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Supply Chain Secrets Going Global – But Where Should we Share Them?

Logistics Bureau

Anybody who knows me well is aware that in addition to working with my wonderful colleagues at the Logistics Bureau, I run several spin-off businesses. Worldwide, One-Man Logistics Seminars. Supply chain and logistics outsourcing. Career development in supply chain and logistics. Procurement and purchasing.

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FedEx pledges $1m relief aid for Nepal's recovery

Logistics Middle East

FedEx will transport life-saving medical supplies and medicines, shelter, and water treatment systems to Nepal.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: Finally, Gap Inc. gets.

Supply Chains Rock

Granted it took a few years and several blog posts of me complaining, but finally Gap Inc has partnered with a global logistics company to ship its clothing lines from Banana Republic, Gap and Old Navy to 50 countries worldwide, with more coming soon. Curiously, the European Union is still a work in progress, yet Macau and Nepal are covered.

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Cyber Attacks Are Major Risk in New Global Resilience Ranking

Material Handling & Logistics

Haiti is the bottom-ranked country followed by Venezuela and Nepal—also the same order as last year. Looking at the rankings Switzerland again holds the top spot in overall resilience in the index, followed by Luxembourg and Sweden—all the same as last year.

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Malaysia a Key Link in Asia’s Disaster Resilience Plan

MIT Supply Chain

This was one of the main talking points at the 2013 Health & Humanitarian Logistics Conference, hosted by the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI) in Malaysia this June. As Goentzel pointed out, every center in the SCALE network offers a graduate course in humanitarian logistics, which is a unique resource.

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UPS commits $500k and logistics support to aid Nepal

Logistics Middle East

UPS working with partner organisations to provide critical relief supplies & assess ongoing recovery needs.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

Between 2007 and 2010, during attempts to win firearms supply contracts with law enforcement and military agencies in Indonesia, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Turkey, gun maker Smith & Wesson’s sales employees allegedly embarked upon a spate of unethical transactions, via third-party representatives, with foreign officials.