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Supply Chain Risk Management Highlighted by a Tiny Computer Chip

Enterra Insights

Jason Koebler and Joseph Cox explain, “In the 2015 novel Ghost Fleet , the spark that starts World War III is not a nuclear bomb, but a supply chain hack. The story line begins back in 2015 when Amazon was considering the acquisition of Elemental, a video-compression company. ”[3].

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This Week in Logistics News (February 23-27, 2015)

Talking Logistics

DHL launches next phase Resilience360 risk management tool to help customers avoid global disasters. Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – January 2015. December 2014 North American Freight Numbers. The company announced this week enhanced new capabilities to its risk management solution Resilience360.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

“We will see $300 a barrel — or roughly $250 in today’s dollars — because oil supply will be so short. That will be in 2015, after the peak of oil [supply].”. 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 million bbl/d in 2015.” . The robots keep coming.

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech- January 19 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2015, the Sayari platform integrates global corporate and supply chain data to surface risk insights for investigations, analytics, and supply chain risk management. Lighthouse customers are noted as addidas, Brooks Running, Tapestry and Asics. Northvolt Raises $3.4

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How to Plan for Common Disruptors in Ocean Freight

Talking Logistics

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. That can make it difficult to meet your delivery times unless you take proactive steps now to minimize the risk in your supply chain. All of this will cause a tightening of space for ocean freight shipping. Regular disruptors. Golden Week. Union labor contracts.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

INTTRA Collaborates with JDA Software for Streamlined Transportation Management. LoJack SCI and TransVoyant Partner to Deliver Supply Chain Risk Alerting. Transervice Announces Launch of Tech-Based Freight Management Company. Sales Downshift at Heavy Truck Makers ( WSJ – sub. FAA says 181,000 U.S.

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Wildfires are up 30% year over year and wreaking havoc on supply chains

Resilinc

However, fires that occur far outside factory gates are becoming a greater concern for supply chain risk managers. As recently covered by Supply Chain Dive , wildfires have in recent years cut off the major highways I-5 and I-15 in California.