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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. Robust began building the former after discovering that there weren’t systems on the market with the on-board hardware the startup is trying to push.

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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. Here we shared our experiences. Looking at the CIO.

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The Future of Food Security

Enterra Insights

Empty supermarket shelves during the height of the pandemic exposed a food system that was not fit for purpose. Gula explains, “It is likely climate change will affect far more than just agricultural systems and will impact the entirety of the food system, including food security.” ” What Can Be Done?

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Ivalua Announces Carbon Footprint Innovation Cup Winners at Ivalua NOW 2022: How digitally enabled smart procurement can help organizations reduce scope 3 carbon emissions

ivalua

This competition is a testimony to the way Ivalua collaborates closely with a large and growing partner ecosystem of consultancies and system integrators. Furthermore, the solution can be activated for each of Ivalua’s solutions deployed by customers. .

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Out of Africa

Supply Chain Shaman

One of my favorite presentations at the event was by Francis Marabula, Executive head of Supply Chain, Safaricom, Kenya. He spoke of M-Pesa and the evolution of new models for mobile commerce in Kenya. The M-Pesa mobile application now represents 30% of GDP in Kenya with 60,000 outlets.

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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Some countries even have geo-thermal resources (the same power which ignites volcanos) like Kenya and Indonesia. This allows the local power system on the whole to be massively more resilient. Maybe even the remaining forests could be saved, because power generation happens on the spot with solar power systems.

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The introduction of E-Procurement.

ModusLink Corporation

The ease of accessibility of this technology causes many organizations to shift towards E-Procurement as an effective and innovative Supply Chain support system to help companies reach goals including operational efficiencies, sustainability, and profitability. Factors Affecting the Adoption of e-Procurement Systems among. Kapepo, S.