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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Evans Chebet of Kenya won the men’s division with a time of 2:05:54, for an average pace of 4.8 Helen Obiri of Kenya won the women’s division with a time of 2:21:38. And now for this week’s logistics news: Walmart Adds Truck Powered by Compressed Natural Gas to its Transportation Fleet CMA CGM offers $5.5

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the professional women’s division, Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya and Ababel Yeshaneh of Ethiopia dropped the majority of the pack during a record-setting 11-mile stretch from mile 6-16. And now on to this week’s logistics news. USPS slowing first-class package delivery to lower costs. And what a race it was.

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The Remarkable Supply Chain of the Coffee Bean

Unleashed

Coffee retailers Campos Coffee source their beans from Kenya to Columbia to Brazil. Once the beans are dried, they are packaged into large sacks and passed onto the exporters. The majority of the world’s coffee beans are grown in Brazil, Vietnam, Peru and Colombia, but can also be grown in other favourable, humid climates.

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In the crosshairs: Real-time logistics visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Introduction – logistics visibility advanced to early mainstream. The past years have brought with them immense challenges for carriers, logistics operators and supply chain managers. Gartner estimates that “logistics visibility” has already reached “early mainstream” maturity, with up to 20% penetration in industry.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

Supply chain and logistics consultant, educator, and podcast host Rob O’Byrne has over 40 years of supply chain experience. He has been helping companies design more profitable supply chains for over 25 years, most of them as founder and CEO of Logistics Bureau. It’s embarrassing to say, but I’ve been in logistics since 1975.

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Software unleashes inventory solution for liqueur manufacturer

Unleashed

The product itself is cold-brew, pressed coffee using speciality lot Arabica beans from Colombia and Kenya blended with high-quality grain spirit to make the final product that you see today.”. However, with that growth came logistics issues. The perfect blend of specialty-grade coffee and 100% Australian wheat vodka.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

With items sold by over 15,000 UK based designers , Folksy provides 2 selling packages: Basic and Plus. Basic package listings are charged as £0.15 + VAT. Launched in 2014, Kilimall operates in Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya. The annual cost of selling on the marketplace starts from $1,399 for a Gold Supplier Basic Package.