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5 Steps to Address the Rising Geopolitical Risks to Your Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

My recent conversations with the supply chain practitioners are dominated by supply chain risk — specifically geopolitical risks in light of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Let us dive deeper into how supply chains are getting disrupted. Europe relies on Russia for around 35% of its natural gas.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Global Agriculture Value Chain

Enterra Insights

Disruptions to the global agriculture value chains are more devastating than disruptions in other supply chains. Sometimes referred to as “soft commodity supply chains,” they are arguably the world’s most important supply chains because we know disruptions often lead to suffering and death.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

HighJump Software Announces Middle East Partnership. We plan to leverage these synergies, and integrate Optima’s proprietary software with our last-mile technology. Last-mile logistics is not new, but it’s certainly a segment of the logistics market that is gaining a lot of attention from 3PLs and technology vendors alike.

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Workers at Risk As Robots Set to Replace 66 Million Jobs, Report Warns

Supply Chain Brain

The report said some of its member states were far more vulnerable than others to seeing jobs replaced by computers or algorithms: “There are significant differences across countries: 33 percent of all jobs in Slovakia are highly automatable, while this is only the case with 6 percent of the jobs in Norway.

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Jungheinrich aiming for Europe’s number 1 position

Supply Chain Movement

Suppliers now no longer deliver directly to the regional distribution centres in Lahr (Germany) and Bratislava (Slovakia), but rather only to the central distribution centre in the German town of Kaltenkirchen, from where the parts are then supplied to the regional DCs. Jungheinrich has also centralised deliveries for spare parts.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon has announced that it is converting warehouse space in Slovakia, previously used to fulfill customer orders, into a massive humanitarian aid hub to get much-needed supplies to refugees fleeing the war in neighboring Ukraine. The ongoing Russian assault on Ukraine continues to make supply chain waves.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

We answer all these questions and more – including how inventory management software will help you manage your supply chain for your freeport warehouse or factory. These new technology and eCommerce hubs have been successful in attracting investment in IT-related goods and services to the region.