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Supply Chain and Logistics Resolutions for 2017: 4 Things to STOP Doing This Year

Talking Logistics

Today, I’m adding to the list of resolutions, but instead of focusing on things you should do this year, I’m focusing on 4 things you should stop doing in 2017. It’s now 2017. The same resolutions still apply today, so I encourage you to re-read the post in case you forgot them or ignored the advice the first time around.

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Jason Miller Blog 2: Will Intel’s investments make a dent in our dependence on foreign semiconductors?

NC State SCRC

In particular, with the majority of global production coming out of Taiwan (TSMC) and Korea (Samsung), the geopolitical risks of China and North Korea in these regions is no small worry. From the 2017 Economic Census Jason pulled data on industry concentration in semiconductor manufacturing. Output in 2017 was $51.8

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What Supply Chain Risks Must Supply Chain Execs Keep Top of Mind?

GlobalTranz

By the end of 2017, cyber crimes’ costs will exceed $5 billion , and their rate of occurrence is increasing. As seen recently with additional sanctions levied against North Korea and other countries, a change in politics may result in the cutoff of critical supply chain functions.

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Top 10 Most Corrupt Countries of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Transparency International released its annual ranking, Corruptions Perceptions Index 2017 , on Feb. North Korea. 21 and the group said that “despite attempts to combat corruption around the world, the majority of countries are moving too slowly in their efforts. Source: UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

The kids are back at school, we have air conditioning again, and North Korea tested a nuclear bomb yesterday. “If Descartes Reports Fiscal 2017 Second Quarter Results. Everything is back to normal. If it’s not love, then it’s the bomb that will bring us together,” Morrissey sings in this week’s Song of the Week.

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Sorry, I’m Not Sure: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2018

Talking Logistics

I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. But I was right with some of my other predictions, especially my prediction that we would see a rise in cyber attacks in 2017, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets.

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Geopolitical Risks and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

of trying to contain and suppress China’s development, while America brought up its concerns about human rights and other issues, and urged cooperation on matters including climate change, Iran and North Korea.”[3] Supply Chains and Geopolitics. ” Footnotes. [1]