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Doing Business in Portugal

QAD

With 1,793 km of coastline, Portugal has a long history as a seafaring country and once had colonies all over the world. Its capital city, Lisbon, was almost completely destroyed in an earthquake in 1755, and later, Portugal endured years of revolution and occupation before democratic reforms were put in place in 1974.

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World Cup fever: Scoring the goal

DELMIA Quintiq

During holidays and special events, we tend see the same themes in supply chain blog posts. The post on the logistical challenge of Christmas deliveries, the supply chain commentary on Valentine’s Day flower forecasting, harvesting and shipping, and the production processing post on chocolate Easter bunnies.

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Two Kinds of Supply Chain Risk and How to Prepare for Them

ToolsGroup

When most people think of supply chain risk, they often think about the impact of major unforeseen “headline grabbing” events - like the tsunami in Japan impacting automotive supply chains or horse meat making its way into British beef supplies. That was when I really knew we truly had a ‘worry-free’ supply chain.”

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This Week in Logistics News (November 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

Last year’s supply chain program include two days of sessions by practitioners – executives from companies like Ahold Delhaize, AGCO, and Radwell International– on the real-world problems associated with the digital transformations they have gone through and continue to go through. SVT Robotics Raises $25 Million in Funding.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 30 – November 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

But before I head out, grab your reading glasses and check out the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: SophiaTX Open Source Platform to Integrate SAP, Blockchain. Shippo raises $20 million to be the Stripe for shipping (Venture Beat). Best Buy launches free shipping during holidays (StarTribune).

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E2open to Acquire INTTRA, Adding the World’s Leading Ocean Shipping Network and Software Provider, Creating an Integrated Global Supply Chain and Logistics Operating Network

E2open

E2open to Acquire INTTRA, Adding the World’s Leading Ocean Shipping Network and Software Provider, Creating an Integrated Global Supply Chain and Logistics Operating Network. Combination of E2open and INTTRA forms the Global Logistics and Supply Chain Network with Access to World-Wide Ocean Container Capacity and information.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 24-28, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Shipping expenses increased 36 percent in the quarter to over $4.5 Moving on, here’s the rest of this week’s supply chain and logistics news: Freight-Booking Startup Convoy Raises $62 Million (WSJ – sub. Norway Takes Lead in Race to Build Autonomous Cargo Ships (WSJ – sub. Shipping — how hard can it be?