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The US Leads the World in the Fight Against Slavery

Logistics Viewpoints

Detainees listening to speeches in a camp in Lop County, Xinjiang, April 2017 All countries claim that they have outlawed slavery. Surprisingly, most of the goods seized did not originate in China but rather in Malaysia and Vietnam. But slavery still exists. Today we refer to slavery as “forced labor.”

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Probabilistic Forecasting: Right Fit for Your Business?

Supply Chain Shaman

These include data inputs, data model fit, engines, outputs, visualization, ease of use, workflow/what-if analysis, master data, and integration. Customers include Qantas, Air France, Lufthansa, and Malaysia Airlines. It is the best fit when demand data does not follow a normal distribution.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

The projects will supply clean energy for Amazon’s operations, including its corporate offices, fulfillment centers and Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers that support millions of customers globally. This is a full five years ahead of the original target of 2030. GW to 10.4

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A time of transition: 3 key trends for oil & gas in 2018

DELMIA Quintiq

The current top seven exporters of LNG in the world are Qatar, Australia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Indonesia, Algeria and Russia. Global LNG export capacity is constantly increasing and there are a large number of liquefaction projects at different stages of construction worldwide. RENEWABLES & LOW CARBON ENERGY. SHIFT IN THE ENERGY SUPPLY.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part One: Security Risks

Enterra Insights

Navy, sidelined during decades of counterterrorism campaigns, is stretched securing not just shipping lanes but also undersea data cables and gas pipelines that have become equally important to economic output.” ” Chinese Territorial Claims China has both territorial and economic ambitions in the maritime arena.

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Rethinking your optimum

Supply Chain Movement

Rethink your optimum: Prepare your supply chain for the challenges of 2017 and beyond. Learn more about: How data, advanced analytics and optimization technology combine to give your company the adaptability it needs in challenging markets. Lao People's Democratic Republic. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Liechtenstein. Luxembourg. Madagascar.

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Navigating the Future in an Uncertain Political and Regulatory Environment

NC State SCRC

” In February, the GDP forecast for 2017 was 3.4% – and in April, it is 0.5%. For instance, he showed a major drop in auto sales in Q1, a strong dollar impacting Q1 trade data, a European Central Bank heavily focused on inflation, and the fact that we are near full employment.