Oliver Bonas Enhances Global Supply Chain Visibility with Sedex Partnership
Technology Category
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Functions
- Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases
- Supply Chain Visibility
About The Customer
Oliver Bonas is a UK-based independent lifestyle retailer known for its eclectic and unique range of fashion, jewellery, homeware, and gifts. The company is committed to sourcing the highest quality products from many countries with diverse cultures and economies. They value long-standing trusting relationships with their suppliers and are committed to working in a transparent and open manner with them. The company's values of 'Work Hard, Play Hard and Be Kind' extend to their supply chain, and they are committed to doing business that is beneficial for everyone involved. They strive to extend their kindness beyond their day-to-day operations, affecting people who don't directly work or shop with them.
The Challenge
Oliver Bonas, a UK-based independent lifestyle retailer, was facing challenges in monitoring and improving the working conditions within their global supply chain. The company, which sources high-quality products from various countries with diverse cultures and economies, was committed to maintaining long-standing, trusting relationships with its suppliers. However, the administrative burden on their suppliers was high, and there was a lack of visibility into the ethical audits and factory and workforce details of their suppliers. The company's values of 'Work Hard, Play Hard and Be Kind' extended to their supply chain, and they were committed to doing business that was beneficial for everyone involved. Therefore, they needed a solution that would allow them to gain deeper visibility into their supply chain and engage with suppliers to monitor and improve working practices.
The Solution
To address these challenges, Oliver Bonas became members of Sedex, one of the world's largest collaborative platforms for supply chain CSR performance. Through this partnership, Oliver Bonas would use the Sedex Advance platform to gain further visibility deep into their global supply chain. The platform would allow them to track any ethical audits their suppliers have already obtained and provide further visibility of factory and workforce details. This would reduce the administrative burden on their suppliers and enable Oliver Bonas to engage with them in a more transparent and open manner. The Sedex Advance platform would also enable Oliver Bonas to uphold their company values and commitment to ethical business practices by providing a platform for monitoring their supply chain.
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