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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

When the ball drops on Times Square to welcome in 2022, the employees at the Port of Long Beach will celebrate moving 9 M TEUs in imports: a 26% increase year-over-year. Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune.

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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

When the ball drops on Times Square to welcome in 2022, the employees at the Port of Long Beach will celebrate moving 9 M TEUs in imports: a 26% increase in year-over-year volume. Returning containers is an ongoing issue resulting in some manufacturers investigating a return to break-bulk shipping (container free).

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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

The intent to test for the deadly drug has been in the planning stages since 2018 but is awaiting approval of a final rule by the U.S. The company launched its own online pharmacy in 2020, a service that was born out of its acquisition of PillPack in 2018. India is the third market where Amazon has launched its freight service.

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The Real Winner at the 2022 World Cup? Supply Chain.

BlueYonder

The entire world is gearing up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup , held in Qatar from Nov. According to FIFA, a staggering 3.572 billon people watched the 2018 World Cup Russia, with 1.12 20 through Dec. Over the course of four weeks, 32 teams and over 1.7 billion viewers for the final match. Four Keys to Victory During the World Cup.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

According to GEP, the April numbers show that while global demand for raw materials, commodities, and components remains subdued, it is much improved from the trough in December 2022, indicating some stability in the face of consistently high interest rates and a global manufacturing sector under intense pressure. has pledged $3.4

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In 2018, according to data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) road transport accounted for three-quarters of transport emissions. The transport industry has already been addressing the challenge for some time with leading truck manufacturers shifting their focus on a range of different types of environmentally friendly vehicles.