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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

percent from last year, which includes contributions from the company’s acquisition of Phoenix International Freight Services in October 2012. The company announced this week that it is has opened a new distribution center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Robinson reported total net revenues of $463.3

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Logistics Report: Forecasting More Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Shifting Compet ition

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Freight heavyweight J.B. Hunt’s third-quarter earnings signal a strong market for freight operators, but increasingly restrained economic forecasts suggest clouds on the horizon. Emirates Airlines’ cargo operations at Dubai International Airport in February. retailers’ inventory-to-sales ratio in August, down from 1.11

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Top 10 Best Supply Chain Job Boards

SCMDOJO

So rather than searching “supply chain job Dubai”, you can go to SCMDOJO Jobs and filter the United Arab Emirates and it will show you all the latest jobs posted in UAE! You just need to be a Free Member of SCMDOJO to access and apply to those jobs which are not usually available on LinkedIn or other places.

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Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations

ThroughPut

This is why supply chain managers are always stressing over demand forecasts — something that tops the list of most critical inventory management practices. And considering that our international tariff laws have been more dynamic in the past three years, shipping U.S. goods is more complex than it used to be. Ali Hasan R.

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Transforming the GCC Chemical Industry with Supply Chain Integration – LogiSYM September 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

It is the fastest growing sector in the GCC with Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates as the top producers. Realising operational and cost efficiencies will reduced lead times, improved forecast accuracy and increased inventory turnover. percent of the GCC’s GDP.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. Dr. Muddassir Ahmed Location: United Arab Emirates/Remote Rating: 5/5.0 Matías Guarello Wilhelmy Location: Chile / Remote Rating: 5/5.0

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

We follow a stringent procedure to organize inventory in our warehouses. This approach tends to lead to a quicker and easier supply chain with inventory in transit for only a few days compared to a month’s inventory in an ocean container, and then another two to three weeks to clear customs. Efficient warehouse operations.