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Christmas and the Poinsettia Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

The Maya, for example, called it k’alul wits, which roughly translates to ‘fire flower.’ The patriarch of the family was a German immigrant named Albert Ecke, who in 1900, landed in Los Angeles on his way to Fiji. He decided to forego the trip to Fiji and stay in Los Angeles.

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The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF): What Is It and Why Does It Matter?

Resilinc

As of negotiations on May 27 , the IPEF includes the US and 14 Asia-Pacific nations: Australia, Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam—that together represent 40% of the world’s GDP.

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10 questions about supply chain optimisation

Supply Chain Movement

Access to relevant information is necessary in the sales & operations planning (S&OP) cycle, for example. Czech Republic. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia. French Southern Territories. Guadeloupe.

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New: Global Trade Map 2016

Supply Chain Movement

EU FTAs and PTAs range from the classic FTA, such as between the EU and Mexico (which focuses predominantly on liberation of goods and services), to more enhanced forms of the FTA like the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), between the EU and Ukraine for example. Czech Republic. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

It might help to think of a KPI as something like an instrument on a car dashboard—a speedometer for example. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Against a required standard of performance. Inventory management. Purchasing and supplier management. How Many is Too Many?

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