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Revealed: The Sectors Cutting Product Lead Times Fastest

Unleashed

Lockdowns are also likely to have driven a surge in print book sales , which may be why the number of days it took to fulfil orders jumped. And, at a time when people probably needed a comforting cuppa more than ever, keeping tea on the shelves became more of a struggle due to lockdowns in India and Kenya.

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Supply Chain Secrets Going Global – But Where Should we Share Them?

Logistics Bureau

Services provided by Supply Chain Secrets include a structured, subscription-based, online mentoring program for supply chain professionals (or anyone who wants to know more about the industry), a series of books, and of course, the seminars. New Zealand – Auckland, Hamilton. Germany – Hamburg. The Netherlands – Rotterdam. Peru – Lima.

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Richard Markoff: “Don’t be too rigid in what we define”

Supply Chain Movement

We have already opened business affiliates in Saudi Arabia and Kenya. Which book has inspired you the most and why? I do read a great deal and the most recent book that should be on everyone’s Must Read list is: The Signal and the Noise, by Nate Silver. For example, there are 8.5

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Automation Hero April 2020: Shamil Patel from Allparts

EazyStock

It’s a family-run business that my father started over 30 years ago in Kenya, wholesaling vehicle service items in our own brand name “Allparts” ?Until Until I joined as a director of the company in 2002, the company books were exclusively paper and pen!

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

He provides a wide array of educational content for supply chain practitioners, including the Supply Chain Secrets channel on YouTube and a number of books, including his latest, Supply Chain Secrets. He has been helping companies design more profitable supply chains for over 25 years, most of them as founder and CEO of Logistics Bureau.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

The international shipment of flowers to Royal FloraHolland from Kenya, Mandarin oranges from California, and pineapples from Colombia were also used to validate the solution for shipments coming into the Port of Rotterdam.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

Americanas is a Brazilian marketplace that supports a wide range of categories including homeware, fashion, consumer electronics, books and baby products. Bol.com is a leading online marketplace for electronics, books, toys, lifestyle and home & living category in the Netherlands. South America. Americanas.