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Walgreens’ Digital Commerce Evolution: Microservices to the Rescue

Logistics Viewpoints

Brian Amend, Senior Director of Supply Chain Systems at Walgreens. This is a large public company with 8,900 stores in the US, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands. Mr. Amend is the senior director of supply chain systems at Walgreens. You hear the term “digital transformation” everywhere. They generated $132.5

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What Are General Rate Increases in Shipping & What Should Enterprises Know?

Intelligent Audit

The GRI shipping term refers to the usual increase in fees that are applied to container shipping rates. To help your company keep total costs in check, this blog will dig into the fundamentals behind GRI shipping increases, what a GRI surcharge is and a few other things to know. What GRI Stands for in Shipping.

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Hurricane Irma: Updates and Impacts

Elementum

Operational/Supply Chain Impacts: Ports and terminals in Miami, Tampa, St. An estimated 4,600 American troops are assisting relief efforts in the Virgin Islands-Puerto Rico region. In the Caribbean, two Royal Navy ships have been tasked with delivering relief supplies.

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Hurricane Harvey & Irma's Threat on the Product Economy

Elementum

According to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s estimate, 90% of Anguilla’s power infrastructure was damaged, 90% of government buildings damaged, and that the island suffered “significant damage to [its] main water supply. ”. Widespread damages were also reported in Turks and Caicos Islands and US Virgin Islands.

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IMO 2020 is Here. Are You Ready?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The ships now have to reduce their Sulphur emission by over 80% – 85% by switching to Lower Sulphur Fuel. Ships and carriers use heavy fuel oil that contains Sulphur. The ships use the lowest grade of fossil fuel today. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Doing Business in the United States

QAD

Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and 11 uninhabited or sparsely inhabited territories, which are mostly small islands. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. The last two states added were Alaska and Hawaii in 1959. not including its overseas territories, has about 9.8 million sq.

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Strategic moves among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

these are the main conclusions from Supply Chain Movement’s annual study as the basis for the 3pl subway map europe 2016, which shows the specific services of the most important logistics service providers. United States Minor Outlying Islands. Virgin Islands, British. Virgin Islands, U.S. Uzbekistan.