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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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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

There appears to be considerable upheaval in Europe as a result of the political unrest between Russia and Ukraine. In The Netherlands, cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris is closing its factory in Bergen op Zoom and AkzoNobel has decided to phase out its production of organic peroxides in Deventer by the end of 2016.

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Freight In The Year Of The Monkey

Freightos

China will have the lead, connecting economies like Azerbaijan and Ukraine to the international market, but OBOR will bring new logistics origins online. Image Source: Brics-Info.org. Some sectors in advanced economies have already been left stranded, including mining, manufacturing, and steel. Source: Trading Economics.

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Supply Chain Matters Editorial Commentary- Notions of Rethinking Global Supply Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters editorial commentary we address the dichotomy of revisiting supply chain strategic sourcing strategies in the wake of a rapidly changing l landscape of challenges. Strategic Sourcing Shifts Away from China. Basis of Materials Strategic Sourcing. Background.