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Agility and flexibility in the age of digital supply chains – Insights from the 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo

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The 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo was one such opportunity. The post Agility and flexibility in the age of digital supply chains – Insights from the 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo appeared first on The 21st Century Supply Chain.

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Profiles in Leadership: Chef José Andrés

Enterra Insights

Furdyk says it all began with a phone call: “ As Andrés told Fast Company, Manolo Vílchez, head of a Spain-based solar-powered-stove company, was planning a humanitarian trip to Haiti to distribute solar-powered cooking equipment to citizens in the aftermath of an earthquake, and invited Andrés to join him.

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Cyber Attacks Are Major Risk in New Global Resilience Ranking

Material Handling & Logistics

Haiti is the bottom-ranked country followed by Venezuela and Nepal—also the same order as last year. Natural hazards are another concern for business executives as demonstrated by 2017’s Atlantic hurricane season, the most expensive on record. Natural Hazards a Wild Card.

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A Lesson From Dell: Ocean Trash & Your Supply Chain

AFFLINK

The company started the project in 2016 by collecting plastic waste on the beaches in Haiti. Since April 2017; the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 laptop has been looking a bit different. At Dell, they are taking those words an extra mile by transforming ocean trash into laptops. Better Brand Image Better Sales.

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Good-bye siloed, functional planner. Hello storm chasing network planner.

Kinaxis

Let’s just look at some events: 2017 – Hurricane Irma (plus others). 2010 – Haiti earthquake. Natural disasters and supply chain disruption. It would be easy to talk climate change and the causes behind them but that would be irrelevant to this discussion. 2016 – Hurricane Matthew (plus others). 2015 – Nepal earthquake, 7.8

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A Big Week for U.S. Trade Legislation: Updates on TPA & GSP

CH Robinson Transportfolio

GSP’s new expiration date is December 31, 2017. Tied to this bill, Congress also extended duty preferences subject to the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the Haiti HOPE and HELP acts through September 30, 2025, and Trade Adjustment Authority (TAA) that assists workers adversely impacted as a result of trade agreements.

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Rethinking your optimum

Supply Chain Movement

Rethink your optimum: Prepare your supply chain for the challenges of 2017 and beyond. Advanced analytics and optimization technology is the game-changing advantage that will push you past the competition – giving your business more agility, higher accuracy and sharper insights to maximize your revenue. French Southern Territories.