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This Week in Logistics News (October 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now, on to this week’s logistics news. But major players in the world’s chocolate industry have joined forces to stop deforestation in major cocoa producing countries, namely Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. In the Southeast, it may take four to eight weeks for logistics networks to fully recover from the damage from Hurricane Ian.

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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

This tends to demonstrate that the industry is hopelessly linked with a tremendous amount of waste and therefore linked to emissions which damage our planet. In addition to blood distribution, Zipline also operates drones In Ghana where they were able to get vaccines out, countrywide to fight COVID 19.

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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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Accelerate Digitisation in the Supply Chain – Leveraging a Data-driven Approach to Optimisation – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Seamless provides modular, scalable, and innovative cross-industry solutions that can be shaped to fit any sales and distribution channel or product offering. Looking at the broader logistics industry, we know that digital transformation remains a key priority. Digitization of product management speeds this process up even more.

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The Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) World – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

But remember the words of Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana: “We know how to bring the economy back to life. Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020. The loosening lockdown is about money and politics…what isn’t? What we do not know is how to bring people back to life.”.

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The Amazing Supply Chain of Chocolate Easter Eggs

Supply Chain Game Changer

And some of the best quality cocoa originates from Ghana. The transportation and exportation throughout the various supply chain stages are critical features in this industry seeing as it is delivering seasonal products. SCM #SupplyChain #Chocolate #Logistics #Freight #Transportation. The Journey. Chocolate Demand.

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Beyond the Magic Quadrant: MESCBNs vs Supply Chain Platforms

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In response, the last five years has seen an encouraging rise in the number of supply chain solutions (mostly for logistics). Even today, people in the field use terms like “logistics” and “supply chain” interchangeably, or use the term “supply chain” to refer to procurement. What is Supply Chain Management?