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Leveraging Your Bargaining Power in Logistics Service Provider Negotiations

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The group meets on a regular cadence, both virtually and in person, to raise and discuss topics of interest with attention to current and pressing relevant subjects. Smart Glasses and Beyond: Harnessing the Full Potential of Augmented and Mixed Reality Going The Extra Mile: How DP World’s DUBUY.com is Boosting Coffee Exports from Rwanda

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This Week in Logistics News (October 10-14, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Aside from attending a few meetings, meeting other riders, and doing a short ride, today’s main goal is to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate because it’s sunny and hot out here (90F) and you burn off a lot of water just standing around, never mind spending hours on a bicycle tomorrow. mile JDRF ride tomorrow.

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Smart Glasses and Beyond: Harnessing the Full Potential of Augmented and Mixed Reality

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AR software not only runs on smart glasses but also on smartphones and tablets, and the solution needs to be flexible enough to fit the processes they envisage to meet their intended end goal. Successful implementation of AR software solutions also often relies on the hardware selection. What More Can be Done?

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Can B2B e-commerce solve supply chain issues?

Cathy Roberson

At a Berkshire Hathaway meeting, Warren Buffett said, “The supply chain is all screwed up” (Thank you @10xLogisticsExperts for sharing this on Twitter). Available in Rwanda, it plans to expand across Africa and around the world. During W.W.

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Earth Day spotlight: What it means to be a Benefit Corporation in CPG

crisp

About Benefit Corporations A Benefit Corporation – or B Corp – is a certified business organization that meets exemplary standards for social and environmental responsibility, public transparency, and legal accountability set by the designating non-profit organization, B Lab.

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S.E.C. Approval of Conflict Minerals Rules: a landmark in supply chain disclosure requirements

EcoVadis

Countries covered by the new rules in addition to the DRC include South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. It is worth mentioning that other minerals could be designated by the U.S. Secretary of State as conflict minerals in the future.

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Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

Supply Chain Movement

In a world with an increasing number of political disturbances and mounting pressure to create sustainability, companies in a global market have to design their logistics strategy to meet demand in a cost efficient, optimal way: Plan. Poor forecasting leads to rush orders to meet the delivery requirement demands of customers.