Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2022

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.

South Africa 209

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

If planning is absolutely necessary because supply of a particular part is constrained, an organization needs to determine how critical that part is to the supply chain, what profit margin is realized from the sale of the part and whether the demand is predictable across related parts and products. Measure where it matters.

Forecasting 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 19, 2014

Operational and executional planning processes are usually focused on geographic implementation by factories, distribution centers, and third-party manufacturers and distributors. It is much like a football team sensing what play to call based on how the other team lines up on the field. Out of Africa.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 6, 2023

Perhaps Africa will have achieved far more food sovereignty. In addition to the “Coordinated Step Forward” scenario, they propose three other scenarios, which they call: “Uneven Progress,” “The Rise of Africa,” and “Every Country for Itself.” The Rise of Africa. ”[7] They write, “Various futures are imaginable.

Food 130

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

The most common (and probably an oversimplified) example cited is that butterfly flapping its wings in Africa can cause a hurricane in Europe. How about your suppliers? Do you supply particular products, overall; are your suppliers well distributed across the world? Scientists describe this as the butterfly effect.

Sourcing Strategies 60

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Repl Group

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Nowhere is this more true than in South Africa. . Having worked in the UK and US, Doug Robertson is REPL’s South Africa Senior Principal. With under-qualification prevalent, South Africa suffers from a skills shortage that’s particularly felt in computing and electronics among other occupations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

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. bound Chinese exports– is open. The impact was multi-faceted.

Modeling 280

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 15, 2018

I have no crystal ball and if I did, I wouldn’t know how to get a picture on it. Dark Distribution Centres. In the distribution centre of 2028, we can probably expect the majority of activities to be automated, from goods receiving, through put-away and picking, to packing and dispatch.

Supply Chain Software 46

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Meeting today’s logistics challenges of the three C’s – customer service, carbon, and cost – companies are not just looking at gathering data, but also how to better interpret and understand this data, and then use it to drive additional value.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 174

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QAD

MAY 14, 2020

Lifting Spirits Across Europe, Middle East & Africa. Aleksandra Kraus, QAD Senior Human Resources Representative in Poland, and her unicorn assistant delivering a ‘Virtual Lunch and Learn’ on how to make carrot muffins. She has been distributing masks to nurses and high risk groups for weeks now.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

It enhances LLamasoft’s presence and opportunities in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Although Barloworld has a limited presence in the United States, it has a well-established customer base of global shippers and third-party logistics providers in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and elsewhere in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Supply Chain Design Software 0

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Logility

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Re-evaluate their network design to ensure they’re taking advantage of changing lane rates and optimal distribution network design. Germany, South Africa, and South Korea were abundant in 2022. Don’t expect the labor market to improve 4. Labor actions like strikes in the U.S.,

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Enterra Insights

JULY 26, 2018

Even more important, the information will be available in real time, enabling companies to make decisions on product design, manufacturing, distribution and even prices.” One of the best examples is the delivery of blood bags in some areas of Africa. … Something similar is happening with self-driving vehicles. Blockchain.

Supply Chain Design Software 100

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 3, 2020

Distributed ledger technology (aka blockchain) has many potential uses in supply chain operations. According to shipping giant, Maersk, one shipment of refrigerated goods from East Africa to Europe can pass through roughly 30 people and organizations, involving more than 200 interactions. ”[3]. Blockchain basics.

Supply Chain Network Software 100

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ToolsGroup

MAY 18, 2022

Breast Milk Donations are On the Rise – Here’s How to Donate. Across the world, retailers faced everything from alcohol bans in South Africa to an unimaginable demand for jigsaw puzzles, with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison even labeling them an “essential” item. View this post on Instagram.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Sophie Miles is the VP of Marketing & Co-Founder of CalculatorBuddy.com , a tech company in expansion to USA, Canada, and South Africa. This process gives management insights into how to improve processes and cut costs at every level. Sophie Miles. First, study the technological needs and get everything you need to adopt them.

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

It serves as a detour for ships traveling between ports in Europe, America, and ports in southern Asia, eastern Africa, and Oceania. The Suez Canal closure severely disrupted global trade and encouraged the construction of ever-larger tankers to travel the lengthy circum-Africa route.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 24, 2019

It has been estimated that 80 percent to 90 percent of the pharmaceuticals in Africa, for instance, are counterfeit. Initially, a global team must be established composed of key sector leaders, supply chain leaders, and distribution executives. Establishing metrics is important to help define how “success” is measured.

Pricing Training 65

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

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.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 76

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

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.

S&OP 60

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

He explains, “I almost feel that we should be shouting ‘Vuka’ which in Xhosa (one of the South Africa languages) means ‘wake up.’ It is an umbrella term which encompasses the end-to-end aspects of Finance, Operations, Development, Sales, Manufacturing, Distribution, Customer Management, Supplier Management, Technology and I/T.”

Supply Chain Planning Software 113

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Africa is an emerging powerhouse, and the African continental trade agreement is growing and there is a huge investment from China in Africa. There is a huge push around what we would call the Pacific region bloc, involving commitments around trade, and these are huge areas of opportunity for us.

Global 52

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2021

President Biden said at a White House press conference on January 21st that the Trump administration’s distribution of COVID-19 vaccines has been a “dismal failure.” President Biden is planning to use a centralized approach to vaccine distribution. Last week marked one year since COVID-19 was confirmed in the United States.

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