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Takeaways from the 2018 Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference

Kinaxis

In a highly inspiring key note presentation at the supply chain conference, Fareed Zakaria of CNN spoke about how the jobs recovery following the 2008 recession lagged the economic recovery by as much as 64 months while the same metric for the previous recessions was significantly narrower. Kinaxis (@Kinaxis) May 15, 2018.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Chokepoints (or bottlenecks) are a term used to describe the most crucial strategic marine routes because they: Capacity limitations. Chokepoints commonly have shallow, constricting depths, which hinder navigation and place restrictions on ship capacity. In 1956, Israel, France, and Britain invaded Egypt as a result.

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ThroughPut to Collaborate with Metro-North Railroad to Improve Operational Efficiency

ThroughPut

Partner Agencies: New York City Transit, NJ TRANSIT ● Optibus (Tel Aviv, Israel) – Uses artificial intelligence and optimization algorithms to empower planners and operators to improve public transit schedules and routes, with the potential to digitize the bus operator bid/pick process to optimize service needs.

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Embrace Opportunity

BlueYonder

She has a rich upbringing, born in Israel, moving to the UK and then spending a few years in South Africa, just at the time Apartheid ended. I was born in Israel. Following my law degree, I moved to Israel to continue my legal training, which is where I met my husband to be who happened to be British! It was fascinating.

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Embrace Opportunity

JDA software

She has a rich upbringing, born in Israel, moving to the UK and then spending a few years in South Africa, just at the time Apartheid ended. I was born in Israel. Following my law degree, I moved to Israel to continue my legal training, which is where I met my husband to be who happened to be British! It was fascinating.

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Freightos is going public…and how we got here

Freightos

In retrospect I’m pleased that I was blissfully ignorant of the fact that it would take so many years for even a single cargo airline, or container ocean liner, to provide an API (that is digital computer to computer connection) for instant rates, capacity, and electronic bookings. The Carrier Digital Revolution.

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Red Sea Shipping Disruption- Developments and Indicators

Supply Chain Matters

Since our original commentary indicating that the Houthis terrorist attacks on ships, believed to be linked to the ongoing Israel and Hamas conflict, the situation remains very active and troubling, but confusing at the same time. That is in the light of expected excess shipping vessel capacity available in 2024.