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World Food Programme’s Humanitarian Supply Chains

SCM Research

As part of the Kühne Foundation’s certificate program on humanitarian logistics, I have, again, been teaching logistics and supply chain management modules in East Africa during the last couple of weeks. It becomes apparent that humanitarian and commercial supply chains are highly interlinked and can learn from each other.

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Africa Logistics Initiative

SCM Research

Consequently, I have spent the last weeks teaching in logistics and supply chain management at the National Institute of Transport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Teaching Africa Humanitarian Logistics Image Supply Chain Management' The Kühne Foundation invited me to support its Africa Logistics Initiative.

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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

A crisis of this magnitude creates a mind-boggling supply chain and logistics challenge. Relief agencies normally spend as much as 80% of their proceeds on logistics and supply chain. So, how can the supply chain fulfill refugees’ basic requirements for food, water, shelter, and medical assistance?

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Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Africa

SCM Research

As you might know, I had the great opportunity to travel to East Africa several times, where I gave logistics and supply chain management lectures ( see my previous post ). In a new pwc report, Africa Gearing Up , future prospects in Africa for logistics and supply chain management are described.

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How Streamlining Environmental Compliance Drives Sustainable Product Development

Arena Solutions

How will products be packaged, transported, and used? Gathering insights from customers, supply chain partners, and other key stakeholders early on serves as an opportunity for manufacturers to make improvements in these areas and drive greater sustainability throughout the entire product lifecycle.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

Supply Chain Movement and software vendor Eyefreight have developed this checklist to provide to pinpoint the key drivers of Freight Spend Management. To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. Tanzania, United Republic of.

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Mindmap for Supply Chain Execution 24/7

Supply Chain Movement

Such huge pressure on sales is also dragging the supply chain department(s) towards an ever-higher service level. Mindmap Supply Chain Execution 24/7. Tanzania, United Republic of. To ensure successful supply chain execution, the company must take these external developments into account: Plan.