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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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Is Google the most innovative supply chain company in the world?

Freightos

By 2017, the market research company expects the number of global smartphone users to increase to 2.50bn and represent 33.8% The service was originally launched in the Netherlands and Belgium in early 2013 and called “Staples Easy 3D.” In fact, according to eMarketer, there were estimated 1.75bn smartphone users worldwide in 2014.

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Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog

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In this post, Bram Desmet outlines the three main categories of supply chain complexity — Planning/Sourcing/Making/Delivering, Processes/People/Tools/Analytics, the impact of fast changing technology, increasing market speed and turbulence, attracting and developing talent. Supply Chain Complexity 1 – Plan/Source/Make/Deliver/….

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Data Quality is as Important as Data Quantity

Enterra Insights

Wilfried Lemahieu, Seppe vanden Broucke, and Bart Baesens, academics from KU Leuven (Belgium), note, “Data quality is often defined as ‘fitness for use,’ which implies the relative nature of the concept.”[5] Lemahieu, vanden Broucke, and Baesens insist data quality begins with people rather than data sources. Footnotes. [1]

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

The implementation of a Demand-Driven Materials Requirements Planning (DDMRP) using Orchestr8 followed in 2017. To gain organizational support to drive change, Nick ran two more simulations: one in Hong Kong and a grease plant in Belgium. This was to show the power of DDMRP with regional differences.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift. According to the site, it has serviced over 2,300 customers across 5,473 shipments since being founded in 2017.