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Out of Africa

Supply Chain Shaman

So in this blog, I want to share my recommendations. The conference was heavily dominated by third-party logistics firms, consultants and technology providers. One of my favorite presentations at the event was by Francis Marabula, Executive head of Supply Chain, Safaricom, Kenya. SAPICS Has a Unique Opportunity.

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Commerical Air Cancellations Quarantine Ebola Supplies

MIT Supply Chain

It was originally posted on the Humanitarian @ MIT blog. Kenya Airways : Suspended commercial flights to Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone on August 19. In addition to scouring limited air capacity, humanitarian logistics experts at the UPS Foundation are helping to identify charter options for our shipment.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: IBM 2011 Corporate.

Supply Chains Rock

In 2011, approximately 90 percent of IBMs global spend in Production and Logistics Procurement (in support of our hardware and logistics business operations) occurred with 50 firms. And we launched assessments for the first time in Turkey, Russia, Nigeria, Kenya and Indonesia. Search This Blog. Blog Archive.

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Making a Long Walk More Meaningful

Logistics Bureau

And in fact if you read our Blog you’ll see that almost happened. For each kilometre we each walked, we funded Vitamin A for a child in Kenya to help prevent blindness. If you are one of our consulting clients, you will know how this works. But we wanted to keep it a secret till we finished. Well firstly, we might not make it!