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ALDI first discount retailer to join Tony’s Open Chain

ChainPoint

Well-known discount retailer ALDI has joined Tony’s Open Chain and developed a chocolate bar that sources beans using the 5 Sourcing Principles. Buying this new chocolate bar will support the cocoa farming communities in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana where the cocoa beans are sourced from.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

While the Halloween season is just getting started, retailers are clearly looking ahead. But for retailers, Halloween is mostly in the rearview mirror (except for the candy sales and last-minute costumes), and they are preparing for the holiday rush. Retailers add amenities to warehouses to attract workers.

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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

This in turn enables sales agents and resellers to submit all POS through the application and provides real-time clarity for all business decisions that will translate into actionable intelligence for optimum performance whilst measuring the sales effectiveness of the retail agents. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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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.

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Last Week, IBM Traced 28 Tons of Oranges Using Blockchain. Also Last Week, Sourcemap Traced 1,000 Tons of Cocoa - No Blockchain Required.

Sourcemap

The First Step to Traceability: Stenciling Batch Numbers on Bags of Cocoa at a Depot in Ghana. The most widely publicized blockchain pilots involve shippers and retailers - the ‘last leg’ of a global supply chain. There’s a lot of hype around using blockchain to trace supply chains. How does it stand up in the real world?

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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 entire supply chain is then extended further with transportation and retailers to help provide customers worldwide with this traditional seasonal product. After all this preparation, the chocolate eggs are set for retail. The Journey.

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A look at solving the e-recycling problem

ModusLink Corporation

It’s a growing problem with no easy solution: with the expansion of technology, an increasing amount of electronics waste is ending up in developing countries such as Ghana, India and parts of China. Work with retail and distributor channels to incentivise customers to recycle when purchasing new products. Tell us about it.'

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