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What’s going on with global supply chains: A primer for the casual consumer

Freightos

But back to those containers… The cost of global shipping rises. Enter, a global container shortage. Logistics is global. The e-commerce impact (no free shipping for global freight). But these retailers also report having low inventories, meaning fewer products in stock for consumers due to the supply chain mess. .

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2021 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Trends

EazyStock

2021 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Trends for the US. Then 2020 was thrown into chaos by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Here we are, one year later, trying to determine the 2021 supply chain and inventory management trends to adopt. Even now, the global GDP for 2020 contracted by an estimated 4.3%

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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

Logistics Viewpoints

The global trade compliance market is one crazy market. The market grew by double digits year over year, yet there is no standard user and consequently there is no common understanding of what the end-to-end global trade compliance process should be. Every customer seems to want to manage them differently.”

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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

The state of the trucking market in 2021 is uncertain, filled with risk, and continues to evolve, making logistics management challenging.? through 2021, but total retail sales will grow 7.9%. Delays and congestion worsen each year, inventory strains continually affect capacity, and customer needs remain ever-changing.

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The Keys to Business Continuity Planning

Speaker: Ron Spiteri, Director of TXM Lean Solutions

The pandemic has been the most significant disruption to global supply chains since the dawn of the industrial world. Ways to find the right balance between inventory turns and stock availability. Wednesday April 21st, 2021 at 12:30PM PDT, 3:30PM EDT, 7:30PM GMT The types of risks and how to assess them.

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What Does 2023 Have In-Store for Global Supply Chains? Resilience, Efficiency, Responsiveness, or Widespread Dysfunction?

Logistics Viewpoints

The Conference Board ( conference-board.org ), a well-known, global business membership organization, conducted its C-SUITE OUTLOOK survey in the fall of 2021. The post What Does 2023 Have In-Store for Global Supply Chains? Recent events have elevated supply chain to a top priority for CEOs across the globe.

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10 Global Food Processing Industry Trends for 2021

Unleashed

So what are the food processing trends to watch out for in 2021? While the rolling out of the Covid-19 vaccine is highly positive and experts anticipate the pandemic will be largely over by the end of 2021, precautions remain in place and that makes safety a key and hugely important trend for the next 12 months.

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