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Cargo Flight Launches a Vital Link in the Ebola Response Effort

MIT Supply Chain

A shipment of medical equipment that arrived on January 12, 2015, in Monrovia, Liberia, from Miami, US, will enable 25 government hospitals to receive infection control training, helping the facilities which were partially or fully closed owing to the Ebola crisis to recommence regular operations.

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Added Alerts to a Warming Earth and Supply Chain Climate Change Mitigation Efforts

Supply Chain Matters

However, economic and manufacturing recession conditions are now being observed. Thus, de-carbonization mitigation efforts become more focused on supply chain strategy and policy actions along with product sourcing and transportation movement efforts weighted toward de-carbonization.

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Mindmap for Supply Chain Execution 24/7

Supply Chain Movement

Sourcing from far-flung countries such as China is leading to growing uncertainty about the actual supply of purchase orders. Kazakhstan. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of. Korea, Republic of. Kyrgyzstan. Lao People's Democratic Republic. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Liechtenstein. Luxembourg. Madagascar. Marshall Islands.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Purchasing and supplier management. Production/manufacturing. Transportation. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Broadly speaking though, the following areas are those where KPIs will be necessary: Order capture. Inventory management. Warehousing.

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