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Supply chains on film

Supply Chain Movement

Transportation against the clock. In Sorcerer (1977), drivers are tasked with transporting creates of explosive nitroglycerin through the South American jungle in two old trucks. Transport can be dangerous. In earlier decades, films did not feature logistics or supply chains.

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Tarik Toprak: “Growth brings its own challenges.”

Supply Chain Movement

We are seeking the best solutions while using the best raw materials and paying high attention to hygiene and sanitation in the warehouses and transportation. Because Turkey is not part of the European Union, importing products is very difficult because the government wants to support local production.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

more near-shoring and larger, less frequent shipments to minimize transportation costs). How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? So, the ball is in the court of those industries and their governing bodies to come up with their own sustainability goals and plans.

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How the Coronavirus is underscoring the relevance of Global Supply Chain throughput: From the Frontlines of Yokohama, Milan, and Southern Florida

ThroughPut

At scale, it is why people retaliate against leaders and governments to gain certain freedoms. After a weekend Spring Training game in Florida with investors, off to Italy it was. Of course not. It’s not human nature to be comfortable “locked up in a cage”. In today’s world, people value their time more than anything.

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The Weight of Memory

Tailwind

He had stayed with my grandparents and befriended my dad and his sisters when he was in Canada, training at the nearby British Air Training base, during World War II. A Captain, my uncle Al came home to live on the quarter-acre of land the Canadian government allocated to returning veterans.

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