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

Talking Logistics

What is a warehouse? And what is a warehouse management system? The solution also provides different substitution strategies depending on the retailer’s brand promise, and generates customer-ready paperwork before sending the picked items electronically to the point-of-sale system. NAFTA Trade in August 2013 than in August 2012.

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Nine Myths of S&OP Technology Selection

Supply Chain Shaman

The problems are tough: issues like alternate bill of materials, floating bottlenecks, constraints, customer segmentation strategies and multi-tier inventory optimization requires robust technology. Operational systems are warehouse management, available to promise, and transportation planning.) It is less important for planning.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Interesting Facts & Financial Breakdown of the Global Logistics Market

GlobalTranz

Since the construction of the pyramids in ancient Egypt, logistics has made remarkable strides. Some of the most common parts of the supply chain that can be improved by outsourcing include raw material processing, manufacturing, assembly, support operations, warehouse storage, distribution and transportation.

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E-Commerce in the Middle East

Vinculum

Such strategies are changing vividly and taking a different mode to centralize online shopping. Some of the Middle East countries like Egypt and Iran are ranking at the top-most level as internet users. Warehouse maintenance. The stocks of the brands are stored in the warehouse safely. Leakage of data.

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

Requis

People are still worried about having efficiencies in their warehouses, making sure they’re laid out properly, and having the right processes. A lot of companies now will have regional hubs with just smaller satellite warehouses in each country. Use of assets such as warehouses and trucks. That’s now expanding into robotics.

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 How to Become a Top Seller on Noon?

Vinculum

Such business strategies are expanding worldwide to generate a considerable amount of it. The strategy became victorious over the first year, which led to the biggest sale of the year, approximately 25 million sales. To be a seller on Noon, you need to have a trading license and register here in Egypt, UAE, and KSA.

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Middle East e-commerce profits have surged 4-fold in the last five years

Vinculum

These strategies will be successful when the youth are governed more by smartphones. Currently, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt together make about 80% of the digital market in the MENA. The smartphone has dominated the market and made online strategies their prior responsibilities to satisfy customer greed.