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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

More specifically, it took 83 days for container transport from Europe to Asia, and 88 days from North America to Asia. A research from Google, Temasek Holdings and Bain & Co showed the region’s online spending could reach $1 trillion by 2030. Brand loyalty is no longer the driver for consumer purchasing decisions.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

The traditional supply chain is inside-out, triggering processes on the back of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay financial processes. This issue is that the orders have inherent order latency (The time for customer purchases to translate to manufacturing orders). Let’s start by addressing the barriers. Barrier #1. Inside-out Thinking.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

There are currently mines in Europe, Australia, Africa and North America at the feasibility study stage (the final stage of pre-production, that determines whether to develop a mine), with some –– such as the Nolans Bore mine in Australia –– set to be operational within the next three years. The role of blockchain.