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Is Walmart Really Ready to Take on Logistics In India?

Supply Chain View from the Field

The story highlights some of the findings of our recent global logistics study,which found that logistics infrastructure is one of the most challenging issues, particularly for retailers who are expanding into BRIC countries such as India. We use the IT to provide large amounts of information about supply chain performance to our customers.

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

In particular, the focal BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) represent major targets for expansion, but with them come a host of new problem that enterprises have little to no experience in dealing with in terms of logistics capabilities. Here is what I expect to see next year: Global supply chain footprints will continue to expand.

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Three Reasons Why I Love Hadoop, and You Should Too!

Supply Chain Shaman

This is a key differentiator and vastly different to the principles we know today of relational software in rows and tables and traditional data warehouse approaches using ETL where processing data requires movement. Is this a sign of a looming recession or a transportation opportunity? Today, companies do not know. Streaming Data.

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Made in America: What it Means to the Country

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Even more, that 12 million figure doesn’t include the jobs created in the transportation of components and finished goods. Increase the 12 million jobs again when you add warehouse workers and support staff. Among the BRIC nations, manufacturing executives expressed optimism for only China and India by 2020. Quality Questions.

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Nike’s Global E-Commerce Distribution Center in Leuven Belgium

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Containers arrive at the port of Antwerp, and are transported by truck to a nearby inland terminal (BCTN) which is next door. In turn, these containers sit for about 5 days before being transported to the Nike distribution center next door and stocked inside the DC.

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