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One belt, one road, and one very blurry supply chain benefit

DELMIA Quintiq

There was just not enough products being shipped back and forth. A similar question can be asked of Sri Lanka striking a deal with the Fund to construct a new container terminal in Colombo. Equally, it could become a white elephant project with little impact on European freight transport times or costs.

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Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Having the right transportation technology can improve everything from route efficiency to supply chain sustainability. You will want to consider your potential transportation technology provider’s track record. Then he made a career change to shipping. The supply chain technology provider’s record.

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5 Tactics for Transforming Your Supply Chain into a Lean, Mean, Green Machine

AFFLINK

Making your supply chain green requires integrating multifaceted environmental concerns relating to product design, materials sourcing, manufacturing, transportation, and end-of-life product and resource management. Transportation. Implementing green procurement practices can seem overwhelming.

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Download now: 3PL Subway Map Europe 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Eyefortransport is currently seeing major consolidation occurring in the shipping industry and expects to see further moves as logistics providers look to take advantage of e-commerce, cross-border trade and shifting global demand. Saudi Arabia. Seychelles. Sierra Leone. Solomon Islands. South Africa. Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Switzerland.

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Strategic moves among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

Eyefortransport is currently seeing major consolidation occurring in the shipping industry and expects to see further moves as logistics providers look to take advantage of e-commerce, cross-border trade and shifting global demand. Saudi Arabia. Seychelles. Sierra Leone. Solomon Islands. South Africa. Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Switzerland.

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

The survey of more than 500 global logistics executives is part of the 2018 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, an annual snapshot of industry sentiment and ranking of the world’s 50 leading emerging markets by size, infrastructure, transport connections and business climate. . In the 50 country rankings, Brazil slips two spots to No.

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Strikes and protests disrupt supply chains, globally

Resilinc

In Sri Lanka, a popular uprising chased the president from the country last week. For supply chain managers, the labor actions of greatest concern are in transport and logistics. At the same time, street blockades and trucker strikes are exacerbating those desabastecimientos in population centers such as Panama City.