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The Critical Intersection of Humanitarian Logistics and Food Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In the UAE, there have been multiple initiatives taken to strengthen food security. For example, the launch of the UAE’s National Food Security Strategy 2051 significantly contributed to the country’s success in achieving the top rank in the Food Security Index. Infrastructure can also be a hurdle in accomplishing delivery tasks.

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Trends Transforming Logistics and Supply Chains In the MENA Region in 2023

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Majid Al Futtaim Group, an Emirati holding company and a leading business conglomerate in the UAE, skilled and redeployed close to 1000 staff members working across various functions. Furthermore, the UAE government’s rapid response to the pandemic has catalysed business confidence and economic growth in the region. billion by 2026.

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How the Covid-19 Crisis is Moving the Shipping Industry Towards a Spot Driven Rate Procurement Model and Reduce Cost through Shipsy’s Inquiry Module

Shipsy

As a result, existing RFQs are seeing Force Majeure being invoked and shippers are using spot rates to make bookings to transport their goods. . Rate Procurement Through Inquiries In these testing times, shippers are now exploring spot rates in Shipsy’s Inquiry module to transport their goods. September 30, 2020.

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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

When we closed the doors due to COVID-19 for more than a month, one of the options was to spend time reading books. In UAE, the well-known bookstores are Amazon and Borders. On the other hand, Borders took around almost more than a month to initiate home delivery, limited at first to Dubai and then other cities in UAE.

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Why Logistics Management is the Need of the Hour in the Middle East?

Shipsy

The UAE has been a major logistics provider in the region, but due to the increase in the e-commerce business, there has been an incessant demand for increasing the number of logistics companies to deliver the material to end customers. Consignors book the vehicles who further deliver the consignments to the local warehouses.

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Why Logistics Management is the Need of the Hour in the Middle East?

Shipsy

The UAE has been a major logistics provider in the region, but due to the increase in the e-commerce business, there has been an incessant demand for increasing the number of logistics companies to deliver the material to end customers. Consignors book the vehicles who further deliver the consignments to the local warehouses.

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Resilience for Supply Chain Decarbonisation

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The UAE has launched UAE Net Zero by 2050, which aligns with the Paris Agreement. The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) will lead and coordinate efforts to execute the UAE Net Zero by 2050 strategic initiative and ensure collaboration at a national level to fulfill this objective.