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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon has launched a new fulfillment center in Riyadh doubling its total storage capacity in Saudi Arabia and increasing selling opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses. million cubic feet capacity can store more than 9 million products, according to a statement. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Pandemic Underscores Necessity of TMS and Other Supply Chain Tech Tools

Supply Chain Collaborator

For some shippers it is collapsing demand and leaving unprecedented idle capacity. A surge in demand to ship the flood of crude oil unleashed by Saudi Arabia and its OPEC peers is sending freight rates surging and forcing buyers to seek out space on smaller tankers after the largest ones have been booked out, shipping sources said.

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E-commerce Fulfillment: Everything you need to know

Vinculum

was witnessed in UAE, followed closely by Saudi Arabia at 3.8%. Statistics show that 98% of e-commerce in UAE and Saudi Arabia consists of Electronics, Groceries, Fashion, Beauty, and other Home products, making these two countries an attractive market for e-commerce sellers. It grew from 2-3% in 2019 to 5% in 2020.

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The Supply Chain Response to India’s Second Wave of Covid!

Supply Chain Game Changer

High capacity oxygen tankers were airlifted from UAE. Saudi Arabia shipped 80 Metric tonnes of liquid oxygen to India and Portugal assured 20,000 litres of oxygen per week to India along with 5503 vials of Remdesvir. Australia too sent immediate support package of ventilators, oxygen tanks and PPE Kits.

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

Shipsy

For this, it is necessary to have a proper tracking of the product from the customer’s place to the warehouse. For instance, the business in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is completely shut during Salat. 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

For this, it is necessary to have a proper tracking of the product from the customer’s place to the warehouse. For instance, the business in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is completely shut during Salat. Consignors book the vehicles who further deliver the consignments to the local warehouses.

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

Supply Chain Movement

This can be anything from picking and packing in the warehouse, demand planning and the S&OP process, to production planning and shop floor scheduling. This means we have to have the right factories in the right places with the right capacities and with the right distribution network.