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This Week in Logistics News (October 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

I keep reading reports that companies such as Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy are planning to kick off massive holiday deals in late October / early November. According to a report by Adobe Analytics, tech gadgets to sporting goods will see “massive” online discounts, with the best bargains likely in late November.

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Solving The Cold Chain Challenges

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

For example, the One Network platform for supply chain planning and execution is used by the Ministries of Health in Nigeria, Ghana, and Rwanda, providing comprehensive inventory visibility across all health facilities for real time supply demand matching and collaborative decision making. Real-Time Information with IoT and Telematics.

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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

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. Recent High Profile Cases. A similar study in the U.S.

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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

According to a recent UNHCR report , nearly 60 million people were forcibly displaced in 2014 from countries such as Iraq, Eritrea, and Afghanistan. On September 5, 163 metric tons of relief supplies arrived via air shipments, including 86 tons of high-energy biscuits, 30,000 blankets, 25,000 sleeping mats, and 1,000 solar lanterns.

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Accelerate Digitisation in the Supply Chain – Leveraging a Data-driven Approach to Optimisation – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Using a data-driven approach, predictive analytics are generated that can encourage agents or retailers to increase their sales performance through gamification, creating a mutually beneficial arrangement. Additionally, their solutions help boost revenue and sales through intelligent stakeholder value management.

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Beyond the Magic Quadrant: MESCBNs vs Supply Chain Platforms

Requis

The chart is supported by a report on the strengths and weaknesses of each solution. Even today, people in the field use terms like “logistics” and “supply chain” interchangeably, or use the term “supply chain” to refer to procurement. Most people at the management level in the B2B world have heard of the “Magic Quadrant” reports.

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From the Farmer to the Foil: The Cacao Supply Chain Challenge

SupplyShift

The vast majority of cocoa is grown by smallholder farmers , and Uncommon Cacao reports in their 2016 Transparency Report that many of these smallholder farmers live on an estimated $2 per day. Using the SupplyShift platform, Uncommon Cacao has begun a project to understand the effects of cocoa purchasing on all the links of the chain.