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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. The number of small and medium-sized British businesses selling over Amazon’s marketplace soared by more than 25 percent in 2021, faster than in Germany, France, or Italy. million).

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Walmart Bests Whole Foods in Study of Food Supply's Human Toll

Material Handling & Logistics

Tesco Plc ranked the highest in the first-ever study of supply-chain policies from humanitarian group Oxfam America released on June 20, leading in transparency and worker-treatment metrics. Still, it did so with ratings of 29 and 42, respectively, on a 100-point scale.

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Will Consumer Goods Be Stronger from the Pandemic?

Supply Chain Game Changer

For example, FMCG demand grew by over ten percent in Italy, and by just under ten percent in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. McKinsey research found that 75% of American consumers had tried new products or bought from new places or changed the way that they shop because of the pandemic and lockdown.

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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

billion metric tons of goods in 2015. and Italy hover at just under five percent. Belgium has 41 airports, 26 of which have paved runways and six of which can handle large cargo aircraft. The seven registered air freight carriers in Belgium carried 1.4 leaving the EU. Germany accounts for 16 percent of Belgium’s exports; France for 14.9

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How Electra Implemented Precoro Soon After Establishment and Grew Ever Since

Precoro

Now Electra has offices in France, Belgium, and Italy, with Spain and Switzerland marking the next destinations on their expansion roadmap. And the manual tracking of financial metrics for investors proved to be a cumbersome process.

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What is Order Fill Rate and Why Should You Care?

EMERGE App

As a small business owner of a wholesale or distribution business , there are so many metrics that you can apply to your business to assess your relative performance. The order fill rate is one such metric that you need to pay attention to. Thus, this metric needs to be seen in the company of other important inventory ratios.

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What is Order Fill Rate and Why Should You Care?

EMERGE App

As a small business owner of a wholesale or distribution business , there are so many metrics that you can apply to your business to assess your relative performance. The order fill rate is one such metric that you need to pay attention to. Thus, this metric needs to be seen in the company of other important inventory ratios.