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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

In an interview with Arab News, Prashant Saran, director of operations for Amazon in the Middle East and North Africa region, said that the new facility will provide sellers with more storage options and help them expand their online businesses to new markets. Ship with Walmart (SWW) was previously available only for cross-border orders.

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When Will Blockchain Hype Pay-off in Supply Chain Operations?

Enterra Insights

Wegrzyn and Eugenia Wang write, “While blockchain technology can potentially provide huge advantages to supply chains, there are also potential disadvantages that make it clear that any blockchain solution must be well-tailored to the targeted supply chain.”[1] ” Risk Management. Cybersecurity is a growing supply chain risk.

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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

In April 2022, allegations arose claiming children as young as 10 in Ghana , West Africa were harvesting cocoa beans for food industry giant Mondel?z In Bangladesh in July 2021, a fire at a food factory claimed the lives of at least 52 people, some of whom were children. z International, which owns Cadbury. In the U.S.,

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sust[AI]nability

Enterra Insights

The first company, Nestlé, the world’s largest food company and an Enterra Solutions ® client, announced last December it plans to invest $3.6 It also is increasing the number of ‘carbon neutral’ brands it offers as consumers increasingly value this attribute when they purchase a product.”[6]. ”[4].

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JAGGAER Webinar with Accenture Strategy and Attijariwafa Bank Case Study: Accelerating Trust in Banking – Internal, Suppliers and Customers

Jaggaer

Coming on top of a very difficult and complex existing situation, Covid-19 has put additional pressure on profitability and capital requirements in the banking sector in the European Union and Africa, with drops in revenue in the order of 35-45% and the lowest return on equity since the aftermath of the great crash of 2008.

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Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022

Locus

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. In 2021, the global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reached a high of 416.45

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Market Size, Share, Trends, Demand, and Forecast of Payment Reconciliation Software in 2022

Vinculum

A report mentioned by IMARC Group with title mainly called Account Reconciliation Software market includes Global Industry shares, opportunity, size, share, trends, and forecast 2022-2027. Account Reconciliation Software Trend Globally. This helps manage customer-centric solutions to hike online transactions and credit card payments.