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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

The Kingdom of Belgium achieved its independence from the Netherlands in 1830, and has become an admired modern country, well-known as the home of international organizations such as NATO and the EU. Since most Western European capitals are within 1,000 km of Brussels, Belgium’s capital, it is an ideal location for international groups.

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Nike’s Global E-Commerce Distribution Center in Leuven Belgium

NC State SCRC

I had the opportunity to accompany a group of executives from Anheuser Busch Inbev on a tour of Nike’s global distribution facility in Leuven Belgium this week. The choice of Leuven, Belgium as the site for Nike’s DC may seem like an odd one. Barges from down the canal from Antwerp.

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Shortages of coolant set to impact the semiconductor industry

Resilinc

Supreme Court) to shut down a Belgium-based 3M plant is anticipated to bring fresh turmoil to the semiconductor industry: likely shortages of specialized coolants. 3M’s Zwijndrecht, Belgium, plant produces coolant that is essential to the etching process used in semiconductor manufacturing. Coolant is a key input in chip manufacturing.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 26 – December 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

The application then maps the information, highlighting current inventory selection and quantity at each location, the Amazon unit said. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) will be using 30 electric trucks for last-mile deliveries to local Belgium customers, with the first five rolling out last week. That’s all for this week.

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The sharing economy: An effective model for supply chain management?

Kinaxis

More specifically, a company could pair up with third-party delivery services to achieve same day delivery, or find new and innovative ways to deal with unsold inventory such as renting it out to businesses and gathering data for which items are most popular to better target the needs of future customers.

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A Tale of Two Industries: Surprising Demand Spikes amid Supply Chain Disruption

ToolsGroup

sells and deploys ToolsGroup software to companies in The Netherlands, Belgium and Turkey. Consequently the company was prepared with enough inventory to meet demand and service levels. My company Advancetics B.V. With so many second-hand buyers and sellers, demand for spare parts was huge.

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Logility to Acquire ChatGPT Technology Provider Garvis

Supply Chain Matters

Antwerp, Belgium based Garvis describes itself as “ A revolutionary SaaS company on a mission to create the world’s first Bionic Demand Planning system.” The technology aims to provide planners with control of user-trainable, transparent AI for navigating the ever-changing real-world data.