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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

According to a recent UNHCR report , nearly 60 million people were forcibly displaced in 2014 from countries such as Iraq, Eritrea, and Afghanistan. Unfortunately, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, its income in 2015 will be 10% less than in 2014. Of those 60 million people, 19.5 Funding is lacking.

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Transportation Funding vs. Immigration Reform (60 Minutes vs. Saturday Night Live)

Talking Logistics

A few years ago, it was the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Highway Trust Fund is set to run out of money again in May 2015, and I’m betting the new Congress will do what all the others have done to date: kick the can further down the road on developing a long-term funding solution. Then it was Obamacare and health care reform.

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Is the US Grounded in the Race to Develop Drone Delivery?

MIT Supply Chain

Dr. Cummings will give a talk on the commercial potential of drones at MIT CTL’s Annual Partner Meeting, March 25th, 2015, on the MIT campus. But vehicles can be designed to carry heavier payloads, and this is already being done in Afghanistan. For a number of reasons other countries are leading this particular race.

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Memorial Day 2022

Enterra Insights

Roberts reports, “Thanks to former Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) who sponsored the Agent Orange Act of 1991, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), [as of] 2015, had paid $24 billion in disability compensation to 1.3 ” Today, veterans who participated in subsequent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are fighting a similar battle.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

SCM 3PL Subway 2015. Afghanistan. Strangely enough, though, the order accuracy improvement has taken place at a lower level (from 60% to 66%) in 2015, whereas it improved from 67% to 72% in 2013. Following UPS’s failure to do so in 2013, FedEx succeeded in acquiring TNT in April 2015 in order to expand its European footprint.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Dr. Muddassir Ahmed!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Before that I worked as Planning and Operations Manager for Bridgestone , Middle East, Africa, Pakistan & Afghanistan for 4 years. I published my first blog in Aug 2015 after my PhD Degree and my 2 nd blog was in Jan 2016! Originally from Pakistan/UK, I currently live in Dubai, where I serves as Founder and CEO of SCMDOJO.

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

Afghanistan. In light of that, Infor’s acquisition of GT Nexus in August 2015 is understandable. A third notable take-over is that of Barloworld by US software supplier Llamasoft in September 2015. . >>Please click on the red button and fill in the fields to activate the green download button. SCM IT Subway Map 2016 EU.