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World’s Fifth Fastest Growing Retailer Automates Replenishment Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

A101 is the largest retailer in Turkey with over 10,000 company owned stores and 48 regional distribution centers and one E-commerce fulfillment center. By noon the same day, the store orders then flow to one of 48 regional warehouses for replenishment. Big suppliers can deliver to an A101 warehouse every day. Erkan Cerito?lu,

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The Logistics & Supply Chain of Thanksgiving

GlobalTranz

The turkey is out of the oven. per pound for turkey might seem like an expense, but that cost and bird reflects more about the supply chain’s functions than you realize. The Thanksgiving Turkey’s Plight. Frozen turkeys make up 90 percent of Thanksgiving sales, explains Chris Cunnane of Logistics Viewpoints. Paying $1.18

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The 2020 Thanksgiving Logistics Shake-Up

Logistics Viewpoints

The number one item for Thanksgiving is the turkey. The US National Turkey Federation states that nearly 90 percent of Americans will eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day. That equates to over 50 million turkeys served on one day. The real question is what kind of turkey to buy. Thanksgiving Logistics: The Festivities.

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People and Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In fact, today several leading halal production standards (like the Indonesian and Malaysian halal standards) are already requiring a segregation between halal and non-halal in transport and storage for halal certified manufacturers. This new standard has three modules: transportation, warehousing, and retailing.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In respect to logistics and transport something remarkable happened at COP26. The first Z – Zero emission road transport: Global MOU for ZE-MHDVs . In 2018, according to data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) road transport accounted for three-quarters of transport emissions. Most of this, 45.1

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Tarik Toprak: “Growth brings its own challenges.”

Supply Chain Movement

Last year Turkey contributed Euro120 million to the Group’s Euros 8 billion turnover. Ferrero set up activities in Turkey four years ago and volume has been growing at a steady 20-25% per year. To support this growth we have already built a factory in Turkey and this has been operational for four months.

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The Supply Chain is Suffering Labor Pains

Enterra Insights

Bowman laments, “Multiple stages of the global supply chain, including manufacturing, distribution, warehousing and trucking, are suffering from a severe shortage of qualified workers.” 31 to cover costs associated with increased overtime, higher wages to attract more workers and increased transportation costs.”