The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

The acquisition was key to opening doors to expansion in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Their key customers include MTN Group, Ooredoo Group, Zain Group, GoSoft Thailand (7Eleven), Ericsson, CSG APAC and Aliv Bahamas to name a few.

Supply Chain Design Software 147

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ivalua

MARCH 21, 2022

Audrey IZARD, Chief Purchasing Officer for Indirect Sourcing for the L’Oréal Group , will address the audience with her ESG-inspired keynote “Partnering for a More Sustainable World”. .

Vendor Strategies 130

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o9 Solutions

MARCH 4, 2023

DALLAS, TX – March 06 , 2023 – o9 Solutions, the leading AI-powered integrated business planning platform, welcomes Claudio Strobl, VP of Operations at Husqvarna Group. He currently serves as the VP of Operations at Husqvarna Group and brings a wealth of knowledge to our Executive Council.

Automotive 52

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

and raided the Beijing offices of Mintz Group, a due-diligence firm based in New York. whose top stakeholder is Daimler Truck, and Hino Motors, the truck maker in the Toyota group, will merge. companies were further rattled after Chinese authorities recently questioned workers at Boston-based consulting firm Bain & Co.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 176

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain. struggle to a greater degree than their peer groups in the face of the intense variability.

Supply Chain Planning Software 217

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

As a result Zipline’s business and reach in Africa is expanding. Tim volunteers his free-time with the Singapore Wildcat Action Group, a not-for-profit organisation that raises awareness and funds for wildlife conservation.

Distribution 130

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ivalua

MAY 11, 2021

is a world leading energy services group focused on delivering excellence in the oil and gas sector. It is part of a powerful combination of companies united under the Arkad Group to deliver complementary technologies, skills and value to customers the world over. REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Arkad S.p.A.

Optimal Sourcing 130

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

For instance, a well-known group based in Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD) has recently launched one of the region’s largest advanced food and healthcare warehousing and logistics hubs.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

Supply Chain Planning Software Food Supply Chain Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 12, 2022

MSC Acquires Bollore’s Africa Logistics Unit. The transaction will reportedly require the approval of various regulators and counter-partners of Ballore Africa Logistics. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. billion euros. In August 2021, A.P. All rights reserved. .

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

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. percent in 2023, compared to 4.1

Forecasting 52

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 2, 2014

Alessandro De Luca, SVP, Head of Global Supply Network Operations, Merck Group. Michael Joseph, Director, Mobile Money, Vodafone Group. Tobi Krige, Head of Distribution, Africa, Addcock South Africa. Stephan Gotthardt, Corporate Vice President Supply Chain Management, Boehringer Ingelheim.

Pharmaceutical 87

Pharmaceutical South Africa Africa India 87

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

the company is owned today by 20 organizations representing manufacturers, distributors, hospitals and group purchasing organizations (GPOs). Until then, I am traveling to South Africa to speak at SAPICS 2013 on the book Bricks Matter. I have never been in Africa. Abbott Laboratories and Medtronic, Inc.—the Let me know.

Supply Chain Design Software 253

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. The day finally came and I hopped on a plane headed for Africa. It’s a reminder not to take the most important organ inside the body for granted.

Tanzania 79

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 26, 2018

Jumbo Group Ltd. Tesco Plc ranked the highest in the first-ever study of supply-chain policies from humanitarian group Oxfam America released on June 20, leading in transparency and worker-treatment metrics. based human-rights advocacy group. Grocers including Walmart Inc., and Whole Foods Market Inc. and European Union.

Food 81

Food Study South Africa Policies 81

DynaSys

APRIL 11, 2019

Electrium is one of the UK’s leading electrical groups and since January 2006, has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens Holdings plc. Electrium have recently acquired a business unit in South Africa, formerly part of the Crabtree family.

Supply and Demand 75

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), limiting global warming to less than 1.5 ”[4]. What are companies doing? Obviously, in this short article, I can’t discuss the many efforts currently underway by corporations across the world.

Sourcing Strategies 113

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JUNE 4, 2014

You may recall the inventory chaos of the vuvuzelas in team colours at the previous competition in South Africa. Do producers really put enough thought in to the planning process or do they just throw as much promotional stock and advertising material out there in the hope that their efforts hit the mark?

S&OP 185

S&OP Brazil Supply and Demand Costa Rica 185

Elementum

OCTOBER 8, 2015

We examine the benefits and obstacles to e-commerce in Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa. In 2011, Nigerian startup Mall for Africa, which ships American brands to Nigerian consumers, took in $17 million in 2014. . $1.672 trillion online this year—about 7.3% Why Developing Economies are Clicking “Buy”. More like tapping ‘buy’.

Kenya 60

Kenya Indonesia Africa Purchasing Skills 60

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

This year, with the LA Rams being Super Bowl champs, Good360 said it will ship thousands of “unsellable” Bengals-branded hats, T-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, COVID-19 masks, and scarves to struggling people in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. And now on this week’s logistics news. By 2030, the Coca-Cola Co.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 201

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 14, 2013

Join top supply chain executives from leading companies including John Lewis, Lego, Nokia, British American Tobacco and HP in discussions on omnichannel retail, S&OP, Africa and more. Paul Reilly, Group Head of Logistics and Supply Chain Network Design. Chris Haighton, Head of Retail Logistics, Shop Direct Group.

