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Overcoming complex logistics in building better cities

DELMIA Quintiq

Whether it is shipping pipes to Egypt for irrigation projects or support trusses to build bridges in Italy, the logistics puzzles of the materials industry are varied and complex. So the question is, how can you optimize your logistics operations to build better cities? Increase operational efficiency.

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

BlueYonder

In other words, providers need to have a network view of pan-African logistics, invest in relentless planning and adopt proven supply chain optimization and transportation planning practices focused on risk mitigation; especially because of the following challenges. Secondly, logistics infrastructure in Africa is terribly inefficient.

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JAGGAER Webinar with Accenture Strategy and Attijariwafa Bank Case Study: Accelerating Trust in Banking – Internal, Suppliers and Customers

Jaggaer

Optimizing cost, in the order of a 20-25% reduction on the current situation, is therefore a must in order to survive. Attijariwafa Bank is the largest bank in Morocco and the seventh largest on the African continent, and with 4,930 branches mainly focused on retail banking, Africa’s largest branch network.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

Developing end-to-end supply chain management software, Gravity optimizes operations, mitigates risk, and controls costs. In Spire’s case, this is done with a network of satellites that constantly collect rich, granular maritime data spanning the entirety of the Earth’s oceans.

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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. I’d love to know your thoughts on that.

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Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

Supply Chain Movement

In a world with an increasing number of political disturbances and mounting pressure to create sustainability, companies in a global market have to design their logistics strategy to meet demand in a cost efficient, optimal way: Plan. Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Cook Islands. Costa Rica. Cote D'ivoire. Czech Republic. El Salvador.

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Mind Map for Order Management 2.0

Supply Chain Movement

Global competition is forcing companies to optimally manage the orders they have scored. Supply chain execution software can coordinate the necessary alignment process between the various systems within the network. Companies competing globally not only have to secure orders from customers but also have to fulfil them optimally.