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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

These consumer products global leaders paved the road for supply chain excellence by defining new supply chain practices. Today, each leader wants to take their empowered team to new supply chain heights. At Supply Chain Insights, we published a report card yesterday. Who is poised to win?

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As was confirmed for me yet again this week at a conference, the most utilized supply chain and logistics application, the reigning champ of them all, is the Excel spreadsheet. Global Supply Chains Open Door to Fraud ( CFO.com ). Forget cloud, social, and mobile. Forget WMS and TMS. Forget BI and analytics.

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Trends 2021: Megatrends, Part Two

Enterra Insights

They suggest looking at Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. ” On the transportation and supply chain front, one trend in the U.S. ”[4]. In many ways, the economy is now driven by data. ”[6] He adds, “With unemployment rates in the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Egypt’s Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship. Egypt has reopened the canal’s older channel to divert some traffic until the grounded ship can move again. As I mentioned earlier this week, Amazon is continuing its course of supply chain innovation. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

These routes are typically found connecting important marketplaces with active commercial trade systems, such as Western Europe, North America, and East Asia. An agreement that replaced the 1936 pact and called for the gradual removal of all British forces from the area was signed by Egypt and Great Britain in 1954.

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Gradual changes in the European supply chain consulting market

Supply Chain Movement

The major consultancy firms are still acquiring smaller niche competitors to intensify their supply chain expertise. At the same time, the supply chain specialists are expanding across Europe and even into North America. By Martijn Lofvers. >>Please SCM Consulting Map Europe 2016. Choose country.