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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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A Tale of Two Industries: Surprising Demand Spikes amid Supply Chain Disruption

ToolsGroup

sells and deploys ToolsGroup software to companies in The Netherlands, Belgium and Turkey. By the start of March 2020, SO99+ sensed a major shift in demand from ‘out-of-home’ (restaurants and bars) to ‘retail’ channels (supermarkets and corner shops) and regularly started revising its March-June projections accordingly.

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The Supply Chain Response to India’s Second Wave of Covid!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The detection of the UK variant in September 2020 was a big alert to be in guard, but our system was slow in detecting the mutant variants of concern. Between 27 th December 2020 and March 11 , 2021, Covid cases were around 20,000 per day and it was believed the pattern would continue.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2019

Talking Logistics

If you’re a transportation professional, for example, and all you know is transportation, your opportunities for advancement are limited compared to someone who has a broader supply chain perspective. 2019 Food Industry Transportation and Logistics Conference , March 3-5, Palm Springs, CA. MODEX : No show in 2019.

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

Freightos

So when I asked Cathy Roberson, a senior analyst at Transport Intelligence and a tech-enthusiast who is vox supplychainus on Twitter at cmroberson06 , I was not surprised when she sent me back an analysis that seems to match up perfectly with some of Google’s recent projects: Google Glasses, Android and 3D printing.

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Amazon News Cycle Accelerates With a Purpose

Supply Chain Matters

Last week included the announced acquisition of warehouse robotics firm Cloostermans-Huwaert NV , a Belgium based tech provider whose technology supports the automated movement and stacking of heavy pallets or totes within warehouse facilities. That includes a recently announced $3.9 Another Warehouse Robotics Acquisition.

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The things we’ve seen, in 2019

DELMIA Quintiq

Here we are, just about to turn the calendar to 2020. Thus far, we’ve shared seven stories of individuals who are working hard towards their sustainability goals, in a wide range of sectors: medicine, farming, transportation and more. Fifteen new startups from Belgium, China, France, India, South Africa and the U.S.