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People and Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Muslim (majority) countries in Asia (such as Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia) and several countries in the Middle East are moving to stage 3: the halal supply chain. Muslim (majority) countries in Asia (such as Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia) and several countries in the Middle East are moving to stage 3: the halal supply chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As was confirmed for me yet again this week at a conference, the most utilized supply chain and logistics application, the reigning champ of them all, is the Excel spreadsheet. Global Supply Chains Open Door to Fraud ( CFO.com ). Forget cloud, social, and mobile. Forget WMS and TMS. Forget BI and analytics. What is a warehouse?

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Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations

ThroughPut

Even at some of the world’s best supply chains, redirecting chemicals and other products is a Herculean effort. I’ve been in supply chain management for more than a decade now. Supply chain flow has a lot of one-way check valves. Everything from custom duties to cargo inspections can create bottlenecks within the supply chain.

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Make Bottleneck Management Your Biggest Priority

ThroughPut

Some supply chain problems feel especially urgent, but once they’re resolved, they’re not a problem again — for example, when a normally reliable shipment is late. Stakeholders throughout the supply chain should have the freedom to make small changes and improvements as they see fit (and within reason). Understand the objective.

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Middle East e-commerce profits have surged 4-fold in the last five years

Vinculum

Many companies like Go-Global and others in some Middle East countries like the United Arab Emirates have high expectations of raising the audience’s purchasing power and establishing a solid connection with the manufacturer to cling to their choices. The size of the UAE market is less than India and UK.

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Making Supply Meet Demand: Qatar’s healthcare services

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Saudi Arabia. United Arab Emirates. Source: Arabs Live Longer, Battle Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease.   Since the culture and lifestyle in Qatar does not promote phyical activity and healthy diets, the demand for heathcare services is increasing rapidly.    Tennis, anyone?

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Transforming the GCC Chemical Industry with Supply Chain Integration – LogiSYM September 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

It is the fastest growing sector in the GCC with Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates as the top producers. Slowing demand means 6% lower imports from the GCC vs 2019 and 10% lower than 2020 forecast before the virus outbreak.” The answer – supply chain integration.

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