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

Freightos

billion by 2018 with 2.3 through 2018. The service was originally launched in the Netherlands and Belgium in early 2013 and called “Staples Easy 3D.” According to Ti’s white paper on the topic, some goods manufactured in Asia-Pacific could be near-sourced to the US or Europe. Gartner expects 3D printer sales to reach $13.4

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Trends 2019: Food

Enterra Insights

Tyson analysts report, “Since 2014, consumption of beef, chicken, pork and turkey have each been on a steady incline, reaching record highs in 2018 in the U.S. ”[6] Also on the rise, according to many sources, is the consumption of insect proteins, veggie meats, and lab-grown proteins. ” Hemp-infused foods.

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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

To gain organizational support to drive change, Nick ran two more simulations: one in Hong Kong and a grease plant in Belgium. The two simulations were different flows, but both demonstrated similar benefits – about a 15%-reduction in finished goods in Hong Kong and a 20%-reduction in finished goods in Belgium. Talking numbers worked.

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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. Maersk began to pilot Trade Finance back in 2015 and had extended services to six countries by 2018.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

The number of global freeports or special economic zones increased from about 79 in 1975 to 5,400 in 2018 , and there are currently around 3,500 worldwide. Croatia has the highest number of freeports in the EU with Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Sweden having none.