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Can You Predict Supply Chain Disruptions in an Unpredictable World?

Logility

Prior to the pandemic, efficiency meant just-in-time manufacturing, but disruptions exposed the flaw in this approach. Then came Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Between them, Ukraine and Russia account for approximately one-third of global wheat production. By 1979, China was one of the globe’s fastest-growing economies.

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Contested Communication Can Accelerate Resilient Communications

NC State SCRC

Supply Chain Immunity: Overcoming our Nation’s Sourcing Sickness in a Post-COVID World (Synthesis Lectures on Operations Research and Applications , provides a solid grounding on this timely matter. In the case of this US manufacturer of swab test kits, they received their message in the form of a special delivery by hand!

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Will the Inflation Reduction Act Reduce Supply Chain Costs?

Intelligent Audit

As shippers drew down existing inventories, replenishment became necessary to quickly satisfy consumers’ spending habits. for the 12 months ending December 2021, the largest calendar-year increase since data were first calculated in 2010. Trucking capacity also became scarce, with spot rates rising.