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Insights from Elemica reveal 2014 Frankfurt

Talking Logistics

What do the Germany World Cup Team and the Boston Red Sox have in common? Ralf Kahre and Patrick Gött began their presentation with an overview of BASF’s Business Process Management (BPM) Operating Model, and then discussed how they applied the model to improve the Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process. Fast and effective roll out.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

In contrast, the larger Amazon warehouses typically rely on delivery stations closer to customers for the final stage of shipping. Amazon’s fast-shipping service can add fees for small orders. Amazon’s fast-shipping service can add fees for small orders. Technology partner Fulfil Solutions Inc.,

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ZF’s Transition from Lean to Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

This technology company is headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany. ZF offers product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. ZF transforms those purchased products into over 2,000 products. The ZF supply chain is complex. at the ZF Group.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

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Germany Freezes the Nord Stream 2 Project. Germany responded by halting certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. That’s more than 50% of Germany’s annual consumption and could be worth as much as $15 billion to Gazprom, the Russian state-owned company that controls the pipeline. Russia Attacks Ukraine.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

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Container shipping prices skyrocket. The engineers will begin by developing 3D software to emulate the “complexities of real life.” Amazon said the development center in Helsinki will work alongside Amazon staff at the Amazon Scout R&D lab in Seattle, as well as teams in Tubingen, Germany, and Cambridge.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 22 – 28)

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E2open to acquire BluJay Solutions. Kroger kicks off Florida delivery solution at Pride. USPS could finally ship alcohol with new bill. E2open , a provider of cloud-based supply chain management technology, announced that it is acquiring BluJay Solutions. Shipping alcohol in the US is tricky business.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. While not outrightly linked to this release, Maersk, now a shipping line and forwarder, terminated its key account status.