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Global Supply Chains — A Source of Strength

Enterra Insights

Journalists Costas Paris ( @CostasParis ), Parmy Olson ( @parmy ), and Sarah McFarlane ( @sarah_mcfarlane ) reported, “Some 19,000 vessels crossed the Suez in 2020.”[2] 3] Following year-long discussions about supply chain resilience, the Economist reminds us, “Resilience comes not from autarky but from diverse sources of supply.”[4]

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The Future of Supply Chains Post COVID-19 – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

For example tools like self-billing can support to fasten time consuming transport invoices reconciliation etc…), several SC models will co-exist and will be intermediately used depending on the market condition. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – July 2020. The Future of Supply Chains Post COVID-19 – LogiSYM July 2020.

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Capitalising on Supply Chain Digitisation with Robotic Process Automation – 10 Areas of Opportunities – LogiSYM August 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

RPA can automate the uploading of reporting and contract data for transactions from contracts into Transportation Management Systems (TMS) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems with greater speed and accuracy. The path to recovery from COVID-19 – LogiSYM August 2020. Purchase Order Management. Price Lookup and Comparison.

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Top Transportation Management System (TMS) 2020 Trends

GlobalTranz

Throughout recent years, Cerasis has covered the expected trends for the use and implementation of a transportation management system (TMS), as well as the shipping industry top predictions. The post Top Transportation Management System (TMS) 2020 Trends appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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The 2022 Chlorine Shortage: Another Year of Poolmageddon

ToolsGroup

In fact, pool construction jumped by approximately 20% from 2019 to 2020 – resulting in the need for a whole lot of chlorine tablets. Image source: Cape Analytics. Back in 2020, the world’s chlorine market was valued at around 99 million tons. Image Source: Nola. Image Source: USA Today. Image source: CNBC.

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What is Supply Chain Resiliency?

Logistics Viewpoints

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the supply chain resiliency test. Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks. Trade disputes and tariffs.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The fall ritual precedes the dropping of the ball on Times Square to ring in 2020. Most can only measure functional costs—transportation, manufacturing, and procurement. The process definitions that got us to 2020 will not drive leadership in the next decade. Employees are busy with strategic planning and annual budget reviews.