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Do We Really Need a New Smart Phone Every Two Years?

SCM Research

kg), Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. With 32% of the world’s total, the United States (7.1 Mt) and China (6.0 Mt) are responsible for most of the e-waste overall. The top per capita producers, however, are Norway (28.3 Baldé, C.P., Huisman, J. The Global E-waste Monitor – 2014.

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Logistics Responses to Europe’s Migrant Crisis

TMC

The flood of migrants into Europe that began in 2015 continues to be a major international issue in 2016. An estimated one million refugees and migrants fled to Europe in 2015 [1]. For example, early in the new year, Denmark tightened its border controls with Germany, after Sweden had imposed similar measures [2].

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RELEX Retail & Supply Chain Award 2019: Best Master’s Thesis, Europe

RELEX Solutions

2017 Philippe Schuler, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark Food Loss and Waste in the Fresh Potato Supply Chain of Denmark Read more about the winners of the 2017 award. Previous winners. 2016 Aleksandra Koro?cik

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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

In this respect, it is notable that the UK and Finland have reduced their corporate tax rate by several percentage points in order to increase their appeal to businesses; Denmark has done so by half a percentage point. SCM Map Europe 2014-2015. Another key consideration when choosing a location are fiscal tax breaks.

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RELEX Retail & Supply Chain Award 2018: Best Master’s Thesis, Europe

RELEX Solutions

Philippe Schuler, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark. Food Loss and Waste in the Fresh Potato Supply Chain of Denmark. 2015 Catarina Svensson and Anna Johansson, Linköping University, Sweden Improving efficiency of store logistics – A case study based on a retail company Read more about the winners of the 2015 award.

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Stéphane Simonetta new EVP and Head of Operations at Grundfos

Supply Chain Movement

Stéphane Simonetta (43) joins the Grundfos Group as new Executive Vice President and Head of Operations (COO) September 1st 2015. He will relocate in Denmark together with his wife and their two twin daughters. He will join the Group Management with direct report to Mads Nipper, Group President. Grundfos is a supplier of pumps.

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Novo Nordisk: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

The company is headquartered in Denmark and employs 42,000 people in 77 countries while marketing products in more than 165 countries. The level of performance in 2015 is the same as 2006. Orbit Chart for Novo Nordisk at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the period of 2006-2015.