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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

For a forwarder, refraining from working with Maersk today is expensive because it removes 17% of global shipping capacity. B2C Europe is operationally present in four key European E-commerce countries (Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, and Spain), and has offices in China. Enter Big Tech. Amazon as a carrier.

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2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Prediction One

Supply Chain Matters

However, the lessons garnered during the pandemic will likely drive inventory management toward less of a dependency on global-wide sourcing and more toward product postponement sourcing and customer fulfillment strategies. and the United Kingdom. Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- March 5 2022 Edition

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Intelligent procurement technology provider JAGGAER announced the finalization of a partnership with TealBook , a tech provider that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to gather, predict and refine supplier data and to provide companies with additional product sourcing options. E2open Acquires Logistyx Technologies.

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Coronavirus Highlights Fragility of Global Supply Networks

Jaggaer

The ease with which the virus can be spread, even by people who have never been to China, let alone Wuhan, was highlighted by a case in the United Kingdom. Procurement professionals around the world are sitting up and paying attention, especially in sectors with globally integrated supply chains. Pharmaceuticals. Automobiles.

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ESG, CSR, and Sustainability: how does your supply chain stack up?

Resilinc

These concepts can be hard to define and measure, and even harder to integrate into procurement. United Kingdom nonprofit Anti-Slavery estimates that about 16 million people “are exploited in the private sector … supply chains of the international businesses supplying our goods and services.”

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Global Production Levels Falling At the End of 2023

Supply Chain Matters

and the United Kingdom. That stated, the ongoing shipping disruption related to global shipping terrorist attacks in the Red Sea has the potential to bring about a period of added disruptions and higher global container shipping rates. in November, an indication of below normal supply chain pressures.

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

On a regional basis, Europe reportedly remained a principal drag on global factory output, along with contracting output in Japan and the United Kingdom. Growth was reportedly fueled from demands in medicine, high tech, auto, railway, shipping and aerospace equipment markets. While the production sub-index registered 50.7,