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supply chain management

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    Why does modern slavery still exist?: Supply chain reform

    The audit I ran I used to run supply chain audits for a major retailer. I walked through processing plants in Thailand, garment factories in Bangladesh, agricultural operations in Central America. I carried a clipboard....
    supply chain management
    modern slavery
    corporate compliance and liability
    human trafficking and forced labor
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    Is China's rise a threat or an opportunity for the USA?: Decoupling realists

    The fire that shut down four continents March 19, 2021. A fire at the Renesas Electronics factory in Naka, Japan. Seventeen hours. Twenty-three machines destroyed on a line supplying microcontroller chips to 30 percent of the global auto industry....
    risk management
    supply chain management
    us china relations
    semiconductor industry
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  • Eric Stevens avatar

    An Introduction. My name is Eric Stevens 

    I want to be clear about who I am and why I am here.

    I recently published my book, Evolution Mine: Genesis.
    You can read it for free here:
    https://nowweevolve.com/view-the-book

    I made it free on purpose. The idea matters more than the money.

    For the last 15 years, I have been working inside the systems most people only argue about from the outside. Global trade. Manufacturing. Supply chains. Policy. Commodities. Labor. Capital flow.

    I helped Vietnam enter the World Trade Organization in 2007, ironically on my birthday. I have worked with governments, factories, military-adjacent systems, and private industry. I have seen how decisions made far from communities quietly reshape jobs, materials, and power at the local level.

    Most of my life was spent in Los Angeles. I recently moved to Dallas, where the political and cultural polarization is impossible to ignore. The fights feel louder. The solutions feel thinner.

    I am a father of six. I am married to an incredible Salvadoran woman. I am politically independent, not because I avoid responsibility, but because I do not believe any single ideology owns the truth.

    What I am building is not a movement in the emotional sense. It is an economic one.

    Our society talks about systems as if they are beliefs. They are not. Systems are built on inputs. Commodities. Materials. Energy. Logistics. Whoever controls those controls everything downstream.

    That insight sits at the center of everything I do.

    Through these platforms, I am working on one integrated effort:

    Now We Evolve
    https://nowweevolve.com

    The Bioeconomy Foundation
    https://thebioeconomyfoundation.org

    American Fiber Group
    https://theamericanfibergroup.com

    Together, they focus on one question most debates avoid.

    What happens if we change the materials the economy depends on?

    Hemp and bamboo are not symbols. They are commodities. They grow locally. They scale horizontally. They support regional processing. They anchor manufacturing close to communities. They change money flow, job creation, and who holds power.

    This work is not anti-capitalist or pro-corporate. It is pro-reality.

    If you want different outcomes, you do not argue harder. You replace the inputs.

    That is what I am here to discuss.
    Not outrage. Not slogans.
    Industrial math, material systems, and practical paths forward.

    If that resonates, you are in the right place.

    https://www.thebioeconomyfoundation.org/start
    Eric Stevens•...
    JP, First and foremost, our careers run in parallel. I appreciate the thoughtfulness of your questions, and frankly, it’s refreshing to engage colleague to colleague where apples are apples....
    economics
    sustainability
    manufacturing
    supply chain management
    industrial engineering
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  • Eric Stevens avatar

    An Introduction. My name is Eric Stevens 

    I want to be clear about who I am and why I am here.

    I recently published my book, Evolution Mine: Genesis.
    You can read it for free here:
    https://nowweevolve.com/view-the-book

    I made it free on purpose. The idea matters more than the money.

    For the last 15 years, I have been working inside the systems most people only argue about from the outside. Global trade. Manufacturing. Supply chains. Policy. Commodities. Labor. Capital flow.

    I helped Vietnam enter the World Trade Organization in 2007, ironically on my birthday. I have worked with governments, factories, military-adjacent systems, and private industry. I have seen how decisions made far from communities quietly reshape jobs, materials, and power at the local level.

    Most of my life was spent in Los Angeles. I recently moved to Dallas, where the political and cultural polarization is impossible to ignore. The fights feel louder. The solutions feel thinner.

    I am a father of six. I am married to an incredible Salvadoran woman. I am politically independent, not because I avoid responsibility, but because I do not believe any single ideology owns the truth.

    What I am building is not a movement in the emotional sense. It is an economic one.

    Our society talks about systems as if they are beliefs. They are not. Systems are built on inputs. Commodities. Materials. Energy. Logistics. Whoever controls those controls everything downstream.

    That insight sits at the center of everything I do.

    Through these platforms, I am working on one integrated effort:

    Now We Evolve
    https://nowweevolve.com

    The Bioeconomy Foundation
    https://thebioeconomyfoundation.org

    American Fiber Group
    https://theamericanfibergroup.com

    Together, they focus on one question most debates avoid.

    What happens if we change the materials the economy depends on?

    Hemp and bamboo are not symbols. They are commodities. They grow locally. They scale horizontally. They support regional processing. They anchor manufacturing close to communities. They change money flow, job creation, and who holds power.

    This work is not anti-capitalist or pro-corporate. It is pro-reality.

    If you want different outcomes, you do not argue harder. You replace the inputs.

    That is what I am here to discuss.
    Not outrage. Not slogans.
    Industrial math, material systems, and practical paths forward.

    If that resonates, you are in the right place.

    https://www.thebioeconomyfoundation.org/start
    JP69•...
    Brand new to UpTrust. Not sure how all of this is supposed to work. I read your introduction but to be honest, I did not read your book or click all the links. Yet.  First, I want to better understand your position....
    supply chain management
    renewable resources
    sustainable manufacturing
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  • Eric Stevens•...

    THE PROBLEM

    In the late 1960s, the streets were loud for good reason. Americans protested polluted rivers, unsafe factories, poisoned neighborhoods, and abusive labor conditions. The pressure was real. The suffering was real. And protest worked in the short term. In response, the U.S....
    environmental policy
    international trade
    industrial economics
    labor rights
    supply chain management
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