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2023: A QAD Year in Review

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Multiple wildfires ravaged Greece, burning more than 93,000 hectares (230,000 acres) of land, and Israel launched a full-scale war on HAMAS in Palestinian Gaza that is still happening and affecting manufacturing and supply chains today. Though, not everything went so smoothly in every part of the world.

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Not up to Promethean Standards: Greece’s Pharmaceutical Supply Chain is Worryingly Weak

Elementum

Sales in Greece are down 20 - 25%, according to the Economist, which could lead to further unemployment if the low numbers persist. Whether or not Greece stays in the Euro, its supply chain problems will continue to plague Greek citizens and countries that rely on Greek products. A Sisyphean Task.

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Artificial Intelligence – sifting through the hype and the promise for forecasting

Kinaxis

Famed forecasting expert and organizer of the Makridakis Competitions (known as the M-competitions) Spyros Makridakis spoke to us remotely from his post at the University of Nicosia in Greece. One example we all know is auto cruise control, which adjusts the throttle to maintain the speed we set.

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Doing Business in Turkey

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Its borders consist of Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Syria, and the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas. For example, QAD Internationalization enables manufacturers to manage the taxes, regulations, and reporting in Turkey, and QAD offers solutions to help manage a connected global supply chain. Its latest constitution was adopted in 1982.

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World Shipping Body Toughens Their Emissions Targets

Logistics Viewpoints

A key question for hitting these targets is whether nations like Panama, the Marshall Islands – and other leading shipping nations including Liberia, Malta, Greece and the Bahamas – will actively monitor, encourage and penalize companies not on track to meet the new standards. Other technological hurdles remain.

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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

The philanthropic branch of UPS, the UPS Foundation , is working with UNHCR and the World Food Programme (WFP) to deliver relief shipments to thousands of refugees in Greece and along the Macedonian border. For example, in 2013, the organization provided Syrian refugees with in-kind transportation of 394 metric tons of food and supplies.

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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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