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Rwanda Heads Technology Revolution in Africa

The Network Effect

Rwanda is a tiny country in Africa, the fourth smallest to be exact, but one making giant strides in embracing the latest technology. Yet this hasn’t stopped it fast becoming the technophile nation of Africa. The system is known as “electronic Logistics Management Information System,” or “eLMIS.”

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

An agile supply chain has dynamic and adaptive capabilities, such as information, communication, coordination, and collaboration, that enable it to sense, analyze, and act on disruptions. The port handles about 10 million tons of farm products per year, mostly to Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Smarter, Low-Risk Commodity Buying

ToolsGroup

By FinStock South Africa. Utilising the information provided by ToolsGroup SO99+, the customer has a substantial competitive edge over its competitors. The importance of having the right inventory at the right price to service customer demand is crucial. Nowhere is this truer than on commoditized products.

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Solving The Cold Chain Challenges

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

One Network has years of experience in healthcare supply networks that provide medicines and vaccines to hundreds of millions of people in Africa and around the globe. Real-Time Information with IoT and Telematics. Multiparty Networks are Proven Technology. Respond Quickly and Optimally to Spikes in Demand or Disruptions in Supply.

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Health Supply Chains: Checking in with Deborah Dull

Logistics Bureau

So if you’re one of those people who can absorb information more readily by reading, and have an interest in what’s happening in the world of healthcare logistics, the following transcript should be a valuable source of enlightenment for you. The first issue, which is the real bummer, is that we have very little information about demand.

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Logistics’ New Tomorrow: Eye on London

BlueYonder

During a recent “Logistics New Tomorrow” Blue Yonder Live, I spoke with Roy Bridgland, Senior Industry Strategy Director, and Brad Revell, VP of Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) Industry for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). How do we provide the right information at the right time to increase productivity?

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Technology Can Help Feed the World, Part 1

Enterra Insights

At the same time, many people cling to the romantic image of a farmer as a person with modest education, who refers to the Old Farmer’s Almanac for weather information, and is too busy tending to fields and flocks to worry about global events. Even so, The Economist has observed, “Farmers can be among the most hidebound of managers.”[3].