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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Micro-Warehouse Provider Pivots as Retail Consumer Market Shifts. Nike Earnings Reflect Supply Chain Disruption Complexities. In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

The latest capability for merchants shows that the e-commerce giant is trying to control more inventory deeper in the supply chain before it’s sold. mile route from a small warehouse to a Walmart retail store in Bentonville, Arkansas. Gatik has covered a 7.1-mile

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Supply Chain Agenda of Hildur Gylfadóttir, Supply Chain Manager at Össur

Supply Chain Movement

“The supply chain role is to support innovation and still be efficient”. Hildur Gylfadóttir, Supply Chain Manager, Logistics, Össur. While R&D remains in Iceland it has operational centers in the Americas, Europe, Asia and it employs around 2,300 people across 18 locations. By Helen Armstrong.

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Reflective Thinking: Complexity

Logility

On a recent webcast Noha Tohamy, research vice president, Gartner, posed several questions one should ask to help identify their distinct supply chain and sort through the complexity. Some of her questions included: Is demand or supply variability the issue you want to define your supply chain?

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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

August is usually a quiet month for supply chain and logistics news, but not this year, especially the past couple of weeks. LevaData to Transform Strategic Sourcing for Global Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders. Iceland Gets On-Demand Drone Deliveries (BloombergTechnology). The same is true for supply chains.

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Talent development essential for supply chain leaders

Supply Chain Movement

Supply chain leaders have gained an ever-stronger position in the world of business over recent years. Talent development can make an important contribution to the execution of their supply chain strategies, but not all leaders pay the same amount of attention to this topic. You need a kind of Superman or Wonder Woman.”.

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Mindmap for Supply Chain Execution 24/7

Supply Chain Movement

Such huge pressure on sales is also dragging the supply chain department(s) towards an ever-higher service level. Mindmap Supply Chain Execution 24/7. To ensure successful supply chain execution, the company must take these external developments into account: Plan. Choose country. Afghanistan. Åland Islands.