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Trends, Technology and Sustainability in Focus at LogiSYM MENA 2021

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The latest edition of the LogiSYM conference catering to the Middle East/North Africa region, LogiSYM MENA, took place online on August 24. Let me take this opportunity to thank all our presenters, moderators, panel members for contributing their thoughts, ideas and experiences to LogiSYM MENA 2021.

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2021 Manufacturing Trends Revealed by the Pandemic

QAD

As the new year unfolds, manufacturers are continuing to learn lessons from 2020’s pandemic and looking for 2021 manufacturing trends. QAD’s Senior Vice President, Consulting and Transformation Services Robin Riordan offered his initial predictions for 2021 manufacturing trends in a recent article for Industry Today.

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Trends 2021: Megatrends, Part Two

Enterra Insights

They suggest looking at Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. He explains, “In 2021, every company will learn to become a healthcare company, too, as safeguarding employees and customers becomes a core requirement of doing business.”[7] Footnotes. [1]

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July Transportation Market Overview 2021

Freight Plus

How was July 2021? Volumes remain high and with import volumes remaining elevated and domestic manufacturing continuing it’s bull run, there’s no foreseeable light at the end of the tunnel in 2021. Click the Button above to receive the full transportation market report for July 2021. Just incredible.

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OMG: Does Omicron Mean the Supply Chain Will Suffer from Long-Haul Covid?

Enterra Insights

As the 2021 holiday season revs into full swing, supply chain snarls continue to plague seasonal sales. It only took days following the announcement out of South Africa that a new coronavirus had been detected for that variant pop-up around the globe. Why we’re running out of everything ,” The Globe and Mail, 27 November 2021. [2]

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The Consequences of Supply Chain Constipation

Enterra Insights

Goodman ( @petersgoodman ) and Stanley Reed report, “As the world absorbed the reality that the Suez Canal [would] remain blocked for at least several … days, hundreds of ships stuck at both ends of the channel … began contemplating a far more expensive alternative: forsaking the channel and heading the long way around Africa.

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Supply Chain Success Prompts ToolsGroup-Lãberit Partnership to Expand into LATAM

ToolsGroup

The partnership began in 2021, as ToolsGroup explored more avenues for leveraging its powerful AI-driven supply chain planning solutions. We are also expanding our presence in Latin America, Africa, the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom, reflecting our growing interests in these countries.