How Schneider Electric Stays Both Local and Global
No matter where you’re located, you might think that Schneider Electric is a native company. It’s an easy assumption to make.
No matter where you’re located, you might think that Schneider Electric is a native company. It’s an easy assumption to make.
How will the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement affect greenhouse gas emissions?
In May 2019, a California jury found Monsanto’s weed killer, Roundup, to be a “substantial factor” in the cancer suffered by a couple and ordered the U.S. agrochemical company to pay them $2 billion in damages.
For growth-starved Western entrepreneurs, the Chinese market is appealing.
Ask any manager at a large organization why the purchasing department matters, and the first factor he will mention will probably be costs. But cost control, though a core competency, is far from the only way purchasing affects firm performance.
From carrying food in from the field, to shipping processed products, to assembling a supermarket display, packaging matters.
Manufacturers face constant challenges of rising expectations as customers and regulators demand better quality and greater traceability throughout the supply chain.
Transporting cargo over long distances has always been a logistical nightmare, but when the goods are of a delicate nature, the whole operation becomes significantly more challenging.
Counterfeiting is widespread and rapidly expanding. In 2015, the value of fake and pirated products globally was estimated at $1.7 trillion, equivalent to the GDP of Canada. The scope of this phenomenon is vast.
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