As governor, he presided over the first Thanksgiving feast and described it thusly: “And besides waterfowl there was great store of wild turkeys, of which they took many, besides venison, etc. ” From that first feast, turkey has been the one staple continuously gracing Thanksgiving tables through the centuries. Sarah Zielinski ( @SarahZielinski ) reports, “There are six subspecies of wild turkey, all native to North America. MORE

Shell’s current shift to the global supply chain is impacting North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Russia, and China. To prove the concept, Nick decided to run a simulation and tested the North America market. North America Simulation Output. First Results: The simulation in North America projected a 35% drop in finished product working capital (the difference between the blue line and the red line in Figure 7). MORE

In particular China and India, with annual economic growth rates many multiples ahead of North America and Europe. Countries including Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, UAE, Malaysia, Mexico and Turkey are poised to leverage on concerns around skills shortages, increased living costs and rising salaries, new regulations and infrastructure limitations to seize a greater share of global trade as the ‘new tier’ of emerging markets. MORE

At the same time, the supply chain specialists are expanding across Europe and even into North America. Turkey. Meanwhile, the Dutch supply chain consulting firm Buck Consultants International opened an office in Atlanta, USA, in early 2016, and Miebach Consulting last year strengthened its presence in North America by opening an office in Canada in addition to its existing one in Indianapolis. MORE

Turkey and the Netherlands). George Fowler, Group Vice President, Spinnaker Supply Chain (North America). Cem Kobaner, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Advancetics BV (Turkey and the Netherlands). MORE

I know that everyone had decided that they were going to go on the metric system around the world – North America bought off on it. Just me, sitting in my office while my American customers, my American friends, get to enjoy turkey with all the fixin’s and get to watch 3 football games. MayTag Trucking Software Sales US Thanksgiving – it’s a bit quiet around here. Sometimes, it’s lonely being a trucking software salesman. MORE

Throughout much of North America, food grown close to the large metropolitan areas is a summer/fall phenomenon. That stalk of celery you purchased for the stuffing in your holiday turkey has a 95% chance of being from California or Arizona and about 88% of eaters in North America do not live near the major production areas. Ask yourself, when shopping for fresh food, do you seek out and buy from local suppliers? – MORE

Sharing Dutch supply chain knowledge in Turkey. The sector continued to grow steadily during the financial crisis and the export level has since doubled thanks to rising demand from Western Europe, Asia and North America. While R&D remains in Iceland it has operational centers in the Americas, Europe, Asia and it employs around 2,300 people across 18 locations. Contents Supply Chain Movement 19 – 2015 Q4. Publishing date: 27 November 2015. MORE

Under the new agreement, RELEX Solutions and Strategix CFT will offer the combined solutions and services, with Strategix CFT having existing presence in the US, Germany, Poland, Russia and Turkey, and RELEX in 20 countries worldwide including North America, UK and Germany. It employs about 200 people worldwide, with offices in Germany, Poland, Russia, Turkey and the USA. Read PDF. MORE