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The Future of Global Food Security

Enterra Insights

In the past half-decade, armed conflicts escalated across the world: Syria, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Myanmar. Overall, food availability and productivity increase, prices drop, and hunger declines, but the benefits are not distributed evenly across the continent. Poverty was falling, lifespans increasing. Then suddenly, wham!

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How Streamlining Environmental Compliance Drives Sustainable Product Development

Arena Solutions

Companies that manufacture, distribute, or import more than one ton of hazardous substances per year must register them with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Tanzania). Conflict minerals are natural resources that are extracted from areas impacted by armed conflict (e.g.,

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SCM Map Europe: European location decisions remain complex

Supply Chain Movement

To arrive at optimal European supply chains it is crucial to consider shifts in economic growth, currency fluctuations and tax reductions in addition to production and distribution costs. Production and distribution. Logically enough, many existing distribution hubs are located in the Blue Banana corridor. By Martijn Lofvers.

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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. But these efforts bring temporary, not permanent, relief. How likely are carriers to agree on endless rate cuts? Seychelles. Sierra Leone. Solomon Islands. South Africa. Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Switzerland.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

As a result of these market trends companies need to place their financial bets carefully, whereas commercial departments of high-tech companies are seeing business opportunities everywhere especially in new technology and omni-channel sales and distribution. Seychelles. Sierra Leone. Solomon Islands. South Africa. Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

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

BlueYonder

Then road feeder services supported by strategically chosen or built distribution centers, warehouses and regional air freight from these main ports to other destinations can be planned. They should partner with logistics providers in building warehouses and distribution centers to ensure a smooth supply chain.

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