The document provides an overview of supply chains and key concepts related to supply chain management. It defines a supply chain as the process of assembling and bringing products and agricultural goods to market. It notes that supply chains have many steps and vary between commodities. Key aspects that are common to all supply chains include raw materials, processing of materials, components, and the people involved at each stage. The document emphasizes that functioning supply chains require people at all levels, from production to distribution. It also distinguishes between a supply chain focus on bringing products to market and a value chain focus on profitability. Workplace standards, codes of conduct, and ensuring compliance are also discussed.

1. CREA 2011

2.  The process by which a product is assembled
from component parts and brought to market
 The process by which a an agricultural
product is brought from where it is grown to
the market
 Each process can have many steps

3.  Supply chains for each commodity are
different, are unique to the product
 All supply chains have some things in
common

4.  Raw materials
 How materials are processed
 How the processed materials become
components of the final product
 All the processed materials needed for a final
product

5. Cloth
Thread
Buttons
Zippers Cutter
Sewer
Packager
Transporter
Distributor
Seller

6. Wires
Case
Motherboard
Chips Minerals
Etc. Metals
Plastic
Etc.
Miners
Smelters
Assemblers
Etc.

7.  It is not enough to have the raw materials
 Or even the processed materials
 People are key to any supply chain;
Without men and women working, supply
chain s do not function

8.  Supply chain focus: Bringing product to
market
 Value chain focus: Where can profit be made

9.  Vendors or agencies
 Contractors
 Sub-contractors
 Suppliers
 Tiers

10. = Standards set for the Workplace
Based on Country Law
International Standards including the Core ILO
Conventions
Company’s Code
RULE: For each issue, whichever is the highest
standard applies

11. Many countries do not have laws addressing
workplace safety and worker’s rights
Even if they do have laws on the
books, enforcement system can be weak or
non-existent

12. C-29 Labour Convention, 1930
C-87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the
Right to Organize Convention, 1949
C-98 Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining
Convention, 1949
C-100 Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951
C-105 Abolition of Forced Labor Convention, 1957 *
C-111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation)
Convention, 1958
C-138 Minimum Age Convention, 1973
C-182 Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention, 1999 *
NOTE: US has only ratified C-105 and C182

13. Basic Topic Requirements
- Compliance with All relevant laws
- Working hours
- Compensation
- Child and Juvenile Labor
- Forced Labor
- Harassment and Abuse
- Contract Labor
- Freedom of Association and Right to Engage in
Collective Bargaining
- Environmental Management
- Anti-discrimination statement

14.  Between Codes or Standards for Direct
Employees
 Codes for Workplaces in Supply Chains
It is not either/or…….the magic word is AND
BOTH are necessary

15.  The Code is succinctly stated with an
application manual provided which expands
on the code
 The Code and application manual are
provided in one document
Both are fine as long as the necessary
components are in the materials

16. Gap – Code of Vendor Conduct
http://www2.gapinc.com/GapIncSubSites/csr/
EmbracingOurResponsibility/Governance/Gov_COVC.shtml
Target Code of Vendor Engagement
http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-
034203
Walt Disney Company
http://corporate.disney.go.com/citizenship/codeofconduct.html
Try searching on the internet for the code of
companies in which you are interested. Codes
should be easy to find.