Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing. Prediction Two of this year predictions indicated the following: Restoring More Direct Control in Strategic and Tactical Direct Material Sourcing Will be the Driving Force for Businesses and their Supply Chain Management Teams in the Coming Year. Mid-Year Assessment.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters March 23 rd edition of our COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict News Capsule, we provide updates to ongoing industry supply chain developments and disruptions of concern to our reading audience. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. . East Coast Ports the Likely Next Test.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

Over four-hundred days of war in Ukraine. Yes, we have achieved greater normalcy in transportation. Build in-market sourcing. Rationalize global strategies to focus on building markets based on in-market sourcing. Growing tensions between China and trading partners. Unrest in Sudan. What is normalcy?

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Elementum

AUGUST 29, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit in Europe, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have further exacerbated current food chain problems, but a solid supply chain should be equipped to withstand this pressure to a certain extent. Transport delays, poor storage practices, or even bad weather can cause a disaster or lead to food recalls.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The three colossal ‘Black Swan’ events of recent years – COVID-19, the Suez Canal closure and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine – are being supplemented with numerous economic challenges. Ever increasing costs in Asia, geopolitical tensions and trade tariffs are further de-stabilising supply chains.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 11, 2023

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s increasingly authoritarian policies have only added a shrill edge to commentators’ predictions about the future of globalization. There continues to be myriad articles published about globalization. Most analysts agree the golden age of globalization has passed.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In our Supply Chain Matters news capsule of September 27, we pointed out that business, supply chain and transportation media had reported this that the cost of shipping a container of goods from China to the U.S. The real story is how accurate and responsive such adjustments turn out to be in quarterly and annual business performance.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 2, 2022

Considering that the world’s population is increasing by one billion people every 11 to 12 years, losing any source of food is big problem. He writes, “The war in Ukraine — a major ‘breadbasket’ for the world — is deepening these challenges on an unprecedented scale. World Food Program. They’re mistaken.

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Logility

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Production halts, container and transport shortages, and port logjams are just a few of the factors eating away at both efficiency and profits. Then came Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Between them, Ukraine and Russia account for approximately one-third of global wheat production. What’s a supply chain manager to do?

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 13, 2022

John is Strategic Advisor of Transportation & Logistics at Clarendon Capital , a private equity sponsor focused on developing investment opportunities and providing strategic advisory services to the transportation, logistics and distribution sectors. John Larkin and Joe Lynch discuss the logistics industry outlook.

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QAD

AUGUST 16, 2022

As the supply chain breaks, manufacturers must find new suppliers and new transport routes and find them rapidly, so that production doesn’t come to a halt. Continued fallout, including transport congestion, limited air freight and rail freight transportation in the Asia-Europe lanes, because of the Russia/Ukraine conflict.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 19, 2022

As we watch Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfold, the real cost of this war is plain: lost lives, families that are forever altered, and destroyed communities. As we’ve all seen in the news coverage of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, conditions are changing minute-by-minute. Michelle Brunak, Corporate Vice President at Blue Yonder.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. The authors noted that it was unclear as to whether the conflict in Ukraine and associated disruptions to ocean shipping made for the difference. Global Shipping.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Geopolitical event alerts issued by EventWatch AI grew by 521% in the first six months of 2022—mostly due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Russia’s cyberattacks on Ukraine intensified before the invasion, and while less effective than initially feared, these attacks undermined health care, food, and relief supplies distribution.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 17, 2023

A panoply of other issues and uncertainty Companies are grappling with the likelihood of an economic recession, increasing layoffs, persistent inflation, an unending war in Ukraine, and the prospect of a presidential election in 2024. Pushback against green investments is another source of uncertainty.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Put simply, a supply chain consists of various components — raw materials, transportation, manufacturing, goods, etc. That means, geopolitical events, such as the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, climate emergencies, inflation, and so forth, can be taken into consideration. What is a Supply Chain and How Does AI Affect it?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

Our stated takeaway from for the Q1 data was that indices were no longer reflecting the optimism indicated in February, and instead that of growing headwinds and added geopolitical concerns related to effects of the Ukraine conflict and China’s potential economic stumble as a result of a strict COVID-19 isolation policy. points to 73.9.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

Last year multiple companies needed to urgently relocate their employees and their families from Russia and Ukraine. We can use this same method to represent customer orders, suppliers, manufacturing sites, warehouses, transportation assets, and all other agents that you have in your company’s value chain.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Even companies without a direct supplier connection in Russia or Ukraine will experience debilitating disruption across industries from energy to agriculture. Rising oil prices will also have a cascading impact on supply chains in areas such as higher line-haul trucking rates and other transportation costs.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

One of the biggest contributors to inflation is the increase of oil and gas prices, which will remain high as long as the conflict in the Ukraine rages. Some of the supply constraints are also due to the destruction of key infrastructure in the Ukraine for shipping of these commodities. War in Ukraine turns into global conflict.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

Reportedly, since Russia’ s invasion of Ukraine , global CEO s are confronting a world of extraordinary volatility and uncertainty, forcing many to reassess their growth assumptions and put strategic plans on hold. The noted overall theme from this survey were indications that recession. cyberattacks. Inflation are top of mind concerns.

