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The COVID-19 Supply Chain Hit Could Trigger Recession in Australia

Logistics Bureau

But economists and supply chain managers warn that this recovery may have come too late to save Australia, China’s largest trading partner, from sliding into its first recession since 1991. Because of its reliance on exporting raw materials to, and importing consumer goods from, China, Australia has more to lose than other countries.

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How the Terra Acquisition Fits Into the Future Supply Chain

E2open

How the Terra Acquisition Fits Into the Future Supply Chain. This is probably not a surprise but supply chains are inherently multi-enterprise. Despite this, companies have tried to manage their supply chain with ERP systems which fully represent only their own facilities. The Future of Supply Chain.

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Coronavirus Highlights Fragility of Global Supply Networks

Jaggaer

Procurement professionals around the world are sitting up and paying attention, especially in sectors with globally integrated supply chains. In such a crisis, virtually all supply categories appear “strategic”: as CNN business bluntly put it , “ You can’t make a car with 99% of the parts. Toyota is also affected. .

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With Crisp, ZURU Group builds a playbook for on-shelf success

crisp

Founded in 2003, ZURU has expanded from its Kiwi roots to become a powerhouse in the toy industry worldwide, boasting a broad and dynamic portfolio ranging from seasonal summer staple Bunch-O-Balloons to the global sensation Mini Brands. A data-driven vision In the fast-moving, dynamic world of consumer goods, agility is paramount.

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What role can technology play in transforming the food and drink industry for the better?: transparency roundup

Provenance

Whilst 80% of seafood consumed in the US is imported, only 2% of that is tested by the Food and Drug Administration. This enables fraudulent parties within the supply chain to unfairly undercut the rest of the market. Source: Kimberly Warner, Author & Senior Scientist at Oceana). Source: Unilever ). Read the article here.

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The Top Dozen Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time

Operations and Supply Chain Management

The Top Dozen Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time I am very keen on the subject of supply chain innovation right now, for a variety of reasons. Supply chain in turn obviously has a key role to play in overall corporate/product innovation. Certainly we don’t have any good ways to measure it.