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Charge Me Up! Energy Storage Development – A Fast Emerging Technology Needed for Sustainability

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The answer would definitely be within the last 10 years. BBC reported recently on how this was being applied in Finland for storing wind and solar power in a community using 100 tons of low-grade sand and a giant, silo looking storage building. When was the last time you ordered food from a company using an app on your phone?

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Arena Brings Together Summer Interns From Across the Globe

Arena Solutions

Last summer I worked as a Demand Generation intern at Definitive Healthcare. Juha: In 2021, I obtained a bachelor’s degree in international business and administration at Aalto University’s Mikkeli campus in Finland. This was a tough time for me because I was on my own without any previous connections in those parts of Finland.

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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

In this respect, it is notable that the UK and Finland have reduced their corporate tax rate by several percentage points in order to increase their appeal to businesses; Denmark has done so by half a percentage point. Haex concedes that the EU’s economic boycott of Russia has definite consequences for the supply chain sector.

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Frictionless P2P: A Dream or Reality? 

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Author: Hubert Verweij , Head of Procurement Transformation, Capgemini Invent Sweden and Finland. Guiding buying functionality definitely helps in selecting the right channel, but it still maturing. Previously published on Capgemini’s website. Centralize operational procurement .

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the next 40 years, the answer is (most likely) a definitive no. The two new prototypes are both based on the Hummingbird, which Wing says can carry about 2 pounds and has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia, and Finland. But are the Jetsons just a few centuries before their time?

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Podcast: Roberto Reichard on Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Capital Projects

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Finland, for example, has policy requirements concerning embodied carbon, and this is happening in Canada too. It’s definitely becoming more and more widespread, to see senior executives rewarded for their efforts to produce results in making their companies more sustainable. This is also happening in European countries.

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Supply Chain Management:Leveraging Social Media for Improving.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

For example, it would make more sense to use the customer data of users located in Northern US, Finland, Germany for a winter jacket. However, I feel that using "likes" will definitely cater to a unique demographic. since the user profile of social media may bias the kind of conclusions drawn.