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5 examples of the black swan theory

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an events like the economic downturn and pandemic that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and often change the direction of politics, the economy and business, and influence the course of history. Now it is a retail leader in Asia.

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C4T appoints new CEO

Logistics Business Magazine

Spiegelberg succeeds Pieter Haesaert, who founded C4T together with Ilse Vermeersch as a customs consultancy in 2004 before developing the CAS platform ten years later. Werner Koninckx will represent the founders on the board. The post C4T appoints new CEO appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

We will feature over the next 7 business days each category’s top 10 most viewed posts over the course of 2014. Recently Cerasis asked in the Manufacturing Leadership Community group on LinkedIn, run by Manufacturing Executive. These will only contain posts written in 2014. Read Full Post. Read Full Post. Read Full Post.

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Kuehne + Nagel Ventures Forth with a New Global Initiative

Logistics Manager

The proverbial waves of change will still often come crashing down and it’s always best to have a course of action mapped out. After that, I sought to work abroad and was given an opportunity to work at Kuehne + Nagel’s Hong Kong office in 2004 where I began working as a customer service manager.

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Distribution, not supply, is creating global food insecurity

Logistics Business Magazine

Perhaps the most memorable scene of the 2004 indie movie Layer Cake is when Michael Gambon’s character, Eddie Temple, informs Daniel Craig’s unnamed protagonist that “The art of good business is being a good middleman”. Of course, monopolies do not wish to give up their position readily. Sprawling, over-complex distribution chains.

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The Zara’s logistics process

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Lorena Alba, director of logistics for the Inditex group, says that the warehouse is considered a place to move goods rather than store. Of course, the rapidly expanding network of stores requires constant adaptation to the sequence and size of deliveries, as well as their routes.

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The debris of an organisation – thinking about how the ADF recovers from the first losses of war: Part One

Logistics in War

It is in the light of these facts that the commander expects to shape his course during the supervision of the planned action.’ [1]. We need only look at the events of late 2019 and 2020 and the confluence of bushfires, pandemics, and geostrategic tensions to show how organisations and other groups respond to the foreseen but unanticipated.