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How is the Logistics Economy Holding Up?

Logistics Viewpoints

These are questions ARC Advisory Group will seek to answer in our online survey research of supply chain executives over the next few months. But cross-border trade is an important part of the global economy and much of this trade is in physical goods that must be stored, shipped, transported, and eventually consumed.

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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

Prior to 2020, every supply chain in the world was challenged by increasing levels of demand unpredictability and market volatility. The sudden onset of COVID-19 only reinforced a lesson that supply chain professionals had already realized: uncertainty is the only real certainty. Natural disasters.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply Chain Performance over the Period of March 2020 to July 2022. Supply chain leaders self-assessment of performance during the pandemic period of March 2020-through July 2022. Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong. Lack of Accounting for Supply Variability.

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The China Container Risk in Global Supply Chain and Foreign Trade

NC State SCRC

There were several important findings from this report, that is certainly a concern that supply chain executives need to be concerned about. The fact that the PRC controls an industry that has a near defacto worldwide monopoly in the production of shipping containers should be deeply concerning.

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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Today’s supply chain is challenged by the impact of what would appear to be two disparate challenges: constant supply chain disruptions, and what’s been dubbed “The Great Resignation.” The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. million to 75.3

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This Week in Logistics News (August 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

For merchants using FBA, Amazon handles the process of picking, packing, and shipping items. The deal will bring together the power of MPO’s supply chain execution with Kinaxis’ supply chain planning. percent higher than in 2020), repair and maintenance (18.2 percent higher than in 2020).

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2023 Q2 Freight Market Update

Zipline Logistics

COVID-19 Ernst & Young LLP conducted a survey of 200 senior-level supply chain executives in late 2020 and 2022. The survey looked at topics including COVID-19 impact on supply chains, priorities in the coming years, and the path to digital supply chains.

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