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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. Leftover stocks will be discounted and sink markets will be drinking Brazil beer and eating Nigeria nuts all the way to Christmas. Post World Cup must be a dream for those companies that specialise in liquidating excess stock.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

Cardwell, 2014). RL is a process where a manufacturer accepts previously shipped products from the customers point for potential recycling and/or re-manufacturing” Kobo360 from Nigeria is a leader in the practice stated. 2014, July 30). Vishal Gupta, 2013). Bhattacharjee, K. Cardwell, D. The New York Times (section B), 1.

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E-Commerce Takes Off in Developing Countries

Elementum

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. Another e-commerce platform, Konga, saw revenues grow 450 percent in 2014.

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Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

SupplyShift

Cocoa beans grow best in hot and rainy regions hugging the equator, places like Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Peru and Papua New Guinea. Hershey Miniatures, for example, one of the most popular Halloween candies of all time, unveiled a new look in 2014 that cut down on packing by 0.05 grams per chocolate bar.

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Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

SupplyShift

Cocoa beans grow best in hot and rainy regions hugging the equator, places like Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Peru and Papua New Guinea. Hershey Miniatures, for example, one of the most popular Halloween candies of all time, unveiled a new look in 2014 that cut down on packing by 0.05 grams per chocolate bar.

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Megatrends to Watch for in 2023

Enterra Insights

Shullman , Senior Director of the Global China Hub at the Atlantic Council, observe, “Russia is even more ostracized from Europe and the United States than it was in 2014, and its future economic prospects in the West are even more dire given the far more robust Western response to Russian actions in Ukraine. power and influence.”

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Podcast: VC Brian Aoaeh on the Future of Supply Chain Investment

Requis

In 2014 or 2015 I wrote an article related to this called ‘How Early Stage Tech Startups Can Gain a Competitive Advantage from Operations’. The other reason is that with a sales and marketing approach, ultimately, you’re going to have to invest in capital expenditures (CapEx) to satisfy that additional demand. and so you have costs going up.