Wed.Sep 24, 2014

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Your supply chain is costing you money – Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel

Kinaxis

'by John Westerveld Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Over the next several weeks, I’ll outline these issues and discuss some ideas around how to avoid these practices. You can find the previous posts here: Reason #1: Offshoring without getting the full picture.

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How holy is the Grail of Real-Time in Supply Chain?

Global Trade Management

'A transportation management system (TMS) helps companies move freight from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost effectively. In a TMS survey, ARC found that respondents indicated freight savings of approximately 6 percent with the use of a TMS application. TMS achieve these savings based on process enforcement, visibility, analytics, and optimization.

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FMCG Manufacturing, Sourcing and the Ukraine-Russia Unrest

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

'The unrest – what a terrible BBC understatement that is – in Ukraine does not look to be going away in the near future and will possibly be hanging over us for considerably longer. The “unrest” is not localised and it obviously involves many other countries and regional bodies with political, economic and territorial interest in the area. One recent escalation has been to ban the sale of EU goods inside Russia which is rather a throw-back to Cold War days when the same rule applied to iconic we

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Dubai's RTA planning at least 35 more mega projects

Logistics Middle East

'Nearly $20bn has so far been spent delivering services in the emirate.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Royal Navy of Oman takes delivery of Damen Clipper

Logistics Middle East

'Ceremony follows Sail Training Vessel?s successful sea trials.

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UASC and Hamburg Sud sign agreement

Logistics Middle East

'Two companies sign global cooperation agreement.

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New ADPC app makes port pass applications fast and easy

Logistics Middle East

'ADPC Port Pass available now on apple store and google play.

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