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Supply Chains Can’t Handle the Heat

Elementum

Executive Summary The recent record-setting heat across Europe sent shockwaves throughout the world, as persistent extreme temperatures pushed people and emergency systems up to (and beyond) their breaking points. A World on Fire In mid July, major cities across Europe set all-time records for high temperatures.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech September 8 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 This provider describes itself as an AI- enabled procurement Cloud platform built for the sourcing of lower-dollar, non-strategic purchases, commonly referred to as “ tail spend.” Expands C-Suite Amid Increased Technology Demand.

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Building the Network of Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

There is an active group in Europe and North America. The group is working on case studies to test new technologies like blockchain, cognitive computing, supply chain operating networks, and open source analytics. In 2007, it took six months for companies to sense the downturn in markets and align supply chains. The reason?

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2007, Rotterdam based Flo Group specializes in Oracle focused logistics software support and deployment services capabilities. The deal reportedly will further enhance Oracle’s logistics software deployment capabilities across Europe. The existing 280 Flo consultants will be part of the Accenture Oracle Business Group.

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Why Energy Supply Chains are Transitioning to Renewables

Requis

Despite the persistance of some strong fundamentals , 2020 may signal the true turning point in the shift to renewable sources for energy companies. This is not an isolated phenomenon: Norway has been divesting a number of funds of oil and gas investments, especially from high-carbon emission sources like Canadian oil sands.

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The Industrial Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis

Logistics Bureau

When leading economists start talking about a drop in manufacturing comparable to the start of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, you can be sure that the world’s leading industries are in for a torrid few months. With components taking six to eight weeks to reach Europe from China, the crisis still has some way to run. .

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Labor Strike Targeting the Three U.S. Automakers- Update Two

Supply Chain Matters

Today, China based EV automakers and suppliers have notable cost advantages in materials sourcing, production and labor costs. He went on to explain that this prior era included the economic shocks of the seventies and the global financial crisis in 2007 to 2008 when the real threat of two of the three U.S. Thus, some U.S.