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The Critical Intersection of Humanitarian Logistics and Food Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The UAE’s strategic location between East and West, with access to a vast consumer base across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, presents an opportunity to serve as a central hub for food storage and distribution, contingent upon addressing key global food logistics challenges.

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Globalization’s Ongoing Realignment

Enterra Insights

.” Global business columnist Rana Foroohar explains, “Emerging markets in Latin America, Africa, and Asia … are building regional production networks for crucial goods. Nearly everywhere, decentralized technologies and big data are allowing more ‘local for local’ production, something that may also end up being good for the planet.”[4]

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How to boost relationships between shippers and 3PLs

DELMIA Quintiq

Optimal planning also has a profound impact on upstream logistics – the transportation of all the raw materials that are typically on low stock within the factory. They not only provide transportation, but are also responsible for the sorting, pre-manufacturing, warehousing, and so on. This offers a big potential.

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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Machine learning and big data analytics augments critical roles in supply chain efficiency, problem solving and cost saving. Data acquisition and filtering and scenario analysis are time consuming practices in supply chain. Efficiency and cost management. This calls for an analytical thinking and decision-making mindset.

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Trends & Strategies in Logistics and SCM

Supply Chain Movement

Two out of three respondents stated that their company’s logistics capability is negatively influenced by poor transportation infrastructure, which is a problem particularly in emerging markets. Proactive strategies should include research and development, procurement, production and sales.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. Use GPS, maps and weather signals to better predict arrival and route transportation assets. This work is important to me. I believe that supply chains build economies and save the world. 3) Supplier Sensing.

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Join BVL International at the North American chapter kickoff on August 12, 2013

Supply Chain View from the Field

Two out of three respondents stated that their company’s logistics capability is negatively influenced by poor transportation infrastructure, which is a problem particularly in emerging markets. 5. Talent shortfalls. New technology.