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Trends, Technology and Sustainability in Focus at LogiSYM MENA 2021

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The latest edition of the LogiSYM conference catering to the Middle East/North Africa region, LogiSYM MENA, took place online on August 24. But as she pointed out, there has been a strong move to counter COVID-19’s effects and restrictions by using technology. Global Assets in a Constantly Shifting Supply Chain. &

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The Critical Intersection of Humanitarian Logistics and Food Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In such adverse situations, humanitarian logistics and food supply chains play a crucial role in aiding. However, as the world becomes increasingly interconnected and complex, humanitarian logistics and food supply chains are facing new challenges that require innovative solutions to ensure their resilience and effectiveness.

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Technology Can Help Feed the World, Part 1

Enterra Insights

As in the past, technology also has a role to play in improving agricultural output. ” In addition to the technologies mentioned above, Farming 4.0 Today, in developed countries, agricultural machinery comes equipped with amazingly advanced technology. will be highly dependent on data and artificial intelligence.

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Solving The Cold Chain Challenges

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Solving The Cold Chain Challenges. Multiparty Networks are Proven Technology. One Network has years of experience in healthcare supply networks that provide medicines and vaccines to hundreds of millions of people in Africa and around the globe. 8 Essential Capabilities to Optimize the Cold Chain.

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Agriculture, Logistics, and Advance Technologies

Enterra Insights

One of those strategies necessarily involves the food supply chain. Big Data and the Food Supply Chain. Digital can help them use resources in a more environmentally responsible manner, improve their sourcing decisions, and implement circular-economy solutions in the food chain.”[1]

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The Green Corridor: Cures from the Sky! Healthcare Distribution is Driving Itself Into a More Environmentally Friendly Direction

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

They reduced the number of health service closings caused by no supplies by 21% while increasing the variety of other medicines on hand for use by health practitioners 10%. As a result Zipline’s business and reach in Africa is expanding. Healthcare distribution is an area where saving lives is the primary purpose.

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Who’s Using Blockchain in 2020, and How?

Logistics Bureau

While there is still some question as to whether blockchain technology can live up to the hype it has generated, it is making inroads into the supply chain environment. The days of blockchain technology being considered exclusively synonymous with BitCoin and other cryptocurrencies have long been behind us.