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Doing Business in Germany

QAD

km and borders the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and other countries including the Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland. annually as of 2017. At around $4.199 Trillion in 2017, Germany’s economy is number 5 in the world and the largest economy in Europe.

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Home Delivery World Europe

Supply Chain Movement

Date: 28-29 March 2017. Pierre Friob, President, LUXEMBOURG ECOMMERCE ASSOCIATION. Home Delivery World Europe. Venue: Business Design Centre, London, UK. Organisation: Terrapinn. URL: www.terrapinn.com/delivery. Innovation. Technology. Performance. The event for the home delivery value chain: from retail to logistics.

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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

Belgium is bordered by France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands, and has a robust shipping infrastructure including multiple ports, making it a perfect location for trade both within the EU and with other geographic regions. 2 percent annually as of 2017, making Belgium the 168 th country in the world for industrial growth rates.

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Cyber Attacks Are Major Risk in New Global Resilience Ranking

Material Handling & Logistics

Looking at the rankings Switzerland again holds the top spot in overall resilience in the index, followed by Luxembourg and Sweden—all the same 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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Where Governments Fall Short in Combating Forced Labor in Supply Chains?—?And How They Can Improve

MIT Supply Chain

The French Corporate Duty of Vigilance Law (2017), which applies only to French companies, allows victims and other concerned parties to bring forced labor violations and failures to report before a judge and can result in fines of up to €30 million. This legislative effort in the US piggybacks on more recent regulations in this area.

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10 reasons to attend SustaIn 2017

EcoVadis

2017 marking EcoVadis’ 10th anniversary, this year’s event will be particularly rich in top quality content, and surely our best edition to date. Here are 10 reasons why you don’t want to miss SustaIn 2017. a historical site in the heart of Paris , just a walk away from the Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Sorbonne and the Luxembourg Gardens.

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Rethinking your optimum

Supply Chain Movement

Rethink your optimum: Prepare your supply chain for the challenges of 2017 and beyond. Luxembourg. 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. Korea, Republic of.