Remain Resilient - What To Expect For Supply Chain Risk
Supply chain risk is changing more rapidly than ever before, with new regulatory challenges, geopolitical and domestic political issues, and changing sourcing demands having a major impact on companies of all sizes. In this webinar, BSI reviewed emerging risks and threats to supply chain resilience, evaluate the responses that companies can take to mitigate and take advantage of these risks, and use case studies to illustrate successful responses.
The webinar showed attendees the importance of building an overall management system for supply chain risk management that includes relevant stakeholders across the organization, from procurement and purchasing to legal and trade compliance. To ensure continued success of these efforts, BSI discussed how to successfully integrate technology into supply chain risk management and demonstrate return on investment.
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Identifying Hidden Forced Labor Risk in Supply Chains
Sayari presented an informative webinar on strategies for identifying hidden forced labor risk and potential Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) exposure in your supply chain. In this session, attendees learned how publicly available information such as corporate records and trade data can be leveraged to uncover indicators of potential forced labor risk in direct and upstream suppliers.
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Stop Hidden Supply Chain Losses Before Contract Season
Ocean carrier contracts aren't just about rates—they're about strategy. This year, smart importers and BCOs are turning to automation and freight audits to uncover hidden costs, understand their freight under management, and leverage these insights during negotiations.
This webinar by BlueCargo, in collaboration with AAFA, guideed participants on how to automate supply chain cost tracking—giving them full visibility over containerized fees like D&D, drayage, and ocean. With disruptions becoming the new normal, companies that can streamline their data will gain an edge when locking in favorable terms with ocean carriers.
Whether you're in supply chain leadership, logistics, finance, or procurement, this webinar will equip you with the tools to eliminate overpayments, monitor freight spend in real-time, and go into contract season ready to negotiate smarter deals and save some big dollars.
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2025 Compliance Trends for Fashion Brands and Retailers
The fashion and apparel industry is coming off a year marked by global trade disruptions, increased regulatory pressures, and a strategic pivot in sourcing and manufacturing. Looking to 2025, brands and retailers face pressing questions about what’s coming down the pipeline and how to prepare for upcoming challenges.
Does moving manufacturing closer to end markets eliminate risks? Will shifting toward synthetic materials offset regulatory scrutiny? According to Ana Hinojosa, Oritain Advisor and Former CBP Executive Director, even a small percentage of forced labor-tainted cotton fibers in a garment can expose companies to bigger risks.
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Risk Management and Compliance Through Smart Testing
The evolving landscape of regulations and industry requirements—due diligence, traceability, and various testing methods—can overwhelm brands and budgets. Compliance can come at a high cost, but missteps—such as the wrong approach or lack of action—can lead to reputation harm or even litigation. Over-testing, meanwhile, can drain budgets and strain supplier relationships.
With the right partner, customized Smart Testing plans can streamline compliance while targeting higher risk products, supply chains, and markets. This webinar compared three common risk mitigation approaches and learn what considerations lead to effective strategies for protecting people and the planet.
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Optimize Customer Engagement and Sustainability
The foundation to a great customer experience is the quality of the product. The most basic expectation of every consumer is that the product Works. A recent (informal) survey of 24 “C-level” executives (Chief - Merchandising, Marketing, Digital, Transformation- Officers), asked participants to rank the following attributes in terms of importance to customer acquisition, retention and satisfaction – Quality, Price, Sustainability, Brand Image and Customer Service. Quality was rated #1 by 22 of the executives.
In this webinar, attendees learned how C-level executives in various roles (Merchandising, Marketing, Digital, Transformation) view the relative importance of product quality compared to other factors like price, sustainability, brand image, and customer service.
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Fashion Forward: Tech Trends Shaping 2025
Infor gave an insightful webinar exploring the top technology trends set to shape the fashion and retail landscape in 2025. Attendees discovered how AI innovations are transforming the industry, enhancing customer experiences, and streamlining operations. Attendees also learned from real-world use cases and expert predictions to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving market. This session equips attendees with the knowledge and strategies needed to lead their fashion business into the future.
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Developing Carbon Reduction Plans To Tackle Net Zero Targets
Many companies set Net Zero targets, but struggle to develop and implement the necessary GHG reduction plans effectively and efficiently at scale. In this webinar, BSI’s experts discussed a structured, effective approach to large-scale, cross-functional Carbon Reduction Management Plans. Areas of focus included identifying GHG reduction strategies; engaging and educating functional leads and suppliers; creating an environment of purpose, accountability, and ownership; and financial budgeting and reduction forecasts.
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Data-Driven Strategies for Cyber Week 2024: What 2023 Taught
Centric Software dove into the latest data on this year's discounts and promotions, giving you valuable insights into where consumer demand is still strong. We explored key trends and consumer behaviors from Cyber Week 2023, showing how these insights can help you refine your strategy for Cyber Week 2024. Attendees learned what worked, what didn't, and how to stay competitive in the year ahead!
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Unlock the Hidden Value in your Packaging Data
With the right tools, raw packaging data can be turned into actionable business intelligence that can save money on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fees as well as reduce waste. In this session, RLG introduced core concepts of ecomodulation policies for packaging and demonstrated how the benefits of ecomodulation can be maximized through smart data management and analysis. Attendees learned actionable techniques by reviewing real examples of packaging reductions/adjustment through data.
Reduced packaging = reduced waste = reduced fees = win-win-win for your company, consumers, and the planet.
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Supply Chain Risk: From Vulnerability To Resilience
In today's interconnected global economy, organizations can't afford to overlook the potential risks in their supply chains. From regulatory compliance to operational disruptions and reputational damage, the challenges are numerous and complex. Many companies recognize the need to strengthen their supply chain risk management. However, this task can seem daunting, and the path to improvement remains unclear.
