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Blockchain for Supply Chain – Insights from Berlin

Tom Spencer

To gain insights on potential focus areas for blockchain in supply chain. I head partnerships for ScanTrust , it’s a digital supply chain startup. ScanTrust started in the anti-counterfeit space but is now considered a digital supply chain company within the unique identifier space. Cool, that makes sense.

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8 Ways Brands Can Fight Counterfeits in China

Harvard Business

Culprits out in the open are small vendors far down the food chain. In order to improve product safety, China’s pharmaceutical, alcohol, and food industries already use QR codes and RFID tags to track products as they move from factory to consumer. Large counterfeit manufacturers and distributors keep a low profile.

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The elegance of nothing

Seth Godin Blog

The red sole of a Louboutin shoe, or the elegant tag on a pair of Tom’s? Design is the supply chain of Patagonia, the ethics of Purple Carrot and the customer service at Union Square Cafe. What ever happened to details? The sweeping fenders of a Porsche 911 or the needless complications of a fancy watch…. Not so fast.

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A Tool to Map Your Next Digital Initiative

Harvard Business

It includes changes in how an organization interacts with its customers, citizens, or patients; in operational processes; in business models; in supply chain relationships; and in how employees use information to generate insight. To address this problem, this retailer planned to tag products at the item level.

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KPMG Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

With the trend set for years to come, demand for accounting services far outstripped supply. A major part of their worldwide marketing campaign was the tag line, “It’s time for clarity.” Supply Chain and Operations. Technology Innovation. Capabilities: Finance. Global Business Services. Human Resources.

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Market failure and collusion in the philanthropic marketplace

The Nonprofit Consultant

Remember how the supply and demand curves are supposed to work? When demand outpaces supply, shortages occur and prices rise till supply can catch up. When supply outpaces demand, prices begin to drop. In each case, the correction (either dropping prices or increased supply) brings the market back into equilibrium.

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Why Sourcing Local Food Is So Hard for Restaurants

Harvard Business

As globalization has created longer and increasingly complex food supply chains, there has been a concomitant surge in demand for locally-sourced food. But after the chain was linked to outbreaks of E. But after the chain was linked to outbreaks of E. Some companies have ridden this wave.