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Ho Ho No! Port Congestion and Supply Chain Delays Threaten to Disrupt Christmas

Resilinc

The extreme port congestion and container shortages that drastically reduced shipping out of Southern China last month have eased, but as freight volumes from Yantian and other Pearl River Delta ports recover, the rebound will send another wave of disruptions through the troubled global shipping network, according to American Shipper.

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Risk Management Can Be a Competitive Advantage, Part Two

Enterra Insights

2] With the world in a state of constant turmoil, supply chains risks abound. ”[3] In Part One of this article, I focused on four supply chain risk areas: Cybersecurity; climate change; geopolitics; and, suppliers/third parties. Did we take on too much risk?'”[4] Following are some of their suggestions.

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Vakil: chip shortage expected to last into 2023

Resilinc

With few exceptions, industry analysts and supply chain experts forecast that the shortage will last past 2022. On top of the semiconductor shortages, shipping congestion and port disruptions portend a chaotic holiday shopping season. It will take several years to build up semiconductor capacity to where it needs to be.”.

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Cyber attacks on logistics networks are rapidly increasing

Resilinc

A search for the phrases “supply chain hack” or “supply chain cybersecurity” will return millions of posts and articles about cyberattacks. Another area of concern when it comes to cyber attacks is those that occur in an organization’s physical supply chains, specifically to one of their suppliers or logistics providers.

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Leveling the Playing Field for Small Businesses

Elementum

From the logistical challenges in smaller companies to the complexities in supply chains as they grow and mature into a full-blown enterprises, one’s fate in the business world is determined by how one responds to these challenges. All businesses are bound to experience some bumps in the road in the course of their corporate existence.

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Leveling the Playing Field for Small Businesses

Elementum

From the logistical challenges in smaller companies to the complexities in supply chains as they grow and mature into a full-blown enterprises, one’s fate in the business world is determined by how one responds to these challenges. All businesses are bound to experience some bumps in the road in the course of their corporate existence.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Apple calls on global supply chain to decarbonize by 2030. UPS earnings rise as higher prices offset shipping slowdown. Sam’s Club finalizes chain-wide deployment of robotic inventory scanners. s profit climbed in the third quarter despite a downtick in shipping volumes as higher prices buoyed the business.