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What Does it Take to be a Successful Entrepreneur? The Incredible Journey of a Last Mile Pioneer

Logistics Viewpoints

Wumdrop is a successful last mile logistics company in South Africa. But we believed, because we had studied TV script writing, that we knew how to pitch. You can write Breaking Bad, but if you don’t know how to pitch it, it doesn’t get made. We also had no idea how to raise capital. We were nobodies.

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When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

Still, the manufacturing plants and distribution centers are closed. Food instability in Africa could be an outcome because Russia and Ukraine supply 29% of worldwide wheat exports and 17% of corn with significant exports to the middle east and Africa. Over 93% of companies use Excel Spreadsheets to develop their plans.

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23 warehouse pros reveal the best ways for warehouses to control & reduce fulfillment costs

6 River Systems

Sophie Miles is the VP of Marketing & Co-Founder of CalculatorBuddy.com , a tech company in expansion to USA, Canada, and South Africa. Inventory provides an excellent example of a cost indicator that should be measured and continuously improved. Our aim is to reduce overstock therefore improving our buying processes.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

It can positively impact the supply chain and its management, from point of origin to the place of distribution. Complex indoor spaces, such as industrial and manufacturing facilities, are looking at how to integrate existing business data with location awareness to create real-time location intelligence. Benjamin Meskin.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #7

Supply Chain Trend

Earlier in his career as the senior global supply chain position for Honeywell’s one-billion-dollar Fluorine Products business unit, Steve was accountable for all the inventory planning elements including the business’s SIOP processes for their chemical plants, blending facilities and distribution centers in 7 countries across the world.

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