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Doing Business in Turkey

QAD

Its primary export partners were Germany, the UK, the UAE, Iraq, the US, Italy, France and Spain. 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. Taxes equal 20.3% billion in goods.

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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

According to a recent UNHCR report , nearly 60 million people were forcibly displaced in 2014 from countries such as Iraq, Eritrea, and Afghanistan. For example, in 2013, the organization provided Syrian refugees with in-kind transportation of 394 metric tons of food and supplies. Of those 60 million people, 19.5

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How Consumer Behavior is Changing

Enterra Insights

For example, Anil Kaul ( @anil_kaul ), co-founder and CEO of Absolutdata, asks two fundamental business questions: “What will consumer behavior and profiles look like in the new normal? Although history, for the most part, advances predictably, occasionally events, like the COVID-19 pandemic, come along to reset history’s course.

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Managing for Daily Improvement: Bridging the Gap Across Teams and KPIs

Talking Logistics

Let’s say, for example, that a manager oversees several different business units running independently from one another. He then led the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) for Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) in Iraq and Kuwait. This experience included leading a $1.5B

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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

Open Source Technologies (Examples include Hadoop, Spark, Kafka). While we all need to thank-you for helping us to remain free and safe within our borders, for the supply chain leader, it is great to see that something good came out of the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. Blockchain/Cryptocurrency. 3D Printing. Autonomous Vehicles.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. It’s the technology behind startups like Freightview and project44 , for example.

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Remembering 9/11

Enterra Insights

Greenhouse notes, for example, “Cantor Fitzgerald, an investment bank based on the 101st through 105th floors of the North Tower, lost 658.”. Our work in Iraq was both interesting and frustrating; however, it’s a story best-told in a separate article. Unfortunately, thousands of lives were lost.

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