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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The forest resources do not have to be imported yet, but sadly it is disappearing faster than it can grow back. Some countries even have geo-thermal resources (the same power which ignites volcanos) like Kenya and Indonesia. Tim has held various positions with MNCs, gaining a wide knowledge and expertise in logistics operations.

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The introduction of E-Procurement.

ModusLink Corporation

Organizations in both public and private sectors are adopting systems such as the Electronic Data Interchange tool (EDI), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and of course the internet to benefit them when sourcing their goods (Adebayo, Dec 2015). International Non-Governmental Organisations in Kenya. 2017, April). Kapepo, S.

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The Rise of China-Africa Trade: Why Transportation and Logistics Should be Front and Center

BlueYonder

The trade imbalance this causes is an interesting case study for the economists no doubt, but what about the transportation and logistics that will be needed to sustain this trade over the coming years? Any impartial observer will agree that the logistics infrastructure needed to capitalize on this increased trade does not exist.

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Supply Chains have always shaped the World

Enterra Insights

Paul Simpson reports, “Excavations of the dry bed of the ancient Lake Olorgesailie, in southern Kenya, led by American paleoanthropologist Rick Potts, suggest that our ancestors created the first supply chain between 305,000 and 320,000 years ago, at least 80,000 years older than we previously thought.”[1] ” Principle 5.

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Commerical Air Cancellations Quarantine Ebola Supplies

MIT Supply Chain

Kenya Airways : Suspended commercial flights to Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone on August 19. In addition to scouring limited air capacity, humanitarian logistics experts at the UPS Foundation are helping to identify charter options for our shipment. Asky Airlines : Stopped flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone on July 29.

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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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This Week in Logistics News (March 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Anyway, I’m on borrowed time again this morning, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Kewill and LeanLogistics Rebrand as BluJay Solutions, Unveil World’s First Global Trade Network. My boys have their first baseball games in two weeks. What’s wrong with this picture?