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How a Leading MENA-based B2B Food and Grocery Platform Saves 45% Distance Travelled With Locus Solutions

Locus

Over the years, the company has consistently grown its presence to over ten cities in Egypt and serves over 55,000 merchants. With the help of Locus, it was able to streamline fulfillment operations to optimize their delivery routes, reduce transit times, and see significant savings.

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A Brief History of WMS in the Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

The concept of warehouse management originated in ancient Egypt as people sought ways to manage grain gathered from crops. As the world moved forward, the basic concept of managing warehouse inventory did not change much. The 1980s to 1990s: AS/RS Becomes Obsolete, Replaced by a Shift to Managing Inventory in Smaller Batches.

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Middle East eCommerce Reimagined

Vinculum

Countries like Iraq, Egypt, Oman, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia have the fastest growing young generation, with a median age of 22 years old. Countries like Iran, Egypt, and Bahrain are some of the countries rank in the highest internet users with more countries on the list. Two sessions took place.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

There are numerous ways a shipper can reduce freight spend. How likely are carriers to agree on endless rate cuts? To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. 10 questions about Freight Spend Management. Cook Islands. Costa Rica.

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Three Supply Chain Risk Management Lessons You Can Learn from the Suez Canal Block

CH Robinson Transportfolio

As an industry, it’s imperative for us to learn from this and develop strategies to minimize the impact of similar blockages should they happen in the future. This may delay shipments, cause inventory shortages, and create logistical difficulties at various offloading points. A risk management strategy is no longer a luxury.

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Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

Supply Chain Movement

In a world with an increasing number of political disturbances and mounting pressure to create sustainability, companies in a global market have to design their logistics strategy to meet demand in a cost efficient, optimal way: Plan. Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Cook Islands. Costa Rica. Cote D'ivoire. Czech Republic. El Salvador.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

The solution also provides different substitution strategies depending on the retailer’s brand promise, and generates customer-ready paperwork before sending the picked items electronically to the point-of-sale system. Of course, technology is only one piece of the omni-channel fulfillment puzzle. .” NAFTA trade reached $96.5