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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

When the product has a defect after its production, it is sent back to the inventory to reuse or recycle it. Cardwell, 2014). 2014, July 30). Johannesburg, South Africa : Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University Of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Vishal Gupta, 2013). Bhattacharjee, K.

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World Cup in Brazil: Did it make it into your S&OP planning process?

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

The 2014 Football World Cup in Brazil is fast approaching, yes it is football not soccer. You may recall the inventory chaos of the vuvuzelas in team colours at the previous competition in South Africa. As a kid you played “footy” where I grew up and if you said anything like “soccy” you would need to be a fast runner.

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E-Commerce Takes Off in Developing Countries

Elementum

We examine the benefits and obstacles to e-commerce in Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa. Smartphone users in India doubled from 2013-2014, from 51 million to 104 million. In 2011, Nigerian startup Mall for Africa, which ships American brands to Nigerian consumers, took in $17 million in 2014. The market is there.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

The report analyzes supply chain performance and improvement by the Consumer Products Leaders in the period of 2006-2014. 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.

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Growing differentiation among logistics service providers

Supply Chain Movement

This growing optimism in the 3PL market is echoed by the survey results published in the 2014 18th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study. Shippers are seeing positive results again this year: an average logistics cost reduction of 11%, an average inventory cost reduction of 6%, and an average fixed logistics cost reduction of 23%.

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Is Google the most innovative supply chain company in the world?

Freightos

In fact, according to eMarketer, there were estimated 1.75bn smartphone users worldwide in 2014. In particular, emerging markets such as Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America, the adoption of mobile devices is rapid as consumers and businesses bypass traditional laptops and desktops in favor of smartphones and tablets.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 12-16, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Here are some details from the press release: The acquisition of UTi is expected to increase DSV’s annual revenue by approximately 50%…Pro forma 2014 revenue amounts to approximately USD 13 billion (DKK 75 billion) and the combined workforce will grow to 44,000 people in 84 countries, 848 offices and 339 logistics facilities.