Bristlecone

JANUARY 11, 2021

Today, despite COVID-19 slowing maritime traffic, piracy is thriving off the coast of West Africa and two of the shipping industry’s key players suffered cyberattacks just ahead of their peak season. This year, we’ll see continued focus on building resiliency into supply chain and procurement functions. Delivering Value.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 20, 2021

In celebration of Earth Day, we’re providing an inside look at how some of our clean tech customers are using cloud-based product lifecycle management (PLM) software to develop innovative solutions that better the planet. Reducing Our Carbon Footprint.

Supply Chain Design Software 98

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EcoVadis

MAY 9, 2018

Direct purchasing by governments and state-owned enterprises accounts for 12 percent of GDP in OECD countries, and in the U.K. Sustainable public procurement can also be beneficial from the economic perspective: It can generate income, reduce costs and promote innovation among domestic producers. National Procurement Standards.

Manufacturing Procurement 60

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Their purchases are often strongly determined by nutritional value, packaging, and shelf-life. Most recently, Nestle South Africa recalled its Kit Kat products over possible contaminants. How to select the best ERP solution. Accelerate the accuracy and lead-time to product recall completion. Improve governance and compliance.

Manufacturing Procurement 105

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

In 2016, Seamless was awarded the Global Telecoms Business Award for Software and Applications Innovation, showing their commitment to providing exemplary and innovative technologies through a result driven approach, and demonstrating that the success of their customers is embedded in their core DNA.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2022

Wumdrop is a successful last mile logistics company in South Africa. Our USP (unique selling proposition) was we will deliver to you on a regular basis, don’t worry about the administration of having to purchase again. We figured the lesson of removing anxiety from a delivery was a scalable opportunity in South Africa.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. They are looking to take their global end-to-end demand for both wholesale and retail operations, flow that into the o9 solution, and then build one demand plan across their entire supply base. “We But it affected VF less than many.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 237

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Claritum

AUGUST 15, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. The benefits of purchasing promotional products. Promotional merchandise is a valuable marketing tool that can help to establish brand awareness of a company among consumers. This can result in products and services being purchased across the company with no consistency of supply or quality.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

One Network has years of experience in healthcare supply networks that provide medicines and vaccines to hundreds of millions of people in Africa and around the globe. The platform also alerts users to potential problems with predictive analytics and proposes optimal solutions using prescriptive analytics as well.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Prescriptive Analytics Software Real-time Visibility Optimal Sourcing 245

QAD

JUNE 13, 2023

When people think about supply chain, purchasing is usually the first thing that comes to mind, but all of your enterprise’s operations fall under the same umbrella. That includes front-end forecasting and planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics and import/export. The benefits of this practice remain clear today.

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Repl Group

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Software testing has always been an essential component in any project delivery programme. Even the smallest software issues could have potentially serious implications. We’re always evolving new software stacks”, says Principal Consultant Rachit Amin. Costly fails. Where Automation Meets Robotics.

Supply Chain Software 40

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

In an interview with Arab News, Prashant Saran, director of operations for Amazon in the Middle East and North Africa region, said that the new facility will provide sellers with more storage options and help them expand their online businesses to new markets. Ship with Walmart (SWW) was previously available only for cross-border orders.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Coming on top of a very difficult and complex existing situation, Covid-19 has put additional pressure on profitability and capital requirements in the banking sector in the European Union and Africa, with drops in revenue in the order of 35-45% and the lowest return on equity since the aftermath of the great crash of 2008.

Vendor Strategies 52

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Four fundamental practices: Based on (Ali Esfahbodi, 2016) research, Chinese and Iranian governments have focused their fight for SSCM based on four fundamental practices: sustainable procurement, sustainable production along with sustainable distribution , and reverse logistics. Retrieved from Triple EFF. consulting. EM Ojo, C.

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o9 Solutions

MARCH 4, 2023

DALLAS, TX – March 06 , 2023 – o9 Solutions, the leading AI-powered integrated business planning platform, welcomes Claudio Strobl, VP of Operations at Husqvarna Group. I am very excited to welcome Claudio to our aim10x Executive Council, shared Chakri Gotemukkala, CEO of o9 Solutions. appeared first on o9 Solutions.

Automotive 52

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Locus

JULY 25, 2023

predicted that the retail industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is on the verge of a pivotal shift. “E-commerce Locus solutions improve operational, tactical, and strategic decision-making, bringing efficiency, consistency, and transparency to the supply chain. In 2019, Bain & Co.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The first company, Nestlé, the world’s largest food company and an Enterra Solutions ® client, announced last December it plans to invest $3.6 It also is increasing the number of ‘carbon neutral’ brands it offers as consumers increasingly value this attribute when they purchase a product.”[6]. ”[4].

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

James Ewing: Procurement Manager at Renewable Parts Ltd. In South Africa, there are a lot of third-party fulfilment companies , so costs were going up with them.” Below are five effective solutions extracted from the roundtable conversation to help manufacturers maintain healthy cash flow despite capricious supply chains.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Wegrzyn and Eugenia Wang write, “While blockchain technology can potentially provide huge advantages to supply chains, there are also potential disadvantages that make it clear that any blockchain solution must be well-tailored to the targeted supply chain.”[1] first appeared on Enterra Solutions. ” Risk Management.