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Resilinc

MARCH 28, 2023

Compounding the problem, natural gas prices have risen due to cold weather, coupled with the effects on natural gas supplies of the Russia-Ukraine war. Analysts told Reuters , this glut will weigh on spot prices and premiums for transport and industrial fuel in Asia. In response, a wide-spread shift toward cleaner energy is projected.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Rogers pointed out three sources of food supply chain woes: war, COVID-19, and climate change. ” • Transportation woes. However, even in areas unaffected by conflict, getting agricultural products to market has become more difficult thanks to rising transportation costs and port congestion. Packaging constraints.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

percent for this year, two percentage points lower, warning of the effects of high global wide inflation, the war in Ukraine and continued supply chain disruptions will impact real GDP growth. Eurozone business confidence reportedly slid to a 25-month low amid the Ukraine conflict and elevated inflation rates. percent in June.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 6, 2022

While developed regions have managed to sustain some production momentum, there are growing concerns related to continued high levels of cost inflation and added global transport disruption. Source: JP Morgan and S&P Global, March 2022. Global Wide Production Activity. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved. .

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QAD

MAY 23, 2023

This sounds simple enough, but we all know it’s a very complex issue and that’s partially because ESG concerns touch every part of the value chain, from the field or mine where raw materials are sourced to the packaging and transport modes used to bring your finished product to market.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2022

Elevated transportation and logistics costs and longer transit times have impacted profitability, despite ongoing price increases imposed on products. In 2021, Nike experienced discernable production and transportation disruptions for products sourced in Vietnam as suppliers struggled with Covid-19 lockdowns, labor and transport shortages.

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ModusLink Corporation

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Yes, COVID caused many issues, but other factors, including geopolitical changes, the war in Ukraine, weather events, peak season , and economic instability, have altered the fabric of logistics. The decline in container rates will precipitate further declines across other transportation modes and in all geographies.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

Downside risks that include monetary policy miscalculations, an uncertain outcome to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and further supply network disruptions as a result of more far-reaching spread of Covid variant infection rates across China. The three largest global economies ( Europe , United States , China ) expected to stall.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The year featured continual component shortfalls, explosive inbound materials cost increases and continuous global transportation disruptions. By Q4, major European manufacturers were exploring alternative sources to produce energy-intensive products such as chemicals and fertilizers, with the U.S. Current Year 2022.

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Proxima

AUGUST 25, 2022

Supply chains thrive on predictability, yet China’s continued zero-Covid policy is causing uncertainty and taking an economic toll at a time when we are learning to cope with other significant challenges, such as the fallout of the Russia – Ukraine conflict.

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2022

Covid, Brexit and the war in Ukraine have all sent supply chain shocks around the globe, forcing firms to rethink their business-as-usual supply chain management strategies, and concentrate instead on building supply chain resilience. But what exactly is supply chain resilience, and how do you build it into an organisation?

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2022

This latest disruption comes on the heels of the intensifying Ukraine conflict, and the implications of global energy, agricultural and mining commodity supply network disruptions impacting industry supply chains in the subsequent weeks. West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Call to Action. Nearly every U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 29, 2022

CEO Andy Jassy indicating in a statement: “ The pandemic and subsequent war in Ukraine have brought unusual growth and challenge s.” Inbound cost inflation manifested by higher supply, logistics and transportation costs now seem to be translating to across-the-board price increases for end products.

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QAD

MARCH 9, 2023

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked a major energy crisis in Europe, environmental disasters and pandemic lockdowns have continued to disrupt transport and supply chains, raw material costs and inputs are on the rise in many parts of the world and inflation is creating challenges for end consumers and companies alike.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 17, 2022

With fuel required across all forms of transportation, parcel carrier fuel surcharges are growing. The factors driving parcel carrier fuel surcharges include: E-commerce growth – When the pandemic brought home millions of Americans in late 2019 and early 2020, e-commerce became the source for every real need.

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