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This Could Be Scary: A Halloween Candy Shortage

Enterra Insights

Journalist Mehr Bedi reports, “Hershey Co said on [28 July] it would fall short of meeting demand for the all-important Halloween and Christmas holiday seasons this year, blaming a scarcity of raw ingredients and difficulties in securing suppliers.”[1] ”[6]. How to Mitigate the Effects of the Shortage. ”[8].

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Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The subsequent rankings in the 2021 Production Statistics revealed that South Korea had overtaken Germany and Mexico, and Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia have moved up the world ranking for car production. In 2022, mainland China’s vehicle production was approximately 26.1 million cars.

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Implications of Apple Securing Semiconductor Fab Supply from the United States

Supply Chain Matters

Apple CEO Tim Cook made the disclosure during an internal company meeting held in Germany as part of a European tour. Bloomberg has separately reported that TSMC is in discussion with the government of Germany regarding the sourcing of a fab in that country. Be watchful and be prepared for the various industry implications.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up September 9 2022

Supply Chain Matters

S upplier BYD has reportedly been scrambling to secure additional production staffing at its Shenzhen facilities, where most of the region’s production facilities have been operating under closed-loop measures since the start of September. This week, Russia again cutoff the major natural gas pipeline to European countries including Germany.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech December 13 2022 Edition

Supply Chain Matters

This action represents a reported 77 percent premium to the company’s closing stock price on November 22, 2022, the last full trading day prior to media reports involving a potential transaction. Pactum’s machine learning stepped in to analyze routes, propose prices to the best truckers and secure capacity. billion in October 2020.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part Two: Climate Risks

Enterra Insights

In Part One of this article, I discussed emerging and ongoing security threats affecting maritime trade. Germany has proposed dredging parts of the Rhine after the worst drought to hit Europe in 500 years depressed water levels in 2022 and forced ships to sail at only 25 percent of capacity. ”[5] Rising Seas Obviously.

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Resilinc’s Q1 2023 Supply Chain Disruption Data

Resilinc

Resilinc data shows a 55% jump in alerts about bankruptcies from Q4 2022 to Q1 2023 and a 90% increase in corporate restructuring alerts. In recent weeks, airport strikes have hit France, Portugal, Britain, and Germany causing major delays. These financial risk data points swelled even larger when compared year-over-year.