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A Brief History of WMS in the Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

However, few understand the history of WMS and how it evolved to encompass item tracking, storage data, inbound and outbound shipping, picking and much more. The concept of warehouse management originated in ancient Egypt as people sought ways to manage grain gathered from crops.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

Spire provides real-time information and analytics based on global maritime automatic identification system (AIS) technology—Spire’s constellation of small satellites captures the courses and current status of container ships across the globe. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86 A world transformed.

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Expanding Into New Territories – What Should a Retailer’s Supply Chain Look Like?

RELEX Solutions

Alternatively, a retailer may choose to ship from their home market, which can add high shipping costs depending on the distance between the two markets. These will need to be factored in to their forecasting and inventory management. Local customs can be very important.

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 How to Become a Top Seller on Noon?

Vinculum

To be a seller on Noon, you need to have a trading license and register here in Egypt, UAE, and KSA. Still, the inventory is kept separate for all the available options. It is packed, shipped, and delivered to the correct address in real-time. Registration. Noon B2B Fulfilment.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

They were saying that their inventory is through the roof, demand is up, but that they were not tracking inventory properly, and production runs were running out of room— but it’s all exacerbated by the current situation. Visibility of product, of inventory, of demand—and real demand, that’s the key.

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E-Commerce in the Middle East

Vinculum

Some of the Middle East countries like Egypt and Iran are ranking at the top-most level as internet users. Shipping method. The Internet has reached remote places to fully get the customer’s attention and utilize the e-commerce platform. Despite being a desert area, the internet utility has enhanced significantly.

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Three Supply Chain Risk Management Lessons You Can Learn from the Suez Canal Block

CH Robinson Transportfolio

The Ever Given vessel is floating, but the ship is not out of hot water. Although the cargo on the Ever Given is still at a standstill, other ships have been able to freely move through the canal over the past few weeks. The BBC reported that 369 ships were stuck waiting for the Ever Given to be refloated.