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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014. Europe has seen plenty of activity in terms of mergers and acquisitions, including the take-over of the major French family-owned company Norbert Dentressangle by America’s XPO Logistics. Philippines.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Many people get really confused about KPIs or Key Performance Indicators in Logistics and Supply Chain operations. Cost as a percentage of sales (Logistics or Supply Chain). Total logistics cost. Supply Chain KPIs are Essential – The Right Ones! The information on this page WILL help you get it right. Which ones to use?…

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Asia Supply Chain Excellence Report: Issue, January 2013

Tompkins Blog

Logistics failure. China does not have the coastal exposure that countries such as Japan and the Philippines have, so the impacts of typhoons are generally limited to delays in ocean and air freight. Compliance with industry or corporate standards has a strong impact on industries such as toys, apparel and electronics.

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Malaysia a Key Link in Asia’s Disaster Resilience Plan

MIT Supply Chain

This post was published in the summer 2013 issue of the MIT SCALE Network electronic newsletter Supply Chain Frontiers. This was one of the main talking points at the 2013 Health & Humanitarian Logistics Conference, hosted by the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI) in Malaysia this June.

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Over this period of 2013-2014 Shell made good progress on inventory, but faced unprecedented supply price volatility. Change in logistics cost or production cost based on implementation, for example, accumulates with time. The results accelerated global adoption. Others become apparent overtime. Project Benefits Over Time.

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Tracking the Response to Typhoon Haiyan

MIT Supply Chain

Survivors collect water from a broken water pipe in an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 12, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. I have listed several of my usual sources below (note that they do have a logistics angle).

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Supply Chain Management:Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Logistics and Distribution. The highly populated Northeastern United States was impacted by super storm Sandy which had some significant impacts on electrical power interruption, delays in delivery of inbound holiday goods as well as to transportation and logistics infrastructure needs. December 2013. November 2013.