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Big changes coming to the supply line, just not where you thought they’d be

Kinaxis

Sure, 3D printers might be able to print space habitats on Mars, but they can’t print everything and there will always be a need to transport an item(s) from one destination to another. One can certainly imagine the time and cost savings this would have to a shipping company. But the story doesn’t end there.

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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

According to a recent UNHCR report , nearly 60 million people were forcibly displaced in 2014 from countries such as Iraq, Eritrea, and Afghanistan. For example, in 2013, the organization provided Syrian refugees with in-kind transportation of 394 metric tons of food and supplies. Of those 60 million people, 19.5

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The Weight of Memory

Tailwind

And he had a special affinity with my uncle Roy, from my mother’s side of the family, a man who fought with the Regina Rifles who had freed Holland – creating forever more, a unique bond between that country and Canada that sees Holland shipping 100,000 tulip bulbs to Canada every year.

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Impact of Macro Trends on Supply Chains: Digitization of Products

MIT Supply Chain

The US military is doing the same thing with its Rapid Equipment Fielding expeditionary lab in Afghanistan that can quickly create or prototype products close to the point of need. The likely outcome is less long distance shipping of finished products and a shift towards transporting the base stock materials used by 3D printers.

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Download now: 3PL Subway Map Europe 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Afghanistan. Eyefortransport is currently seeing major consolidation occurring in the shipping industry and expects to see further moves as logistics providers look to take advantage of e-commerce, cross-border trade and shifting global demand. 3PL Subway Map Europe 2016. Choose country. Åland Islands. American Samoa. Antarctica.

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Strategic moves among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

Afghanistan. Eyefortransport is currently seeing major consolidation occurring in the shipping industry and expects to see further moves as logistics providers look to take advantage of e-commerce, cross-border trade and shifting global demand. 3PL Subway Map Europe 2016. Choose country. Åland Islands. American Samoa. Antarctica.