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The Green Corridor: Cures from the Sky! Healthcare Distribution is Driving Itself Into a More Environmentally Friendly Direction

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Additionally, the superior speed vs. ground transportation is unquestioned. As a result Zipline’s business and reach in Africa is expanding. Singapore for example has allowed for delivery to ships in its waters. There is the ability to centralise the storage of blood for maximum efficiency. It’s not all about blood either.

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Reshoring to the US and Europe Accelerating, Now Also Serving CO2 Emission Reduction Objectives

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The proximity to main customers, a more resilient value chain and reduction of transportation costs favor decentralisation of production. He also is a guest lecturer at Tsinghua University in China and NTU and SMU in Singapore.

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Viral Reaction: Zika and the Supply Chain

Elementum

Motorola, for example, refrained 500 night-shift employees from reporting to work on their Singapore plant and quarantined 305 workers as an assembly-line worker was diagnosed with SARS. The quite recent pandemic that is Ebola, considered to be the worst since it was identified in 1976, caused over 4,500 deaths in West Africa.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part One: Security Risks

Enterra Insights

Near the Horn of Africa or the Strait of Malacca, pirates who had once seemed quelled have roared back, crimping sea traffic. patrol the Horn of Africa. What alternative means and routes of transportation can be used? ” Unfortunately, these security concerns are not the only challenges international shipping is facing.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Wolfgang Lehmacher!

Supply Chain Game Changer

As President and CEO GeoPost Intercontinental, I was heading the global network and businesses in Europe, the CIS, the United States, Hong Kong, India, the United Arab Emirates, and Africa. In 2014, I accepted to support the World Economic Forum in developing the supply chain and transport industries. A role that I left end of 2018.

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Supply Chain Disruption and Digitization

Enterra Insights

De Bernardini writes, “The use of drones has already significantly modified the supply chain in areas and markets where transportation was a critical bottleneck. One of the best examples is the delivery of blood bags in some areas of Africa. Regis Hotel in Singapore from 8 a.m. Blockchain. to 10:30 a.m. local time.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Global Maritime Routes and Chokepoints Maritime routes are a few kilometers wide corridors that connect economic regions and cross land transportation gaps. Major routes also involve the transport of raw commodities, including petroleum, grains, minerals, and food items. They form a continuum. More than 1.14

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