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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. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list. This complexity is occurring in many forms.

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Three Months after Tianjin, the Area is Still Reeling.

Elementum

China’s Tianjin port suffered a devastating explosion in August which left many manufacturers, insurers and shipping supply chains crippled. Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) recently reduced its pre-tax profits forecast , claiming it cannot match the £2.61bn pre-tax profit earned in 2014/15. We take a look at the lasting consequences.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. Asia, South Africa, Australia/NZ, North America and South America are all largely containerized. In 2014, the shipping ports of America received $1.73 0 TEUs 0 meters long.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. In 2014, the shipping ports of America received $1.73

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Trends 2019: Food

Enterra Insights

They predict, “Culinary inspiration from Asia, Oceania and the western coasts of North and South America may be seen on more menus and retail shelves next year. Tyson analysts report, “Since 2014, consumption of beef, chicken, pork and turkey have each been on a steady incline, reaching record highs in 2018 in the U.S.

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Hollywood’s Top 10 Supply Chain Disaster Movies

Resilinc

Historical events like Pompeii (2014) are omitted, assuming supply chains were relatively less connected way back then. Extreme weather like this would damage manufacturing and transportation infrastructure in the U.S. the largest major manufacturing area in the U.S. and key regions worldwide.

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Driving domestic production of critical materials and rare earth elements

Resilinc

Not only are these minerals necessary for a wide range of products and industrial processes, they are also essential for a transition to low-carbon energy sources (along with rare earth elements). manufacturers decided to source REEs from foreign countries. On March 31, President Biden ordered the U.S. Warning that the U.S.