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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

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.

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Global Wide Manufacturing Output Strengthens in March 2024

Supply Chain Matters

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.

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Keeping It Local: How Shorter Supply Chains Impact Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

The Economist says that more companies are sourcing with proximity to their major markets – for instance servicing the EU from Eastern Europe and Northern Africa or the US from Mexico. But converging costs have reduced the need for far flung supply chains in many industries.

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Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The subsequent rankings in the 2021 Production Statistics revealed that South Korea had overtaken Germany and Mexico, and Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia have moved up the world ranking for car production. The main destinations of vehicle exports were Europe, Middle East and Africa and South America.

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7 Guidelines to Achieving Growth Through Globalization

The Network Effect

Williams-Sonoma and Zara head to Mexico. Mall for Africa helps retailers reach Africans who are thirsty for Western goods. Mall for Africa helps retailers reach Africans who are thirsty for Western goods. Key e-commerce emerging markets include: Malaysia, UAE, Thailand, Chile, Peru, Columbia, and South Africa.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

It is done by Logistrap in Mexico, they reduced their space within the warehouses and container ships to transport more within the same number of trips (Logistrap, 2020). Johannesburg, South Africa : Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University Of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Retrieved from Triple EFF.

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The Dispatch Report | Q3 2020, Issue No. 15

Shipchain

CEO John Monarch Featured as a Panelist on the Africa Blockchain Developers Call Series. The Africa Blockchain Developers Call Series is an initiative targeted at training developers across all of Africa to effectively help them compete in tech and blockchain. Europe, Mexico, and Africa.