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Unleashed

MAY 1, 2023

Meet the experts Nicki Hawkins – Cost Accountant & Head of Purchasing – Ribeye Boats , premium leisure boats in Dartmouth, Devon. Mark Houghton – CEO at Radical Cloud Solutions , our cloud solution specialist in Zimbabwe. We’ve got two clients who brew beer: one local, and one across the border in South Africa.

Forecasting 96

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

The diamond and gold, tea and coffee, beverage, food, and automotive industries all have participants with blockchain applications under test, operating as pilots, or implemented as digital solutions to improve supply chain operations. So how well is blockchain living up to commercial and organizational expectations?

Supply Chain Planning Software 69

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

MercuryGate extends invoicing and document management solution with HubTran integration. SAP Launches Enhanced Supply Chain Execution Software for Faster Logistics Planning. HighJump Partners with Advantage2Retail to Bring Best-of-Breed Warehousing Software to Retailers. SMC³ Unveils New Version of BatchMark XL Analysis Tool.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 18, 2019

. “Market basket analysis is a standard technique used by merchandisers to figure out which groups, or baskets, or products customers are more likely to purchase together. Path to Purchase. “Analyzing how a customer came to make a purchase, or the path to purchase, is another way big data tech is making a mark in retail.

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QAD

JULY 7, 2022

In April 2022, allegations arose claiming children as young as 10 in Ghana , West Africa were harvesting cocoa beans for food industry giant Mondel?z Consumers are increasingly expressing interest in ethical sourcing and environmental impacts related to the products they purchase. z International, which owns Cadbury.

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Locus

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

As the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) nations recover from the series of disruptions over the past couple of years—the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ukraine war, inflationary pressure, and the potential for rising food prices—a reinvention of logistics and supply chain operations is needed.

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SupplyShift

APRIL 27, 2021

On April 21st, our webinar on forced labor in cotton supply chains brought together leaders from Responsible Sourcing Network and Fashion for Good to explore how industry-wide tools and supply chain engagement can help identify and mitigate risks of forced labor. . Technology Prioritizes Remote Vs. Onsite Engagement.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

  To reduce production cost, many US pharmaceutical companies purchase active ingredients from overseas and/or produce the drugs overseas.  billion between 2006 and 2012 to fight Malaria in Africa that kills 600,000 annually.  billion between 2006 and 2012 to fight Malaria in Africa that kills 600,000 annually. 

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

But the COVID-19 crisis, has required rapid operational solutions to unforeseen roadblocks. Quick solutions to employee shortages, remote working, and to ensure health and safety across the company need to be deployed. These bottlenecks significantly change the priorities of leaders.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 230

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A simple shipment of refrigerated goods from East Africa to Europe can go through nearly 30 people and organizations, with more than 200 different interactions and communications among these parties.”[2]. Gone are the days when procurement and merchant organizations alone competed for market share. ” 4.

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Material Handling & Logistics

MAY 2, 2018

As it turns out, the solution to this growing problem may lie in our own refrigerators. What’s more, net food losses in developed countries (222 million metric tons) equate to nearly all of the food produced in Sub-Saharan Africa yearly (223 million metric tons). billion metric tons—gets lost or wasted.

Waste Reduction 91

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 14, 2014

In this edition: Marion Kohlmeier, Head of supply chain planning and project purchasing at Weidmann Plastics Technology. Weidmann Plastics Technology is part of the Techniplas Group and I am responsible for three teams: Logistics planning; pre-series scheduling; and project purchasing. The third team is project purchasing.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Partly thanks to emerging economies such as Russia, Brazil and South Africa, companies will increasingly be trading with partners outside of the European Union, which means that local customs and tax legislation and regulations will have an ever greater influence on business operations. 39 | Tools & Technology.

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SupplyShift

APRIL 27, 2021

On April 21st, our webinar on forced labor in cotton supply chains brought together leaders from Responsible Sourcing Network and Fashion for Good to explore how industry-wide tools and supply chain engagement can help identify and mitigate risks of forced labor. However, this does not diminish the need for on-site verification.

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JDA software

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

With blockchain, a blended oil from North Africa (a common originator of these imposter virgin oils) would find it nearly impossible to masquerade as an authentic Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Picture a tool that consumes real-time signals from digital ecosystem partners to warn you of any impending supply chain disruptions.

Manufacturing Procurement 73

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GTG Technology Group

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) trade project means the country is investing in Africa and the Middle East, and increasing their investments in roads, ports, rail lines, and bridges. Supply chain professionals will use their skills and advanced analytics software to investigate and report on data. Rise of China’s Economic Power.

Trends 36

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Techgistics

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The software and hardware is available now. Amazon Go and the Jobless Future in Retail - Amazon is attempting to completely reinvent how goods are purchased in retail stores. Just as Amazon transformed online retail with ‘one click’ purchases, there is the potential to transform brick and mortar retail with ‘just walk out’ purchases.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 100

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

It’s a growing problem with no easy solution: with the expansion of technology, an increasing amount of electronics waste is ending up in developing countries such as Ghana, India and parts of China. Africa is seeing a slightly different trend, where the burgeoning access to PCs and cell phones is creating a domestic e-waste problem.

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