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Pandemic Underscores Necessity of TMS and Other Supply Chain Tech Tools

Supply Chain Collaborator

Here are three reasons why logistics management software like TMS, YMS Freight Audit and others is essential to the survival of business during events like global pandemic. Freight charges to ship oil in Suezmax tankers… have in some cases increased ten-fold amid a shortage of very large crude carriers (VLCCs)…”.

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People and Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In other words, halal requires an organisation of the supply chain instead of just the factory: from source all the way up to point of consumer purchase. In the Middle East you have halal-exclusive (like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and a combination of halal-exclusive and halal-segregated retailers (like the United Arab Emirates).

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Doing Business in South Africa

QAD

While it does have a history of sporadic electrical system outages, being primarily powered by thermal sources, the country is on a path to growth and sustainability in the power sector. Registered airlines moved 885,277,991 mt-km of freight in 2015. Primary import partners included China, Germany, the US, Saudi Arabia and India.

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Doing Business in South Africa

QAD

While it does have a history of sporadic electrical system outages, being primarily powered by thermal sources, the country is on a path to growth and sustainability in the power sector. Registered airlines moved 885,277,991 mt-km of freight in 2015. Primary import partners included China, Germany, the US, Saudi Arabia and India.

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Oil & Gas Companies Focus on Eliminating Supply Chain Waste

Talking Logistics

trailed both Saudi Arabia and Russia in oil production, and it trailed Russia in natural gas production. Source: “The Future of Natural Gas: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study,” [link]. Execution (Tendering, Dock Scheduling, Track & Trace, Freight Audit & Pay). As the table below shows, back in 2008, the U.S.

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4 Global Supply chain management strategies to avoid bottlenecks in operations

ThroughPut

Shipping Overseas Anyone who has shipped freight by air or sea can attest to the fact that international shipping is complex — in no small part because of the rules and regulations around certain goods. And in countries like Saudi Arabia, every container must go through inspection. goods is more complex than it used to be.

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The Supply Chain Response to India’s Second Wave of Covid!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Saudi Arabia shipped 80 Metric tonnes of liquid oxygen to India and Portugal assured 20,000 litres of oxygen per week to India along with 5503 vials of Remdesvir. The USISPF through donations from its member companies also sourced 1,00, 000 portable oxygen concentrators for home and hospital use.

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