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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. But I believe that more efficient packaging is the area with the greatest potential to improve sustainability metrics within the warehouse.

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Digital transformation for Africa’s manufacturing and distribution CIO and CFO

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SYSPRO listens to different perspectives at two events in Kenya – one the CIO view and the other the CFO view on Digital Transformation – both November2021. SYSPRO Africa first visited Mombasa Kenya at the main gathering in East Africa of CIOs – CIO 100. 13% acknowledged benefit from stimulus packages.

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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. USPS slowing first-class package delivery to lower costs. And what a race it was. How Walmart and Alphabet jumped ahead of Amazon in drone delivery.

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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

to secure high-value packages in transit), or provide information to customers (e.g. package tracking). But as adoption grows, companies will increasingly realize that they gain limited value from tracking individual packages, pallets, containers or other assets. Rather, they will need to see true business value.

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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.”. “It is highly regarded and is developing a strong following coast-to-coast.” However, with that growth came logistics issues.

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

Requis

When I look at the consulting work that we do, a lot of it is using specialized software packages to optimize supply chains. It won’t be enough to say, “this is fair trade coffee from Kenya”, people are going to want to see information going a few levels back from that, that the inputs are sustainable as well.