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Out of Africa

Supply Chain Shaman

Most global multinational companies have a solid base now in South America and Asia, but the race is on for Africa. I spent this week at SAPICS in South Africa. At the end of my talk on the first day, I was asked by the audience to share what I would recommend as action steps for South African supply chains.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

A great example would be today’s prominence of climate change. These innovations represent a strong commitment from through strategic environmental plans towards sustainable Supply Chain Management. Johannesburg, South Africa : Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University Of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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The things we’ve seen, in 2019

DELMIA Quintiq

Our corporate mission is to provide business and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations. We expanded the 3D EXPERIENCE Lab : our open innovation laboratory and accelerator program. Fifteen new startups from Belgium, China, France, India, South Africa and the U.S. Making a Difference.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Did You Know That … Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. Example of the massive decrease in dock workers as a result of containerisation. Significance.

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Marion Kohlmeier: ‘Expansion in our global footprint has been a big step’

Supply Chain Movement

Swiss company, Weidmann Plastics Technology has more than 70 years experience in injection molding and has a range of unique and innovative technologies that allow plastic materials with different flexibility, elasticity and strength to be joined in one process step. We strongly focus on our selected key accounts.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. Example of the massive decrease in dock workers as a result of containerisation. Did You Know That …. Significance.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. I am a manufacturing gal by training. For example, should customer sentiment data feed into quality systems? For example, in the recession of 2007, DuPont missed the downturn in the market.