3PL 79

3PL Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction Optimal Sourcing 79

Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

” Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) add, “Over the past decade, public and private sources have dedicated impressive amounts of energy and resources to digital agriculture in developing countries.”[2] ” In Part 1 of this article, I discussed some of the background involved in the Farming 4.0 movement. .”[3]

Analytics Software 130

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Unleashed

MAY 1, 2023

We’ve got two clients who brew beer: one local, and one across the border in South Africa. And the product in South Africa’s done really well in the market there.” “The The operations guys, the stock management team, the product development team, the marketing team… all of these [groups] should all be involved.”

Forecasting 96

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

One of the more important observations from the March S&P Global report was the following: “ Inflows of new work strengthened from both domestic and export markets, the latter reportedly reflecting better sales to Africa, Asia, Europe and the U.S.” U.S. Manufacturing Growth Shows Signs of Rebound The two followed indices of U.S.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Global 52

Freightos

JANUARY 10, 2024

The diversions are leading to higher costs for carriers using more fuel and more ships for the longer journeys around the south of Africa, and higher container rates for shippers. America weekly prices fell 1% to $1.81/kg. COSCO has reportedly joined OOCL in ceasing Israeli port calls, possibly as a strategy to avoid becoming Houthi targets.

Negotiating Skills 224

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EazyStock

MAY 28, 2019

EazyStock’s Tanazia based Partner Elsante Mnzava helps distributors in Africa become more competitive with automated processes. In fact, when we first started our business in 2014, the companies which bought our enterprise-level business management platforms where firms whose shareholders were based outside of Africa.

Negotiating Skills 49

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QAD

JULY 7, 2022

In April 2022, allegations arose claiming children as young as 10 in Ghana , West Africa were harvesting cocoa beans for food industry giant Mondel?z When demographics are added, research finds that millennials and younger age groups place a distinct priority on sustainability. z International, which owns Cadbury. ” .

Purchasing Skills 98

Purchasing Skills Manufacturing Procurement Cost Reduction Strategies Procurement Analytics 98

Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Together with ZIM who was already diverting their Red Sea traffic, these carriers represent 56% of global capacity, meaning an estimated 17% of global volumes will be taking a longer, more expensive route from Asia around the southern coast of Africa to N.Europe and the Mediterranean, as well as some Asia – N. America traffic.

Negotiating Skills 227

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

His appointment follows on from his position as Executive Vice President in Unilever’s East Africa business where he was responsible for laying the foundations for accelerated growth in emerging markets. Engel originally joined Unilever in 1990 at Unilever Meat Group in Oss, the Netherlands.

Kenya 60

Kenya Manufacturing Procurement Switzerland Netherlands 60

Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 22, 2020

This period will teach a population to live in isolation, learning to order everything online, work remotely, and embrace non-group activities. Africa, for example, has less developed healthcare, high social mixing and a population that mostly lives hand-to-mouth. The new normal. The negative side.

Supply Chain Software 113

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 21, 2020

Under apartheid, and the first few years of his life, in South Africa, his existence was literally a crime. He takes the naive reader (myself) on a wonderfully descriptive journey through the uniqueness and bizarreness of South Africa under apartheid. A shared language says “We’re the same.” A language barrier says “We’re different.”

Procurement Solutions 87

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 26, 2022

Bitcoin technology is not new; it was created in 2009 by an anonymous group called Satoshi Nakamoto. In the meantime, some other digital currencies were launched in different countries, including in Asia and Africa, which can be used as a good investment opportunity for poor people who have never heard about Bitcoin.

Industrial 80

Industrial Industry Currency Manufacturing Procurement 80

AIMMS

JULY 10, 2018

North Star Alliance , for instance, uses optimization to find optimal locations for its mobile HIV-AIDS clinics in Africa. I’m currently training the coordinators at Angel Flight West and other groups. There are many great examples where advanced analytics have contributed to social good.

Analytics Software 149

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Here are the most cost effective parts to re-schedule/ group to balance capacity with cost. Oh, and by the way, here’s a list of parts where your industrial engineers should focus their efforts based on the largest opportunities presented (based on current independent demand data). You’ve ‘gone lean’ but aren’t! What are your thoughts?

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 100

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EazyStock

MAY 28, 2019

EazyStock’s Tanzania-based Partner Elsante Mnzava helps distributors in Africa become more competitive with automated processes. In fact, when we first started our business in 2014, the companies which bought our enterprise-level business management platforms where firms whose shareholders were based outside of Africa.

Negotiating Skills 40

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2013

Financial ratios allow us to analyze performance across the peer group (large against small companies) and across currencies. We also look for companies that have out-performed their peer groups. I will be writing the first draft of the manuscript on my way to South Africa on May 30th. We look for year-over-year improvement.

Supply Chain Design Software 254

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Freightos

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Some Asia – US East Coast services, especially from the Indian Subcontinent, typically sail via the Suez Canal and will now divert around the south of Africa. Subscribe Now Judah Levine Head of Research, Freightos Group Judah is an experienced market research manager, using data-driven analytics to deliver market-based insights.

Negotiating Skills 194

Negotiating Skills Price Reduction Asia Vendor Strategies 194

Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Cosco, China Shipping Group in Advanced Merger Talks (WSJ – sub. SMC³ Acquires Transportation Costing Group. The combined companies will have a more balanced geographical footprint with approximately 61% of revenue in Europe, Middle East and North Africa, 17% in Americas, 16% in Asia (APAC) and 6% in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 100

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