Transforming the eco-system of logistics

Ever since 2006 on India’s National Day, the 26th January, the Future Group’s Big Bazaar superstores hold the Big Sale – Sabe Saste Din – and thousands of items are priced, in the words of one advert, as “cashews for peanuts”. This year the sale lasts for a few days but the first year saw [...]

Transforming Logistics in Russia

Rob Bell from the Transformational Logistics Blog interviews Arseny Yershov – the Head of Marketing with National Customs Broker LLC, Russia, based in Moscow. The opinions expressed are personal and are all part of a process of opening up the debate on logistics and supply chain thinking and practice relevant to emerging and developing markets. [...]

The Zambian logistics pilot project (I)

The World Bank, The UK Department for International Development, and USAID recently released the results of a logistics pilot project in Zambia, in which the availability of various medical supplies was improved. This is the first of a three-part series in which I talk with two of the team members and finish with some personal [...]

Better drug supply chains keep thousands more children alive

Zambia Study Shows Stronger Supply Chains for Key Drugs can Reduce Child Mortality from World Bank on Vimeo.

The World Bank Logistics Performance Index 2010 and Transformational Logistics

The World Bank LPI (Logistics Performance Index) 2010 has been released. This snapshot of selected performance indicators in nearly 130 countries demonstrates clearly the correlation between logistics performance and sustainable economic growth. This year, the analysis of this bi-annual Report has been expanded to include information on the time, cost and reliability of supply chains. Detailing [...]