experiencing a disruption, deliveries can be rerouted or delayed in order to reduce wasted time or cost. Additionally, by studying weather, transportation partner and retailer data, companies can use predictive shipping to send finished goods at just the right time to meet consumer demand. Blockchain is emerging as a key technology to enable transparency in supply chains.
ShipAmax, company website
https://www.shipamax.com/
Data entry automation across your entire logistics organisation. Company website.
https://www.shipamax.com/
Data entry automation across your entire logistics organisation. Company website.
Techcrunch 2022 overview of startups in SCM
https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/23/the-next-wave-of-supply-chain-innovation-will-be-driven-by-startups-that-help-incumbents-win/
The next wave of supply-chain innovation will be driven by startups that help incumbents win
https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/23/the-next-wave-of-supply-chain-innovation-will-be-driven-by-startups-that-help-incumbents-win/
The next wave of supply-chain innovation will be driven by startups that help incumbents win
Clean Clothes Campaign; Unclear supply chains
https://cleanclothes.org/unclear-supply-chains
Transparency across supply chains is vital to ensuring that workers rights are respected. Although transparency in general has increased after years of concerted effort from the CCC network, the kind of information brands release about the manufacturing of their products is still sorely lacking.
https://cleanclothes.org/unclear-supply-chains
Transparency across supply chains is vital to ensuring that workers rights are respected. Although transparency in general has increased after years of concerted effort from the CCC network, the kind of information brands release about the manufacturing of their products is still sorely lacking.
Responsible Supply Chains in Vehicle Parts Industry Case Studies and Challenges
https://www.ilo.org/tokyo/information/publications/WCMS_849050/lang--en/index.htm
The report provides good practices and challenges in line with international instruments including the ILO’s Multinational Enterprises Declaration, by researching responsible supply chains implemented by Japanese enterprises in the automotive component industry in Thailand.
https://www.ilo.org/tokyo/information/publications/WCMS_849050/lang--en/index.htm
The report provides good practices and challenges in line with international instruments including the ILO’s Multinational Enterprises Declaration, by researching responsible supply chains implemented by Japanese enterprises in the automotive component industry in Thailand.
List of busiest container ports (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_container_ports
This article lists the world's busiest container ports (ports with container terminals that specialize in handling goods transported in intermodal shipping containers), by total number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port. The table lists volume in thousands of TEU per year. The vast majority of containers moved by large, ocean-faring container ships, are 20-foot (1 TEU), and 40-foot (2 TEU) ISO-standard shipping containers, with 40-foot units outnumbering 20-foot units to such an extent, that the actual number of containers moved is between 55%–60% of the number of TEUs counted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_container_ports
This article lists the world's busiest container ports (ports with container terminals that specialize in handling goods transported in intermodal shipping containers), by total number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port. The table lists volume in thousands of TEU per year. The vast majority of containers moved by large, ocean-faring container ships, are 20-foot (1 TEU), and 40-foot (2 TEU) ISO-standard shipping containers, with 40-foot units outnumbering 20-foot units to such an extent, that the actual number of containers moved is between 55%–60% of the number of TEUs counted.
Book: Around the World in Eighty Days
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days
Here Jules Verne for the first time in history imagined the possibility of planning a journey across the world. The canary in the coalmine of supply chain management.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days
Here Jules Verne for the first time in history imagined the possibility of planning a journey across the world. The canary in the coalmine of supply chain management.
Book: Choke Points Logistics Workers Disrupting the Global Supply Chain
https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786802347/choke-points/
Relying on the steady flow of goods across the world, trans-national companies such as Wal-Mart and Amazon depend on the work of millions in docks, warehouses and logistics centres to keep their goods moving. This is the global supply chain, and, if the chain is broken, capitalism grinds to a halt. This book looks at case studies across the world to uncover a network of resistance by these workers who, despite their importance, often face vast exploitation and economic violence. Experiencing first hand wildcat strikes, organised blockades and boycotts, the authors explore a diverse range of case studies, from South China dockworkers to the transformation of the port of Piraeus in Greece, and from the Southern California logistics sector, to dock and logistical workers in Chile and unions in Turkey.
https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786802347/choke-points/
Relying on the steady flow of goods across the world, trans-national companies such as Wal-Mart and Amazon depend on the work of millions in docks, warehouses and logistics centres to keep their goods moving. This is the global supply chain, and, if the chain is broken, capitalism grinds to a halt. This book looks at case studies across the world to uncover a network of resistance by these workers who, despite their importance, often face vast exploitation and economic violence. Experiencing first hand wildcat strikes, organised blockades and boycotts, the authors explore a diverse range of case studies, from South China dockworkers to the transformation of the port of Piraeus in Greece, and from the Southern California logistics sector, to dock and logistical workers in Chile and unions in Turkey.
