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o9 Solutions Supports the MIT Global SCALE Network Supply Chain Challenge and Awards Winners for Second Consecutive Year

o9 Solutions

The challenge is a three-week competition, which presents learners with real company data and an underlying supply chain problem for participants to solve. A jury of renowned business and supply chain leaders and researchers evaluated the teams’ solutions and presentations.

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Closing the loop – The first o9 Climate Hackathon on “Circular Supply Chains”

o9 Solutions

The event included participants from the US, India, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. To give the participants insights into current challenges across each industry, seven inspirational speakers presented during the kick-off. Our team was very impressed by the presentations and can’t wait for next year’s hackathon event!

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Pacific Drilling Selects Consus & Ivalua to Drive Sourcing Best Practices Globally

ivalua

The company has corporate offices in Houston, Texas, with offices in Brazil, Luxembourg and Nigeria. Pacific Drilling presents a unique opportunity to expand in the Americas given their industry and vision, and we plan to deploy a best-in-class program to transform their sourcing processes.

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Logistics Responses to Europe’s Migrant Crisis

TMC

At present, the choke points tend to be where existing border controls—in the United Kingdom and France, for instance—have been tightened owing to the influx of migrants. But there are ways to mitigate risks like these. For example, be aware of the key border crossing points in Europe and where choke points are emerging.

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Pacific Drilling Selects Consus & Ivalua to Drive Sourcing Best Practices Globally

ivalua

The company has corporate offices in Houston, Texas, with offices in Brazil, Luxembourg and Nigeria. Pacific Drilling presents a unique opportunity to expand in the Americas given their industry and vision, and we plan to deploy a best-in-class program to transform their sourcing processes.

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Q&A with Sidney Johnson: Veteran Supply Chain Practitioner and Resilinc Advisory Board Member

Resilinc

I actually lived in Luxembourg for five years while I was at Aptiv, setting up our operating company—and I did the same thing in Ireland as well. When I went to the board meeting to present after the tsunami, protection of supply was the topic of discussion. We were also in Europe, North Africa, and Asia.

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Biggest Supply Chain Risk From US Metal Import Tariffs Is Retaliation

Material Handling & Logistics

The impact on other producers such as Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal and Brazil’s Gerdau SA would also be cushioned by their significant U.S. A second option presented by Commerce would be a duty of 24% on all countries. businesses.