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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This year the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26) was held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021. The decarbonization of the economy, supply chains and the logistics and transport industry, requires unprecedented cross-sectoral and cross-border collaboration.

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Struggling to innovate

Supply Chain Movement

During a recent conference in Helsinki, Finland, a board member at DB Schenker revealed that his company has launched an online platform for booking ocean freight shipments. In my opinion, such insights are extremely valuable in pinpointing the biggest and most costly supply chain bottlenecks.

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Logy Conference 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Logy Conference. Venue Finlandia Hall, Helsinki (Finland). LOGY Conference is organized annually by the Finnish Association of Purchasing and Logistics (LOGY). Date: 11-12 February. Organisation: Logy. URL: www.logy.fi/en/logy-conference.html. en/logy-conference.html.

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Major organisational and cultural changes lie ahead for SCM

Supply Chain Movement

Recent european and international supply chain management conferences have been primarily characterised by their focus on strongly emerging trends and their impact on companies’ supply chains. He recently repeated a broad study of the status of supply chain management that he previously conducted in 1999. “In

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Final GAP Presentations Fill Strategic Needs - UCLA Anderson.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog. In total, 110 executives from Finland, Italy, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Estonia and the United States watched GAP teams present their findings before a panel of three expert judges. UCLA Anderson Hosts 2014 Forté Women’s MBA Conference. November 2013. October 2013.

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Professor Bob Foster ('65) Wins the UCLA Distinguished Teaching.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog. During the past 11 years, his leadership of the Global Access Program (GAP), the capstone requirement in our Fully-Employed MBA program (FEMBA), has been extraordinary and earned him a knighthood from the government of Finland.  UCLA Anderson Hosts 2014 Forté Women’s MBA Conference.