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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. And what a race it was. Hasbro said it would raise prices mid-year and that it was taking steps to mitigate some of the expected supply issues.

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The Remarkable Supply Chain of the Coffee Bean

Unleashed

In between this process, the beans go through international transporters, export sellers and retailers like grocery stores, cafes and specialty shops. Coffee retailers Campos Coffee source their beans from Kenya to Columbia to Brazil. Transporting.

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The Future of Food Security

Enterra Insights

Solutions require action in many economic sectors including agriculture, transportation, distribution, energy, and retail — as well as efforts directed at confronting climate change. The WWF developed these levers by studying food systems in four different countries: Brazil, Colombia, Kenya, and UAE. ” What Can Be Done?

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The Rise of China-Africa Trade: Why Transportation and Logistics Should be Front and Center

BlueYonder

The trade imbalance this causes is an interesting case study for the economists no doubt, but what about the transportation and logistics that will be needed to sustain this trade over the coming years? It is very costly and difficult to get transport flowing within African countries, not to mention across the borders.

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Commerical Air Cancellations Quarantine Ebola Supplies

MIT Supply Chain

The personal protective equipment (PPE) – shipped by our team of doctors and logisticians in Boston [1] – is destined for the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Liberia, which will then distribute supplies to locations at the front lines of the health crisis such as JFK Memorial Hospital in Monrovia.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

You see that as well in the actual distribution centre networks. They’re still going ahead with reconfiguring their distribution networks, implementing new systems, and looking at automation and AI and so on, because those are longer term projects that they understand still need to happen.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

And freight costs are continuing to rise, pushed upward by factors such as globalized distribution and unpredictable fuel prices. To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of.