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Three Times Tom Hanks Was Faster Than Your Supply Chain (Spoiler Alert)

Aera Technology

” This was an airport administrator’s order to Hanks in “The Terminal,” (2004) at the time translating for a fellow countryman from Krakozhia, a fictional Eastern European nation that had just devolved into a civil war. . “Tell him, in order to export medicines from this country, he needs to have the proper form.”

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Belkin @belkin In 2011, Belkin reached an agreement with Brightpoint in Australia, with Brightpoint distributing Belkin’s range of mobile accessories to include its Made for Apple and Made for Samsung accessories. Mary Kay @MaryKay Mary Kay has a long history of supply chain innovation, earning accolades as far back as 2004 and 2005.