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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. Definition of Form and Function of Inventory: Source Supply Chain Insights. Daniel moved through several leadership positions in Mondelez supply chain leaders ship for 8 years and 1 month, retiring in September 2019. The winter offers no relief.

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

Supply Chain Matters

seaport activity are down double-digits from 2022 levels, but several percentage points from the volumes experienced in the pre- Covid 2019 period. Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s release of the U.S. Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that dropped to an all-time low for May 2023. Further reported was that volumes of U.S.

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Supply Chain Volatility Indexes Moderate in February

Supply Chain Matters

The February 2023 GSPI dropped to a negative value for the first time since August 2019, in essence signaling a return to normal pressures and now below pre-pandemic levels. The index is such that a value of zero indicates pressures of normal value, positive values above zero are an indication of standard deviation above the average.

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Reports of Easing Global Supply Chain Volatility in July

Supply Chain Matters

The Logistics Managers Index Report ®, compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , reported a July 2022 value of 60.7,

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Evidence Mounts of Non Peak Holiday Season in Transportation and Logistics

Supply Chain Matters

This is noted as 24 percent higher than average 2019 (pre-pandemic) rates of $1,420. Supply Chain Matters highlights additional developments, evidence and added signs that reinforce that there will be no peak holiday focused surge in transportation and logistics in the latter half of 2023. per 40 foot container.

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Cannabis execs: digitize operations or else

TrackVia

million in January 2019 alone, but that number curtailed dramatically during the same time period in 2020. and Canada have hindered the sector’s growth following a booming start to 2019. Being headquartered in Denver, Colorado, we’ve gotten to see the industry evolve around us and across the U.S. Exciting, right? first-hand. .

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Oktoberfest, Methane, and Climate Change

Enterra Insights

Obviously, human activities play a major role in increasing methane emissions from most of these sources.”[4]. Climate scientist and journalist Alejandra Borunda ( @alejandrabee_ ) adds, “There are a variety of natural methane sources. Where is All that Methane Coming From? ”[4]. ”[5]. 4] Gerhard K.