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World Bank Revises 2023 Global Growth But Downgrades 2024

Supply Chain Matters

On a regional scale, the bank anticipates that growth among emerging market and developing economies will diverge this year, picking up in East and Central Asia , Pacific as well as Europe while moderating in all other regions, particularly Latin America , Middle East and North Africa countries. China is now forecasted to grow 5.6

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This Week in Logistics News (October 12-16, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Cosco, China Shipping Group in Advanced Merger Talks (WSJ – sub. SMC³ Acquires Transportation Costing Group. August 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). According to the press release, Infor CloudSuite Retail is intended to support the following areas: Item Management. Inventory Management.

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Market Forecast of Omni-channel And Warehouse Management Systems till 2029

Vinculum

Application-based on the Omni-channel and warehouse management system market: Retail. Logistics and Transportation. The Asia Pacific secures India, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, China, and Saudi Arabia. Cloud-based. On-premise. Pharmaceuticals. Consumer Electronics. Europe confirms France, the UK, Spain, Germany, and Italy.

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Supply Chain Management in a VUCA World

Enterra Insights

Back in 2011, supply chain analyst Trevor Miles ( @milesahead ) noted there is a similar sounding word supply chain managers should associate with VUCA. He explains, “I almost feel that we should be shouting ‘Vuka’ which in Xhosa (one of the South Africa languages) means ‘wake up.’ Wake up to the new reality that VUCA is a new norm.”[1]

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Navigating the Future in an Uncertain Political and Regulatory Environment

NC State SCRC

He began by discussing how Free Trade Agreements, along with labor costs and transportation rates, are among the three most critical elements to factor in when analyzing global supply chain decisions. India and China are both growing at rates of 6-7% as well. India and China are both growing at rates of 6-7% as well.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Inventory management. Purchasing and supplier management. Transportation. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Broadly speaking though, the following areas are those where KPIs will be necessary: Order capture. Production/manufacturing. Warehousing.

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