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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

Green supply chain history: The origin of Supply Chain Management can be dated back to the early 20th with Henry Ford who vertically integrates the automotive supply chain and organizational practices. The purpose of going green is shown in the table.

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Logipharma 2014

Supply Chain Movement

Logipharma 2014. Date: 07-10 April 2014. The Leading End-To-End Supply Chain Management Event For The Life Science Industry. LogiPharma is the ONLY VP-level, end-to-end supply chain event for life science professionals, focusing on strategic and tactical improvements for Europe & the rest of the world.

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MIT Scalers win global final The Fresh Connection

Supply Chain Movement

This year’s challenge was focused on supply chain risk management which had the participants dealing with all types of risk events such as natural disasters, strikes, supplier disruptions, theft, quality issues and high market volatility. South Africa. Outlook to 2014. Teams flew in from all regions of the world.

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How to Plan for Common Disruptors in Ocean Freight

Talking Logistics

That can make it difficult to meet your delivery times unless you take proactive steps now to minimize the risk in your supply chain. The 9 th annual BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit is being held in Xiamen September 3-5, 2017 (the summit location rotates between its member countries).

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. Below, you can also view the history of shipping containers in one infographic.

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DSV agrees to acquire UTi Worldwide Inc.

Supply Chain Network

UTi is a global, supply chain services and logistics company with revenue of USD 3.9 The combined company will be one of the world’s strongest transport and logistics networks. Furthermore, DSV will now be truly global within contract logistics and expand into road freight activities outside Europe.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

In the current global economy, the closure of a maritime chokepoint would have significant economic ramifications due to the disruption of trade flows and even some supply chains (e.g. Nevertheless, they offer possibilities for routes that may encourage domestic imports and exports as well as the growth of logistical activities.

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