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Doing Business in India

QAD

Financial services, travel and tourism, consulting, telecommunications, real estate, and media and entertainment are also important industries in India. India has 253 airports with paved runways and most are able to support cargo traffic. Industry makes up about 27% of India’s GDP, and the industrial growth rate of 5.5%

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Reverse Logistics emerging from the "dark side" and into earnings calls

Cathy Roberson

Based on surveys that RLA has done in the past year, most returns are handled in-house and are often done in the same distribution centers where store/e-commerce inventory is kept. According to its website , it barters in real estate and media/fulfillment. I wear a number of hats these days.

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Doing Business in India

QAD

Financial services, travel and tourism, consulting, telecommunications, real estate, and media and entertainment are also important industries in India. India has 253 airports with paved runways and most are able to support cargo traffic. Industry makes up about 27% of India’s GDP, and the industrial growth rate of 5.5%

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Looking Beyond Blockchain/Supply Chain Hype

Enterra Insights

As a distributed ledger that ensures both transparency and security, the blockchain is showing promise to fix the current problems of the supply chain.” 5] Randy Woods, “ 5 ways blockchain can be used to enhance the supply chain ,” Air Cargo World , 27 April 2017. [6] ”[2]. ” AFFLINK, 10 May 2019. [5]

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How E-Commerce Is Reinventing the Humble Warehouse

MIT Supply Chain

As the Wall Street Journal reported, Walmart is creating pop-up fulfillment centers by partitioning off parts of its distribution centers that usually handle palletized goods. Trucks are essentially moving warehouses and can be used in this capacity to distribute goods in urban centers.

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What’s Ahead in the Logistics Arena?

Enterra Insights

Deans ( @dhdeans ) reports, “The online tracking of trailers, containers, rail wagons and cargo boxes is becoming increasingly common in all markets across the globe. The rise of e-commerce has also resulted making warehouse construction one of the hottest areas of real estate and those new warehouses are being filled with robots.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. Last-mile distribution demand is transforming urban real estate in various ways, including: ? Several major U.S.