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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Evans Chebet of Kenya won the men’s division with a time of 2:05:54, for an average pace of 4.8 Helen Obiri of Kenya won the women’s division with a time of 2:21:38. And now for this week’s logistics news: Walmart Adds Truck Powered by Compressed Natural Gas to its Transportation Fleet CMA CGM offers $5.5

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the professional women’s division, Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya and Ababel Yeshaneh of Ethiopia dropped the majority of the pack during a record-setting 11-mile stretch from mile 6-16. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Supply chain cyberattacks jumped 51% in 2021. And what a race it was. GW to 10.4

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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Just recently in Sri Lanka, the rising global fuel costs for oil precipitated the bankruptcy of a once thriving economy. Development Challenges for a Resilient Future Malawi and countries in the global south are often rich in a variety of clean energy raw materials. Well, you can end up in a hole too deep to dig yourself out.

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Supply Chain Secrets Going Global – But Where Should we Share Them?

Logistics Bureau

Sharing Supply Chain Secrets Globally My Goal for 2020. Anybody who knows me well is aware that in addition to working with my wonderful colleagues at the Logistics Bureau, I run several spin-off businesses. Rob O’Byrne, Founder, Supply Chain Secrets. Worldwide, One-Man Logistics Seminars.

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Out of Africa

Supply Chain Shaman

Global multinational companies have a dilemma. Supply chain talent is primarily coming from North America and Europe, but these are the continents that represent the lowest levels of growth for supply chain 2020 (see figure 1). At over 1,000 delegates, the conference is a large supply chain event.

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The Remarkable Supply Chain of the Coffee Bean

Unleashed

And its popularity is apparent in the global market — global coffee production reached 158.6 Let’s take a look at the supply chain of the coffee bean. A Lengthy Supply Chain. Coffee retailers Campos Coffee source their beans from Kenya to Columbia to Brazil. million 60-kilogram bags in 2015.

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Supply Chains have always shaped the World

Enterra Insights

The term “supply chain” has an industrial feel to it; but, supply chains were around before the Industrial Age and probably predate recorded history. Hence, we know how trade and extended supply chains shaped the modern world. Supply Chains Basics Remain the Same.