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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

The Kingdom of Belgium achieved its independence from the Netherlands in 1830, and has become an admired modern country, well-known as the home of international organizations such as NATO and the EU. Since most Western European capitals are within 1,000 km of Brussels, Belgium’s capital, it is an ideal location for international groups.

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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

In Belgium, the Ford factory in Genk will soon close for good, as will the Heinz manufacturing facility in Turnhout. The level of job creation in the automotive industry in this region was less extreme due to new factories or expansions in the UK, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Turkey and above all Russia. SCM Map Europe 2014-2015.

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Zipline Adds Drone Delivery for GNC, Two Other Clients

Multichannel Merchant

Drone delivery providers have also proliferated in recent years, including DroneUp and Flytrex – both also working domestically with Walmart – and Belgium-based Dronamics in Europe. The company was founded in 2014 in San Francisco and made its first flights delivering blood in Rwanda in 2016.

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The Oliver Wight Conference

Supply Chain Movement

Date: 18-19 November 2014. Venue: The Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel, Belgium. Following a resounding success last November we are delighted to announce details of the Oliver Wight Annual Conference 2014. The Oliver Wight Conference. Organiser: Oliver Wight. URL: www.oliverwight-eame.com.

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Participation request for interesting Supply Chain surveys

Supply Chain Movement

Dear Supply Chain Professionals, There are several very interesting supply chain surveys open for participation at the moment (in Januaray and February, 2014). Voice of the Supply Chain Leader: What supply chain management professionals are thinking about, working on and trying to improve: [link]. https://vlerick.eu.qualtrics.com/SE/?

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“We want people in the supply chain to be multi-skilled” – Henri-Xavier Benoist

Supply Chain Movement

In Europe Bridgestone employs 12,000 staff, has sales organisation clustered in 6 sub-regions, nine manufacturing plants (in Spain, Poland, Belgium, France, Italy, and Hungary), one plant. producing tyre molds (Belgium) and it operates a Technical Centre (Rome) and two Proving Grounds (one in Rome and one in the North of Sweden).

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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. During the 2014 holiday season in the US, IBM Digital Analytics estimated that 25% of US online sales were via mobile. The office supply store, Staples began offering similar services in 2014 in the US. This represented about 24.4%