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Doing Business in Portugal

QAD

With 1,793 km of coastline, Portugal has a long history as a seafaring country and once had colonies all over the world. Its capital city, Lisbon, was almost completely destroyed in an earthquake in 1755, and later, Portugal endured years of revolution and occupation before democratic reforms were put in place in 1974.

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Supply Chain Leadership Series III: Andrew Olah – Changing the Denim Industry One Brand at a Time

NC State SCRC

I decided I didn’t like being the dumbest person in the room about every type of fabric, so I decided to focus on the jeans industry. Most of the garment industry at the time was sort of “old fashioned”, a bit rude and unpleasant, but the jeans industry in the 60s and 70s had Levis, which was a fun company, and was growing like crazy.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

This 26th Annual ARC Industry Forum will be a hybrid event, in person in Orlando, Florida on February 14-17 and online March 7-10. Container shipping rates could raise import prices by 11%. Enjoy the weekend and the song of the week, Feel it Still by Portugal. Today is Happy Friday – because every Friday is a happy day.

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E2open to Acquire INTTRA, Adding the World’s Leading Ocean Shipping Network and Software Provider, Creating an Integrated Global Supply Chain and Logistics Operating Network

E2open

E2open to Acquire INTTRA, Adding the World’s Leading Ocean Shipping Network and Software Provider, Creating an Integrated Global Supply Chain and Logistics Operating Network. Today, one out of every four ocean containers shipped globally is booked through the INTTRA platform. MONDAY 22 OCTOBER 2018.

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Doing Business in Spain

QAD

Bordering countries include Andorra, France, Gibraltar, Portugal and Morocco. Industrial production is growing at about 4% annually as of 2017. Industry accounts for 23.2% Other Important Industries. and industry employs the remaining 24%. Primary trading partners included France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, the U.K.

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Crisis was inevitable according to chaos theory

Supply Chain Movement

Now that the engine of the global economy is seriously struggling – and, in some industries, has completely stalled – companies need to think about how to get business back on track. That was necessary to ship Skodas that had been ordered in certain colours – such as purple – from the Czech Republic to Portugal for spraying.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 24-28, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Shipping expenses increased 36 percent in the quarter to over $4.5 Norway Takes Lead in Race to Build Autonomous Cargo Ships (WSJ – sub. In the quest to transform and disrupt the logistics industry, you will have some winners and you will have a lot more losers. Shipping — how hard can it be? The Man.