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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

According to a recent UNHCR report , nearly 60 million people were forcibly displaced in 2014 from countries such as Iraq, Eritrea, and Afghanistan. A crisis of this magnitude creates a mind-boggling supply chain and logistics challenge. The goal is to reduce the lead time and costs required to service refugee camps.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

And more companies are treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise (see Supply Chain Design: Growing Scope, Community, and Collaboration ). Making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target.

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How Consumer Behavior is Changing

Enterra Insights

Gary Drenik ( @gdrenik ), CEO of Prosper Business Development, writes, “In the early days of the pandemic, the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry was operating in uncharted territory as it scrambled to keep supply chains running in the face of drastically shifting consumer behavior.”[2] ” Those trends are: 1.

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

The SCRC’s Supply Management Maturity Index was highlighted in a recent Wall Street Journal article , that identified the companies best prepared to weather the storm ahead in terms of supply chain disruptions. Supply Market Intelligence Enables Improved Ability to Control Inflation. Manufacturers or the U.S.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Passages, capes, and straits are defined as geographical areas through which international shipping routes must transit. Chokepoints commonly have shallow, constricting depths, which hinder navigation and place restrictions on ship capacity. Potential for closure or interruption. Gibraltar and Suez during World War II).

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