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5 lessons on how to improve local purchases in Bolivia

World Food Programme Logistics

Break the fear: get small producers and municipal authorities to know each other Over the past few years, Bolivia has advanced a great deal in terms of laws, norms and regulations to promote the purchase of products from smallholders. continues to be purchased from big food companies. and particularly processed food?—?continues

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Machine Learning Solves Four Major Challenges Facing Supply Chains in 2018

Morai Logistics

For example, media service provider, Netflix, creates positive customer experience by predicting the shows viewers may be interested in based on past searches. This article identifies how machine learning can address four challenges facing supply chains in 2018. Demand Forecasting.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 25 – December 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

The top gifts were clothes and accessories, which about half of those surveyed purchased, and toys, which nearly a third of people surveyed bought. That compared with just 2 percent in 2018. The data shows that only 60 percent of its shipments came from China during the same period, down from 80 percent in 2018.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 3-7, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Here are some additional details from the article: The change means that a bottle of detergent or can of cat food stored too far away from a customer’s shipping address will be unavailable for purchase. The post This Week in Logistics News (September 3-7, 2018) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 10-14, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said during the company’s investor day that cappuccinos, for example, have a lot of foam, so they’re good for traveling, but others are not. Here are more details from the article: Demand for same-day delivery has spiked during the holiday season as more shoppers wait until the last minute to purchase gifts.

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The Future of Autonomous Supply Chains Part 1: Autonomous Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

Kongsberg purchased Rolls Royce’s autonomous marine division back in 2018 to help advance its position as a leader in this market. The company also partnered with shipping supplier Wilhelmsen to start a new autonomous shipping venture dubbed Massterly in Spring 2018.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 5-9, 2018)

Talking Logistics

This year, a cascade of online purchases the weekend after Thanksgiving swamped delivery companies,” reported The New York Times in December. The post This Week in Logistics News (February 5-9, 2018) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. UPS had hired 95,000 seasonal workers, but that was not enough.