During this webinar, attendees learned essential tools for diagnosing their supply chain risk management challenges, identifying key stakeholders, and embarking on a journey towards supply chain resilience. Case studies were presented that highlighted how other organizations have successfully navigated supply chain risks. These real-world examples will provide valuable lessons learned and best practices you can apply to your own operations.
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Innovative Chemical Mgmt. and Smart Chemical Testing
Expand your knowledge of innovative chemical management in fashion with our upcoming webinar. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the fashion industry consumes 43 million tons of chemicals annually in textile production - accounting for 20% of global industrial water pollution and posing risks to health and the environment. In this webinar, attendees learned about best practices for reducing risks and how to be a leader in an industry under increasing consumer, retailer, and regulatory pressure. The webinar highlighted effective management strategies, global regulations for restricted substances, and resources like the American Apparel & Footwear Association's Restricted Substances List.
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Finding the Way | Textile Regulations & Traceability Tools
Navigating the textile sustainability regulatory landscape is challenging, especially with the added complexity of traceability tools. This webinar highlighted the key concepts of major regulatory requirements surrounding the EU Green Deal, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), PFAS, state level EPR schemes, Canada Fighting Against Forced Labor, and Child Labor in Supply Chains Act, as well as the proposed New York Fashion Act, SEC Climate Disclosure and FTC Green Guides.
We explored essential strategies for managing and integrating data to meet complex regulations on traceability, transparency, and end-of-life product requirements in the textile and footwear industries. Attendees learned the categories of greentech and traceability software they may need, and gained insights into whether working directly with certification bodies or utilizing multiple compliance platforms is more beneficial. This webinar went over the most utilized data gathering strategies, criteria for selecting the right approach for your brand, and actionable steps to kickstart your compliance initiatives.
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Weaving AI into Traceability and Efficiency
This insightful webinar, hosted by AAFA and Infor, delved into the latest trends in traceability, ESG, and AI-driven forecast intelligence for the fashion and retail industry. This webinar guided participants through practical steps and strategies to enhance your traceability efforts, support your ESG objectives, and leverage AI for better demand planning and production efficiency. This session was designed to equip fashion and retail companies with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate today's complex landscape while optimizing their operations.
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Integrating Local ESG Risks Into Global Supply Chain Mgmt.
Almost daily changes to local laws, risks, climate, policies, and resource availability make sourcing and supply chain management hugely challenging. Add in the requirements of regional and national ESG and supply chain due diligence legislation, and sustainable supply chains can seem impossible and overwhelming.
This webinar drew on up-to-date data, research, and business experience to shed light on the biggest ESG risks the apparel and footwear industry faces today, how businesses can successfully manage them and how to integrate ESG requirements into your sourcing and supply chain programs efficiently and effectively.
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AI-Assisted Classification, FTA Qualification & Forced Labor
New trade compliance tools are incorporating AI to support import/export classification, FTA qualification, and forced labor compliance. This webinar provided real-time understanding of how AI-assisted, human-in-the-loop tools make it possible to do much more without adding headcount or investing in large, IT-intensive software. This included speeding up import and export classifications, auto-calculating FTA qualifications, and determining SKU-level forced labor risks.
Additionally, technology can make record-keeping and audit trails automatic by incorporating collaboration into the process of classifying, qualifying, or complying. This can eliminate the need for email, PDFs, attachments, and spreadsheets and all the uploading and downloading that is prevalent. Other features of an AI-assisted platform for trade compliance is the ability to add-on to or enhance an existing GTM system and to connect disparate data sources into a single view.
Finally, participants learned how to use AI prompts to converse with customs rulings for faster and easier research.
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Passing the Smell Test: Science-Based Odor Management
Consumers want their favorite apparel, footwear, sportswear, workwear, and home textiles to last – and that includes smelling fresh.
Managing odor is about performance, brand loyalty, and sustainability. Developers have to choose the right approach for the application and material, while considering the health of the users and the planet. We'll cover the main approaches to managing odor - absorbing, masking, eliminating, or washing away - and how the data can be used in both development and marketing.
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AI Integrated Business Planning for Brands and Retailers
Learn how fashion brands and retailers can unlock supply chain efficiency through integrated business planning. Discover the critical role of organizational preparedness in successfully managing the complexities of business planning, including demand planning, inventory, and supply chain management. Explore the latest trends, industry directions, and tools and how AI-driven solutions can transform your planning processes. Enhance demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and overall supply chain responsiveness. Take advantage of this opportunity to gain insights and strategies to stay ahead in the competitive fashion market.
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Prepare Now: Packaging and Textile EPR in the U.S.
In the U.S., new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws for packaging, coupled with the potential for enactment of EPR laws for textiles, will bring increasing complexity to data management and EPR reporting. Textiles, sold to consumers in packaging, will present particular challenges to data collection, verification, and reporting. Attendees were invited to join RLG for an overview to learn how to prepare for potential EPR obligations - what producers must know, what they must do, and how business may be affected in the coming weeks, months, and years.
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Catalyst for Change | Supply Chain Reset
Fashion supply chains were critical to the success of businesses both in the U.S. and globally, and underwent major disruptions in the past five years alone. In the webinar, we delved deeper into how brands and retailers could best adapt to new ways of working that allowed for more agility and flexibility - and as part of that - delivered better value for the customer. We specifically looked at how new digital tools, strategic vendor partnerships, and on-demand nearshore sourcing could offer a holistic solution for the US fashion industry.
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