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What Global Risks are Increasing In 2020?

Logistics Viewpoints

But one good thing that comes out of this event is a Global Risks Report produced by the World Economic Forum. The post What Global Risks are Increasing In 2020? Having leading business executives prance around and pose is unseemly. appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Freight & Transportation Management Trends for 2020 to Know

GlobalTranz

The transportation management trends for 2020 reflect a growing consensus that new technology and visibility will define the successes of the future supply chain. Adoption rates for new services and cloud-based technologies are climbing, and the global transportation management system (TMS) is expanding.

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The path to recovery from COVID-19 – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The first half of 2020 has been a rollercoaster ride for global and regional e-commerce logistics, setting off supply and demand shocks throughout the industry. Production and supply chains shut down in China from February 2020, affecting cross-border logistics and e-commerce supply chains.

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The Future of Global Trade

Enterra Insights

So what might the future of global trade look like? The Importance of Global Trade. Although there is a lot of talk about near-shoring or reshoring manufacturing, global trade remains an important aspect of the global economy. When the pandemic swept around the globe in 2020, global trade took a severe hit.

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Racing With the Machine: Is your Supply Chain role in peril?

Join RPA expert, Serene Keng and globally renowned logistics expert, Professor Richard Wilding, OBE who will discuss the recent whitepaper released by Automation Anywhere on Robotic Process Automation and how jobs in the Supply Chain workforce will be affected. The media briefing was held on 27 August 2020.

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What’s going on with global supply chains: A primer for the casual consumer

Freightos

But back to those containers… The cost of global shipping rises. Enter, a global container shortage. In the last quarter of 2020, it became clear cargo rates weren’t coming down anytime soon. Logistics is global. The e-commerce impact (no free shipping for global freight). Credit: Lufthansa ).

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Teaching Case – Apple Inc: Global Supply Chain Management

SCM Research

Once again this year, an SCM-related teaching case received an award at the Case Center Awards and Competitions : It is entitled Apple Inc: Global Supply Chain Management and written by P. Set in early 2020, it provides a detailed description of the company’s supply chain network and capabilities. “Set Fraser Johnson.

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Sustainability Trends That Will Make the Biggest Impact on Your Organization

Speaker: Jit Hinchman, Founder & President at Supply Chain Adviser™ and Sustainable Supply Chain Global Ambassador

Report Linker (2020) mentioned that the global cleantech market will grow by more than 50% from 2020-2027 and Morgan Stanley (2019) pointed out that investors want to make a positive impact in the world. It's not just good for the environment, it's good for the economy and humanity too. 86% of the U.S.

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How a Fortune 500 Company Transformed its Supply Chain Using a Digital Twin-Enabled Control Tower

With the onset of COVID-19 in 2020, along with demand and supply fluctuations in the subsequent years, many manufacturers, including this one, saw significant stress on their global supply chains. Supply chain plays a crucial role for this Fortune 500 automotive manufacturer.

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Building Supply Chain Resilience in the Real World

Speaker: Kelly Barner - Co-Founder & Managing Director of Buyers Meeting Point, LLC

Since 2020, procurement and supply chain professionals have faced an unprecedented set of challenges. Global inflation is at record highs and the Great Resignation has given way to the Great Reshuffling, leading to uncertainty in talent markets. The pandemic was just the start. What will 2023 bring?

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Mission Critical: Leveraging Learning Engineering to Drive Digital Transformation

Speaker: Trish Uhl, Founder of Owl's Ledge LLC and the Talent & Learning Analytics Leadership Forum

Join Trish Uhl, creator of the Learning Systems Engineering Framework™, as she shares secrets from the playbook she crafted to address these challenges while consulting on a global supply chain standardization and digitalization traceability project for the world's third largest food manufacturer.