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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

How the Supply Chain Crisis is Impacting Businesses and Consumers. 66% of consumers are concerned that supply chain issues will never end ( Chain Store Age ). 82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items.

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How Will Climate Change Impact Supply Chains in 2024?

Resilinc

In fact, Resilinc’s CEO, Bindiya Vakil, named Climate Change as one of the top five supply chain megatrends for 2024. Data from Resilinc’s 24/7, AI-powered supply chain monitoring platform EventWatch AI supports this trend. What can your company do to become more resilient to climate change?

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

the world’s largest producer of oil and gas and adds a layer of protection to the US supply. Recent oil busts, exacerbated by the pandemic, drove many producers to bankruptcy, but the rebound under way since early 2021 is transforming the economics of the shale industry once more. Graph of Russia War Supply Chain Interdependencies.

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Conversation with the CSCO of Schneider Electric- Global Leadership in Action

Supply Chain Matters

Last week, the company conducted its 2022 Innovation Summit meeting for North America , bringing together customers, partners, suppliers and others. The North America region continues to represent the company’s largest market, and a lot of product and process innovation continues to be invested in this region.

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Retail giants crush the rush with charters, air freight

Resilinc

It also launched four “sortation centers” which build on the chain’s “stores-as-fulfillment-hub” model to sort and route packages by neighborhood, which streamlines loading and processing for carriers like FedEx and UPS. COVID-19 air travel policies set to take effect November 8, 2021.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Supply Chain Matters

That stated, February’s activity appears to have regional specific connotations with upturns in production volumes across areas of Asia , specifically the ongoing re-opening of China ’s manufacturing sector, and upturns in India , the Philippines and Thailand manufacturing and supply chain activity levels.