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Supply Chain Risks Come from All Sides

Material Handling and Logistics

Whether it is a hurricane or factory fire, new trade regulation or an unexpected supplier bankruptcy, much of how products are made and moved happens outside of our control. The term visibility has a few different definitions depending on whom you ask. Many companies source production in other countries as a means of reducing cost.

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Fleet Managers can Navigate Phase-out of 2G/3G Networks

Logistics Business Magazine

Like any infrastructure upgrade, this transition requires careful planning and strategic adjustments – particularly for those managing lorry and truck fleets, writes Iain Davidson (pictured), Senior Product Manager at Wireless Logic.

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5 Paths to Better Supply Chain Visibility

Now, That's Logistics

By putting data into the hands of the companies, business partners, and customers that want it, supply chain visibility helps all stakeholders track products from the point of manufacture to the final destination—and all points in between. What visibility-related “mountains” are your firm attempting to climb right now?

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Multimodal Impact on Sustainability

Logistics Business Magazine

Multimodal transit, by definition, involves optimized usage of every possible mode of transportation to reduce overall shipping costs and also ensure a large quantity of product movement. For instance, an organization deciding to ship all its products via road stands to leave a larger carbon footprint than integrated shipping.

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Intelligent Automation, the Future of Supply Chain. Is the Logistics Industry Ready?

Blue Grace Logistics

For this, IBM and NRF surveyed 1,900 retail and consumer products company executives across 23 countries. It found that of all the respondents surveyed, around 85 percent from the retail sector and 79 percent from the consumer products sector “plan to use intelligent automation for supply chain planning by 2021”. Definitely not.

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Stuck on the wrong side of the world but still needing to deliver food to people in Ethiopia 5,000…

World Food Programme Logistics

My job entails the day-to-day running of the office, coordinating with UNHCR, nutrition partners, government counterparts, and overseeing a variety of operations like food distributions for refugees and livelihood assistance like crop production, livestock, fisheries, backyard gardening, bee keeping and banana cultivation.

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Limping to war

Logistics in War

Being definitive about threats or objectives certainly helps in answering the question ‘is the military prepared?’ 4] Routine exercises and training can achieve high standards of preparedness, at least for a time. Terms vary in different militaries, and it’s always important to confirm definitions when discussing preparedness. [3]