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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Water levels falling in the Rhine, the Loire, and the Colorado River. Business continuity continues to be a risk for many retailers and manufacturers. Definition of groupthink A pattern of thought characterized by self-deception, forced manufacture of consent, and conformity to group values and ethics Wikipedia. My take away?

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U.S. Logistics Manager’s Index Drops to an All Time Low in May

Supply Chain Matters

Other insights pointed out in the May LMI report are that the current rate of contraction is strongest in upstream firms, namely manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors, compared to their downstream retail industry counterparts. Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s release of the U.S. Further reported was that volumes of U.S.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

It’s one of our top six trends we’re following in 2019, and we have decades of experience in this area. In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability.

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Reports of Easing Global Supply Chain Volatility in July

Supply Chain Matters

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . that we have not seen since April of 2019. Global Supply Chain Pressure Index.

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Evidence Mounts of Non Peak Holiday Season in Transportation and Logistics

Supply Chain Matters

For manufacturers, retailers and other businesses with an objective toward reducing prior unprecedented and explosive increases in transportation and logistics services, the takeaway would be one of positive trending with a specific caveat. This is noted as 24 percent higher than average 2019 (pre-pandemic) rates of $1,420.

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Hurricane Season Brings New Risks to Pandemic-stressed Supply Chain Chains

Enterra Insights

Forecasters from the Climate Prediction Center … said that there’s an approximately equal chance of La Niña and ‘ENSO-neutral’ conditions for the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season (August-October), according to Colorado State University meteorologist Phil Klotzbach. Generally, however, technology can help.

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CBD and Marijuana Logistics

Logichain Solutions

USPS issued new guidelines in March 2019, requiring anyone to ship CBD products to meet the following criteria and documentation: 1. In May 2019, UNFI further announced that due to the ambiguity and inconsistencies around CBD with respect to federal and state laws, it has decided to only sell non-consumable CBD products in limited states.