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Holiday Supply Chains: Are you prepared?

Logistics Viewpoints

as of April 2022 compared with a low of 1.09 At the beginning of June 2022, a 40-foot ocean container cost about $10,000 to ship from southeast Asia to Northern Europe This is compared to about $1,500 for the same route about 2 years ago. Now this begs the question of how retailers should prepare for the 2022 holiday season.

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The Competitive Edge of Supply Chain Design – Highlights of the MIT 2022 Crossroads Event

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, Executive Editor Bob Ferrari pens highlights of the 2022 Crossroads Event recently conducted by the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. This Editor had the opportunity to attend the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics ( CTL ) 2022 Crossroads Event. Background.

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The Green Corridor: Cures from the Sky! Healthcare Distribution is Driving Itself Into a More Environmentally Friendly Direction

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The project started in 2019 and by March of 2022, these electric fixed wing drones had delivered over 1 million vaccines in addition to other healthcare related deliveries. He crafted delivery solutions for e-commerce clients and managed supply chains for several chemical and freight forwarding companies.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up- August 17 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The indexes for industrial chemicals and for electric power also increased. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Eighty percent of the July decline in the index for final demand goods is attributable to gasoline prices, which fell 16.7 All rights reserved.

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[AI]griculture

Enterra Insights

Suddon notes, “89% of execs feel countries should now share tech and resources, suggesting that we are one step closer to building bridges across the supply chain. Technologies such as AI have the potential to anonymize data while helping to uncover insight that creates new opportunities.

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Validated, Real-Time Visibility for Pharma with Josh Allen

The Logistics of Logistics

Josh is CRO at Tive , a leading provider of real-time supply chain visibility insights that help logistics professionals actively manage their in-transit shipments’ location and condition. Tive provides flexible, scalable solutions bringing end-to-end visibility to supply chain professionals. About Josh Allen .

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Snapshot of 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

A published Future of Freight study sponsored by Deloitte in September 2022 indicated that U.S. firms are expected to reshore upwards of 350,000 jobs in 2022 alone. Bloomberg reported in November 2022 that shipments of motor vehicles, computer parts and boats, manufactured in Mexico and destined for U.S. billion in September.