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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Evans Chebet of Kenya won the men’s division with a time of 2:05:54, for an average pace of 4.8 Helen Obiri of Kenya won the women’s division with a time of 2:21:38. Although CMA CGM is best known for being a large container shipping company, it is also the parent of CEVA Logistics. minutes per mile.

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Digital transformation for Africa’s manufacturing and distribution CIO and CFO

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SYSPRO listens to different perspectives at two events in Kenya – one the CIO view and the other the CFO view on Digital Transformation – both November2021. SYSPRO Africa first visited Mombasa Kenya at the main gathering in East Africa of CIOs – CIO 100. 7% of companies say they are fully recovered.

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Ivalua Announces Carbon Footprint Innovation Cup Winners at Ivalua NOW 2022: How digitally enabled smart procurement can help organizations reduce scope 3 carbon emissions

ivalua

Teams consisted of partners and / or Ivalua employees focused on delivering innovative capabilities on the Ivalua platform that help companies reduce the carbon emissions from their supply chains (scope 3 emissions). The company has joined the UN Global Compact and has achieved Ecovadis’ Bronze status for its ESG efforts.

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Out of Africa

Supply Chain Shaman

Global multinational companies have a dilemma. Most global multinational companies have a solid base now in South America and Asia, but the race is on for Africa. One of my favorite presentations at the event was by Francis Marabula, Executive head of Supply Chain, Safaricom, Kenya. I spent this week at SAPICS in South Africa.

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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Some countries even have geo-thermal resources (the same power which ignites volcanos) like Kenya and Indonesia. Some people criticize carbon offsets because they believe that companies that buy them are not planning to really clean up their own processes. Well, you can end up in a hole too deep to dig yourself out.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the professional women’s division, Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya and Ababel Yeshaneh of Ethiopia dropped the majority of the pack during a record-setting 11-mile stretch from mile 6-16. Ferrero tells suppliers to stop sending it palm oil from Malaysian company. The company partnered with Walgreens to make deliveries in suburban Dallas.

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The introduction of E-Procurement.

ModusLink Corporation

The introduction of E-Procurement: Price and availability are not the only factors to be considered in a purchasing decision, especially now that a strong supply chain has become an unmissable element for every company in today’s business climate (Namulo, 2017).