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

o9 Solutions

One hundred forty students from the SCALE Centers in Spain, Luxembourg, Malaysia, China, and more convened in Cambridge to network and learn from supply chain experts and participate in the Supply Chain Challenge. Vikram Murthi handed the awards to the winning teams on behalf of o9.

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Improve Operational Efficiency and Eliminate Internal Complexity Through Digital Procurement

Synovos

Source tools that fit your business “It’s not only about saying ‘let’s digitalize procurement,’ but when and what needs to be digitalized,” says Yoliana Bayona, an Advisory Services Director at PwC Luxembourg and the analyst behind its 2022 Digital Procurement Survey.

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Where Governments Fall Short in Combating Forced Labor in Supply Chains?—?And How They Can Improve

MIT Supply Chain

While this legislation might encourage companies to rethink their sourcing strategies, it would do little to solve the larger forced labor problem. For example, a bill passed recently in the US House of Representatives in response to the Uyghur forced labor controversy would ban imports from the Xinjiang region. If Xinjiang?—?or

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Logistics Responses to Europe’s Migrant Crisis

TMC

For some 20 years, anyone in the 26 European countries located in the Schengen area (named after the town in Luxembourg where the agreement was signed), can move within this zone without interference from border controls. Let’s hope that in 2016 Europe finds solutions to their migrant crisis.

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What Supply Chains Can Learn From Switzerland

RFgen

Luxembourg. Then, constituents must ascertain how critical each risk is and come up with a strategy to both prevent and prepare for these disruptions. Optimal item tracing strategies allow companies to remove food from supply chains before any harm is done. Additionally, Switzerland partners with high-quality local suppliers.

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What Supply Chains Can Learn From Switzerland

RFgen

Luxembourg. Then, constituents must ascertain how critical each risk is and come up with a strategy to both prevent and prepare for these disruptions. Optimal item tracing strategies allow companies to remove food from supply chains before any harm is done. Additionally, Switzerland partners with high-quality local suppliers.

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Ivalua Exceeds $1B Valuation in New Funding Round to Accelerate Global Expansion & Technology Innovation

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David Khuat-Duy, CEO and Founder of Ivalua, said, “This investment by one of the world’s leading investment funds is a further testament to Ivalua’s long term strategy and business model. The private equity strategy has a ten-year investment horizon and targets growth-oriented private companies. Group, Despegar and Ola.