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The Green Corridor: Cures from the Sky! Healthcare Distribution is Driving Itself Into a More Environmentally Friendly Direction

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

While materials science struggles to provide more environmentally friendly disposable materials, improving the logistics for health services delivery is also something vital for our planet. Amazingly their blood delivery drone operation in Rwanda distributes 70% of that nation’s blood. It’s not all about blood either.

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The Green Corridor: Eating Into Our Future – Agricultural Emissions – What is Happening? What More Can be Done?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We all need food to survive and for most that takes talking about the emissions associated with food production “off the table”. Additionally, we logistics professionals can also make an impact. As the logistics expert on the team, I work on different projects with South Pole as and when needed.

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The Race for Last Mile Drones

Logistics Viewpoints

Flytrex is based in the US and focuses on last mile drones for food delivery. Nearly five years ago, San Francisco based company began using delivery drones for moving medical supplies to health clinics in Rwanda. The post The Race for Last Mile Drones appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Solving The Cold Chain Challenges

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

For example, the One Network platform for supply chain planning and execution is used by the Ministries of Health in Nigeria, Ghana, and Rwanda, providing comprehensive inventory visibility across all health facilities for real time supply demand matching and collaborative decision making. End-to-End and Real-Time Logistics.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

The mad dash begins to finish all the work that needs to get done before 2018 arrives, so without delay, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: E-Commerce Boosts U.S. In Rwanda, Drones Deliver Medical Supplies to Remote Areas (WSJ – sub. Kane Is Able Purchases Vintners Logistics.

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Bill Gates: We need a ‘war game’ for the infectious diseases supply chain

The Network Effect

Although the system is not perfect, NATO countries participate in joint exercises in which they work out logistics such as how fuel and food will be provided, what language they will speak, and what radio frequencies will be used. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has a mobile unit that is ready to deploy quickly.

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Delivery Drones are Taking Off! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

In this piece, we will look at how retailers and logistics companies could use drones to deliver parcels to customers. Improved Last-Mile Logistics Last mile delivery refers to the movement of goods from a transportation hub to their final destination. UPS offers one possible way that drones could be used within last mile logistics.