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Leveraging Your Bargaining Power in Logistics Service Provider Negotiations

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Coupled with softening customer demand and the return of air-cargo belly capacity, the current airfreight market condition presents a perfect opportunity for shippers to regain, maintain and balance influence and control. As the dust settles after the pandemic, many shippers find themselves under pressure to reduce costs yet again.

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Solving The Cold Chain Challenges

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

For example, the One Network platform for supply chain planning and execution is used by the Ministries of Health in Nigeria, Ghana, and Rwanda, providing comprehensive inventory visibility across all health facilities for real time supply demand matching and collaborative decision making.

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Can B2B e-commerce solve supply chain issues?

Cathy Roberson

Available in Rwanda, it plans to expand across Africa and around the world. ” It's possible we’ll see more supply chain providers launch B2B online platforms in order to keep goods within their networks from the first mile through to the final mile and for shippers to ensure capacity.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

In Rwanda, Drones Deliver Medical Supplies to Remote Areas (WSJ – sub. The mad dash begins to finish all the work that needs to get done before 2018 arrives, so without delay, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: E-Commerce Boosts U.S. Shipping Networks (WSJ – sub. Forget Online Shopping.

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Delivery Drones are Taking Off! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

What’s more, whereas cargo drones typically have a very limited capacity of only 5kg, delivery trucks can carry hundreds of packages at a time. In 2016, Zipline partnered with the vaccine non-profit Gavi to deliver blood samples and other urgent medical supplies to remote locations across Rwanda.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

Growing flight capacity at CVG helps Amazon keep next-day deliveries on schedule even for coast-to-coast shipments. Zipline put its first fleet to work in Rwanda, delivering blood and other health supplies to clinics and hospitals. The 800,000-square-foot facility’s central location in the U.S.

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How to Manage Risk and Boost Transparency in the Raw Material Supply Chain

EcoVadis

Bryce Lee, CSR Director at Huayou Cobalt, who has been running a due diligence program since 2016, insisted that a sixth step needs to be implemented on top of the five steps of the OECD Guidance: intervention and capacity building on the ground. He believes that third-party audits alone are not sufficient to address child labor.