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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Now of course, companies must map out the potential impacts of the Russia Ukraine war. Russia Attacks Ukraine. Russia shells Ukraine. Russia had massed some 150,000 troops along Ukraine’s borders, according to US estimates based on satellite imagery. Graph of Russia War Supply Chain Interdependencies.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. We will feature over the next 7 business days each category’s top 10 most viewed posts over the course of 2014. Read Full Post.

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Ukraine Conflict Now Tops the List of Supply Chain Risks

Enterra Insights

Hot risk factors today include data security, logistics disruptions and trade policy uncertainty. How Does the Russia/Ukraine Conflict End? Total Russia Victory. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin would exult in a victory and move to reincorporate seized territory into Russia proper. Are we fooling ourselves?

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This Week in Logistics News (August 4-8, 2014)

Talking Logistics

ARI and Fidelitone Logistics Partner to Deliver Unified eCommerce and Supply Chain Solutions. Boeing, United Technologies stock up titanium parts from Russia ( Reuters ). Talking Logistics is taking its summer vacation next week, so Ill be charging my batteries under the sun, with my laptop and iPhone off.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 17-21, 2014)

Talking Logistics

FedEx Re-Opens B2C Service To Russia. For more on this topic, as well as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, I invite you to participate in our upcoming Talking Logistics episode with Pete Mento, Director Global Customs and Trade Policy at C.H. Robinson and Transplace are Talking Logistics sponsors. Have a happy weekend!

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. With globalization, the need to partner with local logistics service providers becomes an imperative.

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The impact of regional instabilities on the Global Supply Chain and how ERP can help

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The war and imposed sanctions will create a knock-on effect across the supply chain , and businesses will be impacted by material shortages, material cost increases, demand volatility, logistics and capacity constraints as well as cybersecurity breaches. This will benefit oil-exporting countries and be detrimental to oil importers.