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Bitcoin’s Impact on the Textile Industry!

Supply Chain Game Changer

On the other hand, many people purchase expensive clothes for special occasions like wedding parties or traditional festivals, etc. Bitcoin technology is not new; it was created in 2009 by an anonymous group called Satoshi Nakamoto. 1st July 2017, around 16 million users worldwide were using Bitcoin as their primary digital currency.

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Market Monitor of Turkish domestic logistics market

Supply Chain Movement

The heydays of 2009 to 2011 may be over but Turkey is still a very attractive market for European manufacturers. Dun & Bradstreet studies suggest that Turkish growth will slow down over the period of 2013-2017. Dun & Bradstreet studies suggest that Turkish growth will slow down over the period of 2013-2017.

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Step inside Project Gigaton at Walmart

EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

The success of its Sustainability Index, which gathers and analyzes information across a product’s life cycle – from sourcing, manufacturing and transporting, to selling, customer usage and end of use – has been well documented. But it is another of the company’s supply chain projects that has really caught the imagination.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. More types of goods are traded economically, and much manufacturing is transferring to developing economies. Western Europe selects container standards for rail, also intended for ship and truck. Significance.

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Supply Chain Management:Make your Assets Green, as Dollar is.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. There is a scope of "green" virtually everywhere - Offices, Datacenters, vehicles, buildings, manufacturing assets etc. Heavy and manufacturing assets could be next.

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China Flexes Its Global Logistics Muscle

Material Handling & Logistics

For instance, Rachel Duan, industrial conglomerate General Electric’s chief executive in China, told the New York Times that she sees manufacturing in the area increasing when “the roads are built, the ports are built and the power plants are built.” At that point, she believes, “other opportunities will come.”. That’s not to say that U.S

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. More types of goods are traded economically, and much manufacturing is transferring to developing economies. Western Europe selects container standards for rail, also intended for ship and truck. Did You Know That ….

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