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Resilience and Agility in Supply Chains: Navigating Change in a Dynamic World

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Similarly, during the 2010 volcanic eruption in Iceland, which disrupted air travel across Europe, fashion retailer Zara showcased its agility by rapidly adjusting its distribution network to ensure timely delivery of products to customers. They ensured that food supplies remained available, minimizing the impact on consumers.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

Breakfast sausage, hot dogs and frozen chicken breasts from Tyson Foods are beginning to move autonomously on Gatik AI trucks in Northwest Arkansas. Since launching the world’s first autonomous drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2017, Flytrex has been working closely with regulators to get drone delivery off the ground.

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Mass Customisation: What It Is and How Companies Are Using It

Unleashed

For example, a manufacturer may produce the same food item for six different retailers but each receives its own branding, packaging size or label. Skyn Iceland Skyn Iceland, a health and beauty company, uses a type of transparent customisation to allow its customers to do a self-consultation using an automated skincare system.

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Reformulating Products to Support Sustainability

APICS

British supermarket chain Iceland is making a bold sustainability move. The retailer is becoming the first major UK supermarket chain to stop using palm oil in its store-brand food products. It aims to accomplish this goal by the end of 2018, The Guardian reports.

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When Will the Drones Start Flying?

Supply Chain Brain

The Israeli company Flytrex has been testing the drone delivery concept in Reykjavik, Iceland since last August, in partnership with AHA , the country’s largest e-commerce website. The Icelandic drones are routed over a large bay, bypassing a bridge that can become congested during heavy drive times. overseen by FAA.

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How To Make Your Ecommerce Eco-Friendly

ShipBob

Blue Lagoon utilizes the healing effects of the famous Blue Lagoon in Iceland to create powerful skincare products. Juspy launched a “waste not, want not” product in an effort to reduce food waste. Michael Klein, Co-Founder at Herbaly. Blue Lagoon: a skincare brand. Gerard Ecker, Founder & CEO of Ocean & Co.

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New: Global Trade Map 2016

Supply Chain Movement

It lays the foundation for gradual alignment of norms and standards, including on food safety and technical regulations. The benefits of utilising modern-day FTAs include fewer customs duties, less red tape, access to public tenders, sourcing opportunities, investment opportunities and more transparent business conditions. Guadeloupe.