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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. Kane Is Able Purchases Vintners Logistics. 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.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Cost as a percentage of sales (Logistics or Supply Chain). For this reason, KPIs are essential for any business improvement strategy. Purchasing and supplier management. Production/manufacturing. DIF – Delivery in Full. DOT – Delivery on Time. DIFOT – Delivery In Full on Time. Inventory stock turns in Days. Warehousing.

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Pharma Trend: Companies are Waiving Drug Patents in Developing Countries

Elementum

This aggravates the problem of access because generic competition is an effective way of reducing the prices of medicines. Until then,countries under the program will be able to continue purchasing, manufacturing, and importing cheaper generic medicines without breaching the patent rules of the WTO.

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