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Bitcoin’s Impact on the Textile Industry!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Bitcoin technology is not new; it was created in 2009 by an anonymous group called Satoshi Nakamoto. In the meantime, some other digital currencies were launched in different countries, including in Asia and Africa, which can be used as a good investment opportunity for poor people who have never heard about Bitcoin.

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Seven Supply Chain Lessons from a Former Walmart CEO

Kinaxis

As CEO from 2009 to 2014, he worked to restructure the company and made sure it not only grew, but grew with integrity. Coming from a logistics and distribution background, he helped the company enter Africa and grow in China, Latin America, and other markets.

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014. In the period of 2008-2009, both supply chains made some major shifts. It is a strong downward trend. It is clear.

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Technology Can Help Feed the World, Part 2

Enterra Insights

Journalist Laura Villadiego ( @lauravilladiego ) reports, “According to a 2009 report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , a 70 per cent rise in overall food production will be needed to feed the estimated 9.1 .”[3] The analytics are most likely to be embedded in some type of cognitive technology (i.e.,

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Who said supply chains are boring?: By the Numbers: IBM's Supply.

Supply Chains Rock

billion in 2009. billion Europe, Middle East and Africa and $2.7 . - Supplier Connection - a collective portal for buying from small and medium businesses reached $150B. - $1.5 billion in First-Tier Spending with Diverse Suppliers - up from $1.4 Spending by location, $12.3 billion North America; $12.2 billion Asia Pac; $7.5 4:50 PM.

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Starbucks Appoints New Supply Chain Chief

RFgen

Plant in Columbia, South Carolina in 2009. Having just opened their first store in South Africa, they are now moving forward with plans to open a 20,000-square-foot roastery in New York. Through extensive data collection, his team was able to effectively discover what was driving up prices, and led to the opening of a fourth U.S.

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Starbucks Appoints New Supply Chain Chief

RFgen

Plant in Columbia, South Carolina in 2009. Having just opened their first store in South Africa, they are now moving forward with plans to open a 20,000-square-foot roastery in New York. Through extensive data collection, his team was able to effectively discover what was driving up prices, and led to the opening of a fourth U.S.