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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. So three months after an executive meeting on June 23rd , an updated strategy was released, tracking a radical shift into a slimmer Maersk, focused on providing end-to-end logistics services.

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Better Together: “The Promise of Supply Chain Sustainability”

BlueYonder

As a report sponsor, we were honored to participate in an in-person event hosted by the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and CSCMP, the report authors. where the various parts were sourced, what are they made of, etc.) That is what the State of Supply Chain Sustainability report has looked at for the last three years.

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The Supply Chain Response to India’s Second Wave of Covid!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Belgium too chipped in to offer 9000 doses of Remdesvir. The USISPF through donations from its member companies also sourced 1,00, 000 portable oxygen concentrators for home and hospital use. DHL and FEDEX played a major role in inbound logistics and distribution. Areas where critical care load was highest are given priority.

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

To gain organizational support to drive change, Nick ran two more simulations: one in Hong Kong and a grease plant in Belgium. The two simulations were different flows, but both demonstrated similar benefits – about a 15%-reduction in finished goods in Hong Kong and a 20%-reduction in finished goods in Belgium. Talking numbers worked.

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Supply Chain & Logistic News (August 19th – 23rd) 

Logistics Viewpoints

I thought this was a very topical introduction to this week’s Supply Chain and logistics news Canadian Railroad Work Stoppage Threatens U.S Volvo Wins Bid for 300 Electric Trucks from DSV Announced on Thursday, Volvo received an order for 300 electronic trucks from Danish logistic firm DSV. billion in the first half of the year.

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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

But the world of logistics has not changed radically compared with last year,” says Patrick Haex from Buck Consultants. In Belgium, the Ford factory in Genk will soon close for good, as will the Heinz manufacturing facility in Turnhout. Slight shift in European networks.

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From Lab to Arm: Supply Chain Journey of the COVID-19 Vaccines

BlueYonder

But what are the challenges and how can we do the best in logistics and supply chain to achieve better results in this very important mission. Pfizer has chosen to work with logistics provider to ship vaccines directly from their plants (in Kalamazoo and Belgium) to the various states and specified DCs. Essential Enablers.