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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the professional women’s division, Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya and Ababel Yeshaneh of Ethiopia dropped the majority of the pack during a record-setting 11-mile stretch from mile 6-16. And what a race it was. Hasbro said it would raise prices mid-year and that it was taking steps to mitigate some of the expected supply issues.

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Health Supply Chains: Checking in with Deborah Dull

Logistics Bureau

Transportation outside of a capital city is typically informal—think, a family with a truck. Last July, I went to the first graduation of the first three-year program that we launched in Ethiopia. Another challenge is that the idea of a developed network doesn’t exist. Again, very little visibility into where something is.

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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. In addition to those who grow, raise, and produce our food, individuals and organizations involved in how that food is stored, processed, packaged, transported, and sold must also be involved. Then suddenly, wham!

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The Amazing Supply Chain of Your Morning Coffee!

Supply Chain Game Changer

A widespread tale sets the scene in the kingdom of Kaffa , in Abyssinia – which today is Ethiopia – where a shepherd one day observed that his sheep were unusually cheerful after eating white blossoms and red cherries from a previously unknown plant. The entire supply chain is linked by several intermediaries.

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Coffee Shipping 101: Costs, Challenges, & How-to Ship

ShipBob

The use of packaging materials and the carbon footprint of transportation contributes to environmental concerns. Additionally, by distributing your inventory across multiple fulfillment centers, you minimize the need for air transportation, which produces more carbon emissions than ground transportation.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. Deviations that occur during transportation execution are not necessarily approved immediately. Costa Rica. Cote D'ivoire. Czech Republic. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea.

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Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

Supply Chain Movement

Goods have to be transported across the globe and across the neighbourhood. Goods have to be transported across the globe and delivered to different destinations – from congested cities to remote, rural areas. The main challenge in logistics is an increasing complexity of trade-offs in transport planning. Costa Rica.