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Managing Supply Chain Disruptions in the Middle East

Locus

With the pandemic and political instability, businesses in the Middle East have begun to reconsider supply chain strategy to improve their resilience. For example: high or low product demand, excess inventory holding, product distribution. Process risks : These are risks associated with supply chain strategy and its implementation.

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6 Critical Success Factors in Distribution Network Design

Logistics Bureau

If you’ve followed our blog over the years, you’ll know that we’ve shared lots of information about distribution network design, why it’s vital to get it right, how long it should take, the importance of reviewing the network every so often, and various elements of design such as determining the number of warehouses and where to locate them.

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Decarbonise UK Freight Transport Sector

Logistics Business Magazine

Given the above, the report finds that UK freight decarbonisation strategy can be most efficiently informed by a whole freight system, whole UK analysis capability, which needs to couple detail on both infrastructure and vehicle/vessel fleets with operational and technology specifics.

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Active Supply Chain Design: A Key Imperative for De Risking Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

There may be several nodes that are critical and single sourced thus elevating the risk profile of the supply chain. Here is a sample framework of this process might work: Identify the risky elements What sites (distribution centers, suppliers, manufacturing plants, etc.) This is where AI can make all the difference.

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Virtual Carrier Network – Your Shipping Carrier, Rate, & Service Solution

Ship Monk

ShipMonk’s Virtual Carrier Network (VCN) is an advanced transportation management strategy that guarantees orders are delivered on-time at the best possible rate. Predictable Spend and Performance Analysis. Run the shipping analysis. Determine shipping strategy. In short, it all has to line up with the shipping analysis.

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Blockchain for the Supply Chain: Reality vs. Hype

Supply Chain Brain

The idea of a virtual, distributed ledger that can serve as an indelible system of record for any number of business transactions between supply-chain partners — well, it’s irresistible. Proponents of the technology argue that the distributed nature of a ledger residing on a blockchain means it’s impervious to tampering.

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Programming Languages Applied to Logistics

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

In this post, a tour of the most popular programming languages in the sector will be made, as well as the databases from which the information can be retrieved for analysis. 1. Databases Companies store an enormous amount of information, which is of great importance when formulating problem-solving strategies.