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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. On September 5, 163 metric tons of relief supplies arrived via air shipments, including 86 tons of high-energy biscuits, 30,000 blankets, 25,000 sleeping mats, and 1,000 solar lanterns.

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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. And the customers will feel that added value not only in metrics but also from a morale perspective. Overall, MDI provides organizations with key takeaways and measured KPIs. This experience included leading a $1.5B

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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. A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric. Against a required standard of performance. Inventory management.

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