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Commerical Air Cancellations Quarantine Ebola Supplies

MIT Supply Chain

The personal protective equipment (PPE) – shipped by our team of doctors and logisticians in Boston [1] – is destined for the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Liberia, which will then distribute supplies to locations at the front lines of the health crisis such as JFK Memorial Hospital in Monrovia.

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Viral Reaction: Zika and the Supply Chain

Elementum

All of these may appear as insignificant disruptions, but it is evident that these follow the exact same trend with how past pandemics started and eventually lead to severely affecting the global supply chain. s iron ore mining site in Liberia, management declared force majeure and moved workers out of the country.

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NRF 2015 – The new “P” for retail, and what is old is new again

BlueYonder

Keynoted by one of the Time persons of the year, Katie Meyler, the conference educated attendees on the latest retail trends, as well as the charity work done by the Retail ROI foundation. Meyler’s speech about her experiences on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Liberia was captivating.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

Trends for high-tech industry. The high-tech industry are currently facing a tsunami of external trends. These external trends force high-tech companies to prepare for this unpredictable future: Plan. The impact of trends force companies to make clear trade-offs: Do. Kazakhstan. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of.

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Most desirable logistics location of Europe in 2018

Supply Chain Movement

Kazakhstan. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of. Korea, Republic of. Kyrgyzstan. Lao People's Democratic Republic. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Liechtenstein. Luxembourg. Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of. Madagascar. Marshall Islands.

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Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

Supply Chain Movement

Global market trends have a considerable impact on a company’s different business functions. Kazakhstan. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of. Korea, Republic of. Kyrgyzstan. Lao People's Democratic Republic. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Liechtenstein. Luxembourg. Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of. Madagascar. Marshall Islands.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

Acquisitions dominated the logistics headlines in 2014 and that trend is continuing this year. Kazakhstan. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of. Korea, Republic of. Kyrgyzstan. Lao People's Democratic Republic. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Liechtenstein. Luxembourg. Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of. Madagascar. Marshall Islands.