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Building a Global Logistics Juggernaut with Nourhan Beyrouti

The Logistics of Logistics

Nourhan Beyrouti and Joe Lynch discuss building a global logistics juggernaut. Nourhan is Global Chief Revenue Officer at AJEX Logistics Services , Saudi Arabia’s fastest growing transportation company. Beyrouti’s expertise was further utilized in assisting the Dubai government with the “Dubai Plan 2021”.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon has launched a new fulfillment center in Riyadh doubling its total storage capacity in Saudi Arabia and increasing selling opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses. However, many of these companies are now reining in their logistics ambitions.

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Managing Logistics for The World’s Largest Company with Gary Sostack

The Logistics of Logistics

While putting myself through school, I got a part-time job at JFK airport which opened my eyes to logistics. Right out of college, I worked at a logistics company in Atlanta. We also searched for people with the best ideas and moved them to Saudi Arabia. We once had to move a prototype oil rig from Texas to Saudi Arabia.

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People and Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This new standard has three modules: transportation, warehousing, and retailing. Some distributors and logistics might be halal certified; most are not. The halal knowledge of logistics service providers and distributors can be very minimal, as training on halal logistics is often not offered by the organisation and brand owner.

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Pandemic Underscores Necessity of TMS and Other Supply Chain Tech Tools

Supply Chain Collaborator

Here are three reasons why logistics management software like TMS, YMS Freight Audit and others is essential to the survival of business during events like global pandemic. So how does logistics management software prepare shippers to accommodate any business environment – even those that materialize in the wake of unexpected events?

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Why Logistics Management is the Need of the Hour in the Middle East?

Shipsy

Why Logistics Management is the Need of the Hour in the Middle East? The global pandemic has caused a ruckus in the economy but logistics has risen as an efficient place of access for consumers with doorstep deliveries and minimum human interaction. The warehouses then load the consignments to other vehicles to deliver them to ports.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As was confirmed for me yet again this week at a conference, the most utilized supply chain and logistics application, the reigning champ of them all, is the Excel spreadsheet. XPO Logistics Announces Third Quarter Earnings 2013. XPO Logistics Announces Third Quarter Earnings 2013. What is a warehouse?