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The Price of a Big Mac in Denmark: Worth the wages?

Supply Chain View from the Field

DCs and plants have been automating for years to eliminate the number of higher paying jobs on the shop floor, and that ain’t going to change. Today’s NYT has an article about how fast food restaurants like McDonald’s and Burger King pay $20 an hour – a living wage – in Denmark. in the United States.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

It will serve as a testing facility for other robotics designed to help reduce costs and increase productivity. The solar panels will reduce the building’s carbon footprint by approximately 4,100 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. Import prices surged 0.9% Prices rose 0.4% following a previously reported 0.4%

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Supply Chain Movement issue 26 – Logistics Strategy

Supply Chain Movement

Is price the only thing that counts, or does a logistics service supplier’s added value matter too? the online tool called Supply Chain Satellite provides insight into logistics outsourcing strategies. 30 | Top 25 SCM Executives Denmark 2017. the key conclusion is that companies should seek strategic logistics partners.

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The Christmas Tree Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

But for the last few years we felt that the expense of the real trees, combined with the environmental impacts of cutting them down, made a shift to an artificial tree more practical. No more cutting down trees; no more annual expense. Americans get 32% of their real trees from farms where they choose and cut their own trees.

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Logistics Responses to Europe’s Migrant Crisis

TMC

So far, we’ve found that the expected fallout in terms of higher transportation prices and operational disruptions has been relatively muted. For example, early in the new year, Denmark tightened its border controls with Germany, after Sweden had imposed similar measures [2]. The service carried some 1.5

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Scandinavian Photo Takes Control of its Supply Chain with RELEX

RELEX Solutions

With shops in Sweden and Norway and an e-commerce channel that also serves Denmark and Finland, Scandinavian Photo handle approx. The key goal is to build a far more efficient supply chain, making sure we have what customers want in stock, when they want it and to the right price,” says Daniel Hjelm, Scandinavian Photo’s CPO. “We

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What Supply Chains Can Learn From Switzerland

RFgen

According to the report, Switzerland has an especially efficient infrastructure, and the locale is not likely to crash under fluctuating oil prices. Then, constituents must ascertain how critical each risk is and come up with a strategy to both prevent and prepare for these disruptions. The full top 10 are: Switzerland. Luxembourg.