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The introduction of E-Procurement.

ModusLink Corporation

Instead of exchanging contracts or sending out a tender document, the entire operation is computerized, and therefore it helps reduce human errors, increase operational speed and allow staff to focus on other tasks (digital, n.d.). International Non-Governmental Organisations in Kenya. Retrieved March 2020, from Edicomgroup.com.

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How We Can Leverage Blockchain to Increase Transparency in Supply Chains

EcoVadis

In their example, shipping one container of flowers from Kenya to Rotterdam involves about 200 documents, from the local mills and export authorities to the port workers, customs agents and distributors. Maersk, a Danish shipping company, is testing blockchain to improve the administrative procedures and efficiency of marine shipping.

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Supply Chains have always shaped the World

Enterra Insights

Paul Simpson reports, “Excavations of the dry bed of the ancient Lake Olorgesailie, in southern Kenya, led by American paleoanthropologist Rick Potts, suggest that our ancestors created the first supply chain between 305,000 and 320,000 years ago, at least 80,000 years older than we previously thought.”[1]

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Software unleashes inventory solution for liqueur manufacturer

Unleashed

The product itself is cold-brew, pressed coffee using speciality lot Arabica beans from Colombia and Kenya blended with high-quality grain spirit to make the final product that you see today.”. With some background setups in customers, suppliers, pricing, items, document templates and so on, transaction efficiency is high.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

The international shipment of flowers to Royal FloraHolland from Kenya, Mandarin oranges from California, and pineapples from Colombia were also used to validate the solution for shipments coming into the Port of Rotterdam.