Book: Value Chains, The New Economic Imperialism
https://monthlyreview.org/product/value-chains/
Value Chains uncovers the concrete processes through which multinational corporations, located primarily in the Global North, capture value from the Global South. We are brought face to face with various state-of-the-art corporate strategies that enforce “economical” and “flexible” production, including labor management methods, aimed to reassert the imperial dominance of the North, while continuing the dependency of the Global South and polarizing the global economy. Case studies of Indonesian suppliers exemplify the growing burden borne by the workers of the Global South, whose labor creates the surplus value that enriches the capitalists of the North, as well as the secondary capitals of the South. Today, those who control the value chains and siphon off the profits are primarily financial interests with vast economic and political power—the power that must be broken if the global working class is to liberate itself.
https://monthlyreview.org/product/value-chains/
Value Chains uncovers the concrete processes through which multinational corporations, located primarily in the Global North, capture value from the Global South. We are brought face to face with various state-of-the-art corporate strategies that enforce “economical” and “flexible” production, including labor management methods, aimed to reassert the imperial dominance of the North, while continuing the dependency of the Global South and polarizing the global economy. Case studies of Indonesian suppliers exemplify the growing burden borne by the workers of the Global South, whose labor creates the surplus value that enriches the capitalists of the North, as well as the secondary capitals of the South. Today, those who control the value chains and siphon off the profits are primarily financial interests with vast economic and political power—the power that must be broken if the global working class is to liberate itself.
Article: Infrastructure and Logistics
https://www.societyandspace.org/topics/infrastructure-and-logistics
Foregrounds the built systems or networks that coordinate the circulation of things, people, money, and data into integrated wholes. Provides an analytical framework for critically interrogating the relation between built networks and their spatial mobilities, including attention to their institutional dimensions, political economies, and forms of life that interact with and reshape their geographies.
https://www.societyandspace.org/topics/infrastructure-and-logistics
Foregrounds the built systems or networks that coordinate the circulation of things, people, money, and data into integrated wholes. Provides an analytical framework for critically interrogating the relation between built networks and their spatial mobilities, including attention to their institutional dimensions, political economies, and forms of life that interact with and reshape their geographies.
Book: Sinews of War and Trade
https://www.societyandspace.org/articles/sinews-of-war-and-trade
Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula, Laleh Khalili highlights the centrality of shipping and maritime infrastructure to global capitalism.
https://www.societyandspace.org/articles/sinews-of-war-and-trade
Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula, Laleh Khalili highlights the centrality of shipping and maritime infrastructure to global capitalism.
Sinews of War and Trade
http://sinewswartrade.com/
Maritime transport statistics can be mind-boggling: estimated seaborne trade in 2015 –the most recent year recorded by UNCTAD– exceeded 10 billion tonnes. Upwards of 90 percent of world’s goods travel by ship. Of the world’s cargo aboard ships, some 40 percent was loaded in Asia. Oil transport accounts for nearly a third of world maritime trade. Some 346 billion cubic metres of natural gas was transported by ship worldwide. The global commercial fleet consisted of nearly 91,000 vessels in 2015. While bulk carriers and tankers account for 43 and 28 percent of the world’s fleet, containerships, only 13.5 percent of the world’s fleet, probably carry the largest percentage of the goods by value.
http://sinewswartrade.com/
Maritime transport statistics can be mind-boggling: estimated seaborne trade in 2015 –the most recent year recorded by UNCTAD– exceeded 10 billion tonnes. Upwards of 90 percent of world’s goods travel by ship. Of the world’s cargo aboard ships, some 40 percent was loaded in Asia. Oil transport accounts for nearly a third of world maritime trade. Some 346 billion cubic metres of natural gas was transported by ship worldwide. The global commercial fleet consisted of nearly 91,000 vessels in 2015. While bulk carriers and tankers account for 43 and 28 percent of the world’s fleet, containerships, only 13.5 percent of the world’s fleet, probably carry the largest percentage of the goods by value.
Book: Red Plenty
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/aug/08/red-plenty-francis-spufford
Set in Soviet Russia, these vivid short stories highlight the failings of planned economies. What else is Supply Chain Management than a uniquely Soviet science reapplied?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/aug/08/red-plenty-francis-spufford
Set in Soviet Russia, these vivid short stories highlight the failings of planned economies. What else is Supply Chain Management than a uniquely Soviet science reapplied?
The seafood supply chain from a fraudulent perspective
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12571-018-0826-z
Seafood is one commodity which has endured extensive fraudulent activity owing to its increasing consumer demand, resource limitations, high value and complex supply chains. It is essential that these fraudulent opportunities are revealed, the risk is evaluated and countermeasures for mitigation are assigned. This can be achieved through mapping of the seafood supply chains and identifying the vulnerability analysis critical control points (VACCP), which can be exposed, infiltrated and exploited for fraudulent activity. This research systematically maps the seafood supply chain for three key commodities: finfish, shellfish and crustaceans in the United Kingdom. Each chain is comprised of multiple stakeholders across numerous countries producing a diverse range of products distributed globally.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12571-018-0826-z
Seafood is one commodity which has endured extensive fraudulent activity owing to its increasing consumer demand, resource limitations, high value and complex supply chains. It is essential that these fraudulent opportunities are revealed, the risk is evaluated and countermeasures for mitigation are assigned. This can be achieved through mapping of the seafood supply chains and identifying the vulnerability analysis critical control points (VACCP), which can be exposed, infiltrated and exploited for fraudulent activity. This research systematically maps the seafood supply chain for three key commodities: finfish, shellfish and crustaceans in the United Kingdom. Each chain is comprised of multiple stakeholders across numerous countries producing a diverse range of products distributed globally.