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Commerical Air Cancellations Quarantine Ebola Supplies

MIT Supply Chain

Gambia Bird : Suspended routes to Sierra Leone and Liberia on August 15. Travel bans, which at face value seem to prevent the spread of disease, actually constrain the crucial human and material resources required to manage the Ebola outbreak. Flights to Guinea are continuing, with passengers screened for symptoms.

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10 questions about supply chain optimisation

Supply Chain Movement

Although many companies have an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, their IT infrastructure is usually still fragmented. Equatorial Guinea. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia. French Southern Territories. Guadeloupe. Guinea-bissau. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands.