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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

According to a recent UNHCR report , nearly 60 million people were forcibly displaced in 2014 from countries such as Iraq, Eritrea, and Afghanistan. Unfortunately, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, its income in 2015 will be 10% less than in 2014. Of those 60 million people, 19.5 Funding is lacking.

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

Tomorrow, we will do more of the top areas or trends for manufacturers to look out for in 2015. With the rise in global crude oil production and relative political stability in the major oil producing nations, particularly Iraq and Libya, the price of crude oil has fallen from above $100 a barrel to around $50 a barrel in just a year.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Well, my big audacious prediction for 2015 did not come true. Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. Insights from Kenco Customer Summit 2015.

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Transportation Funding vs. Immigration Reform (60 Minutes vs. Saturday Night Live)

Talking Logistics

A few years ago, it was the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Highway Trust Fund is set to run out of money again in May 2015, and I’m betting the new Congress will do what all the others have done to date: kick the can further down the road on developing a long-term funding solution. Then it was Obamacare and health care reform.

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How Will Climate Change Impact Supply Chains in 2024?

Resilinc

Water scarcity also poses significant risks, driving down crop yields and escalating food prices while exacerbating socio-economic disparities and geopolitical tensions, as seen in conflicts over water resources among nations like Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. What can your company do to become more resilient to climate change?

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Quality Improvement in Manufacturing: Relief for Operations Manager

ThroughPut

Trips to places like Iraq during 2015 made me realize how little people had, and how 90% of the world was in that state. To deal with firefighting operations, Production Management taught me how to eliminate the variability and variety I had in my life, and ultimately simplify it to prepare me for a greater entrepreneurial cause.

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Why Operations Managers & Entrepreneurs are fighting the same battles

ThroughPut

Trips to places like Iraq during 2015 made me realize how little people had, and how 90% of the world was in that state. To deal with firefighting operations, Production Management taught me how to eliminate the variability and variety I had in my life, and ultimately simplify it to prepare me for a greater entrepreneurial cause.