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Supply Chain Pulse: No More Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Cards

Elementum

A Year (or Two) to Remember As we enter the final month of 2021, let’s take a look at where things stand in the supply chain world. While the topic of supply chain is still trending across social media, news headlines, and political speeches, the reality is that the dynamics on the ground are starting to change.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

Concurrent macro forces–material shortages, war, shifts in consumer buying patterns, logistics constraints, inflation/recession, and climate change– are reshaping today’s reality necessitating the need for a supply chain reset button. It is such a simplistic view of the world. This reset is not an evolution.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Concurrent macro forces–material shortages, war, shifts in consumer buying patterns, logistics constraints, inflation/recession, and climate change– are reshaping today’s reality necessitating the need for a supply chain reset button. It is such a simplistic view of the world. These core assumptions are no longer true.

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Pandemic Underscores Necessity of TMS and Other Supply Chain Tech Tools

Supply Chain Collaborator

Freight charges to ship oil in Suezmax tankers… have in some cases increased ten-fold amid a shortage of very large crude carriers (VLCCs)…”. The Novel Coronavirus pandemic is absolutely playing havoc on supply chains globally and for numerous reasons. For some shippers it is collapsing demand and leaving unprecedented idle capacity.

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CAPS Conference: The Economist Projects What’s in Store for the Global Economy

NC State SCRC

Some of the supply constraints are also due to the destruction of key infrastructure in the Ukraine for shipping of these commodities. Most of the slow down in global economies will be felt in Ukraine and Russia (the world’s 11 th largest economy). Likewise, the prices for base metals and grains will also remain high. Not likely.

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How Are Companies Overcoming Disruptions to Their Supply Chains?

Arena Solutions

As companies deal with the impact COVID-19 is having on their business, it is interesting to see where companies are focusing their technology investments in these challenging times. Their CEO posted a message addressing his company’s response to COVID-19. Their CEO posted a message addressing his company’s response to COVID-19.

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Cognitive Technologies in the Retail Space

Enterra Insights

Vaibhavi Tamizhkumaran, a Digital Marketing Executive at Indium Software, writes, “The retail industry is constantly changing and will continue to evolve, from concentrating efforts on website growth and online retail to needing faster shipping speeds. What did you post on Facebook this week? Consider your social media activity.