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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

While not completely protecting them from the supply shocks that occurred during the pandemic, it allowed them to respond to their customers with greater speed and agility, manage costs, and provide options when a supply chain disruption occurred. The Advantages of Agility. Hanjin was a major carrier for Molex.

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Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

DAT Solutions

Less than ten days after Hurricane Harvey, trucks are already moving freight out of Houston, with almost the same volume as before the storm. Houston is also a major freight hub for rail and sea traffic, as well as trucking, including trade with Mexico by land and with South America and other regions by sea. It's just not safe.

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A Coronavirus Supply Chain Success Story: Public-Private Team Effort to Get Logistics Tech to 1st Responders

Savi

As the CEO of a supply chain visibility technology company, I am well aware of the irony of my own firm becoming a victim of supply chain disruption. But as the world deals with the immense and unprecedented impact of the coronavirus, even Savi was not able to avoid supply chain issues.

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Guest Post: Ignoring this Performance Metric is Risky

TMC

There are many ways to measure supply chain performance in terms of resilience, but there is one that’s easily overlooked even though it is gaining in importance: Detection time. In other words, the amount of warning time during which the company can prepare for and mitigate the disruption.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

In 2021, 87% of Americans were negatively impacted by the supply chain. 75% of companies felt negative or strongly negative impacts on their business due to supply chain disruption ( Accenture ). In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020.

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3 Ways to Get the Supply Chain Ready for Disaster

RFgen

” Three ways organizations can prepare for supply chain disruption are: 1. The Forbes report said that part of why organizations can be ready for a disaster is that many businesses will establish plans for what they will do if their supply chain is disrupted. The question that remains is “how?”

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3 Ways to Get the Supply Chain Ready for Disaster

RFgen

” Three ways organizations can prepare for supply chain disruption are: 1. The Forbes report said that part of why organizations can be ready for a disaster is that many businesses will establish plans for what they will do if their supply chain is disrupted. The question that remains is “how?”