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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

The kick-off to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan is just two weeks away, after being postponed last summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, a resurgent coronavirus forced Japan to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the event. Descartes acquires GreenMile.

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Lean Logistics: Improving Efficiency in the Supply Chain

Unleashed

This approach to supply chain management is a child of Lean Thinking – a business methodology that originated in Japan in the late 1980s. Ideal product flow efficiency is achieved by optimising inventory control , minimising supply chain interruptions, and eliminating downtime. But what does that mean when it comes to tangible results?

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Technology – Shopify and Panasonic

Supply Chain Matters

The provider has placed a special effort in its business strategy to not compete with its merchants but rather seeks to be a ” one-stop ” platform technology provider for businesses including availability of customer buying intelligence tools that can identify what customers tend to buy and when.

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Sustainable Food Waste Management for Food Industry SMEs

Unleashed

Let’s look at how smart food businesses can reduce their waste – and how the right food manufacturing software helps them do it. Improving food inventory control. The simplest approach to reducing food waste is to optimise inventory control. What is food waste management?

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5 Ways to Reduce Your Inventory the Right Way

EMERGE App

Unlike Software as a Service providers such as EMERGE App, traditional businesses need to purchase and store stock before they can sell them, hopefully, for a profit. It is this time between purchasing stock and re-selling them that is critical for these businesses. What Does Reducing Your Inventory Mean?

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- March 5 2022 Edition

Supply Chain Matters

The company’s integration partners include Element Logic , one of Europe ’s intralogistics companies; and Okamura , a Japan based provider of high-quality products and services for offices, education, commercial facilities and distribution centers. JAGGAER Finalizes Added Strategic Partnership. Global Health Exchange Acquires Syft.

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Visualizing Supply Chains in Distress

MIT Supply Chain

They collaborated with two service providers, Sourcemap and AIR Worldwide, to develop an interactive mapping tool that evaluates operational risk, and flags the relative importance of key suppliers and manufacturers to the integrity of a supply chain. A broader view. Mapping the risks.