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Revolutionizing Freight Forwarding Using Tech with Lionel van der Walt

The Logistics of Logistics

He began his career in the South African Air Force and later spent more than a decade with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), where he held various leadership positions in South Africa, Spain, and the United States, including President of Cargo Network Services Corp., IATA’s U.S. cargo subsidiary.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, a flexible supply chain may have product customization, mass customization, postponement, and reconfiguration to meet the demand and preferences of different segments, regions, or channels. The port handles about 10 million tons of farm products per year, mostly to Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Logility President Allan Dow and VP Business Development, Diane Ngabire named Supply & Demand Chain Executive 2024 Pro’s to Know

Logility

I am inspired and influenced daily by the experts around me and seeing my team meet and exceed their goals,” says Ngabire. “I “The opportunity to build and nurture teams that positively impact the supply chain industry and help grow the business has been incremental to my success. I am humbled to be named among these other great Pros to Know.”

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Supply Chain Success Prompts ToolsGroup-Lãberit Partnership to Expand into LATAM

ToolsGroup

The two companies recognized the tremendous potential for a partnership that could meet the increased demand for supply chain solutions across Europe and Latin America. At the same time, Lãberit had begun expanding its consulting services to organizations throughout the supply chain sector.

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Case Study: DSV Implements a Single-Instance Control Tower with a Global Footprint

After having opened a new warehouse in Johannesburg - the largest integrated logistics center on the continent - a multi-national FMCG Healthcare company approached DSV South Africa (SA) for services across the end-to-end supply chain.

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Advanced analytics meets social good: how Angel Flight West optimizes flight routes for families in need

AIMMS

North Star Alliance , for instance, uses optimization to find optimal locations for its mobile HIV-AIDS clinics in Africa. The post Advanced analytics meets social good: how Angel Flight West optimizes flight routes for families in need appeared first on AIMMS - Supply Chain Management, Analytics, and Optimization Blog.

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Digital Farming: The MacDonalds meet the Jetsons

Enterra Insights

. “The world talks a lot about the digital revolution,” write World Bank analysts Heinz Strubenhoff ( @HStrubenhoff ) and Roy Parizat, “but few connect it to the coming agriculture revolution, especially in Africa. ”[1] Two global trends are exacerbating future food security concerns.