Enterra Insights

APRIL 11, 2023

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s increasingly authoritarian policies have only added a shrill edge to commentators’ predictions about the future of globalization. ” In the coming years, some of the most significant changes in globalization’s flows will likely involve Russia and China.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The latest edition of the LogiSYM conference catering to the Middle East/North Africa region, LogiSYM MENA, took place online on August 24. And to the event partners for their role in ensuring another successful LogiSYM event for the Middle East and North Africa region.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 29, 2021

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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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2017

China aims to extend its logistics reach from the Pacific to the Atlantic through its One Belt, One Road initiative. Like the country itself, China’s ambitions are massive. The expansive plan covers roads, rail lines, ports and airports that will link East China through Southeast, South and Central Asia extending to Europe.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 24, 2023

The study also found half (49%) of the surveyed US companies had experienced an increase in climate volatility, with this figure jumping in China and Taiwan to a massive 93%. and China and Russia’s continuing invasion of Ukraine. ”[5] Most people are quite aware of the on-going tensions between the U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 4, 2023

is also examining options for raw materials supply from Africa, but so far has only a few tentative plans, including preliminary cooperation agreements with the DRC and Zambia.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

Growth expansion has returned across China and the U.S. New order growth reportedly accelerated at the fastest in nearly three plus year, which is a likely indication that this region has become the new go-to for China Plus product sourcing strategies. along with Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. in essence a 0.6 in March from 49.8

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 30, 2023

And who says the future affluent consumers in India and Africa will develop the same needs for goods as those in the West, Japan, Dubai and the wealthy upper class in China? Most of Generation Z probably aren’t at all interested in owning a car, for example. We are, after all, in a change of era.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. Executives are plotting alternate supply chains or devising products that can be made elsewhere should China’s hundreds of thousands of factories become inaccessible. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2022

Congo is an autocracy, but so is #4 on the list: China, which is home to aluminum, copper and lithium, while Indonesia sits on mountains of nickel, and Peru holds nearly a quarter of the world’s silver. You guessed it – China – which has nabbed the biggest commercial deposits of cobalt in the Congo.

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ivalua

JUNE 16, 2021

Organizations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) were no exception — and these companies were particularly aggressive in their response. Trade disruptions with China caused a 15-20% shortage of packaging materials for food and beverage producers, as well as a scarcity of solar panels, batteries and PPE.

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The Network Effect

MARCH 20, 2015

Apple and Calvin Klein launch in China. Mall for Africa helps retailers reach Africans who are thirsty for Western goods. Key e-commerce emerging markets include: Malaysia, UAE, Thailand, Chile, Peru, Columbia, and South Africa. E-commerce focus in North America, UK, Germany, Japan, China, India, and Brazil is intense.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain. The outcomes are less predictable or clear. Why are the rules not clear?

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 31, 2024

Ranging from the lowest amount of $31,000 for a newcomer in the industry to the highest-paying job of $91,568. In India, the average yearly salary is $13,628 ranging from the lowest of $5,028 to $44,715. Entry-level positions start at $18,072 per year, while most experienced workers make up to $43,158 per year.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 24, 2019

A decade ago it was unrealistic to compete with “the China price”. The Economist says that more companies are sourcing with proximity to their major markets – for instance servicing the EU from Eastern Europe and Northern Africa or the US from Mexico. Manufacturing was transformed into a global enterprise.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

On a regional scale, the bank anticipates that growth among emerging market and developing economies will diverge this year, picking up in East and Central Asia , Pacific as well as Europe while moderating in all other regions, particularly Latin America , Middle East and North Africa countries. China is now forecasted to grow 5.6

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Resilinc

MARCH 28, 2023

Asia Energy Crisis Currently, both China and Pakistan are suffering a major energy crunch from dwindling energy supplies and high global gas prices. China is one of the world’s leading importers of liquified natural gas (LNG). China’s Natural Gas Shortage Interestingly, China is facing an “artificial shortage” of LNG due to budget.

Asia 62

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In addition, these initiatives are not used just taken in China and Iran but also in many other emerging economies. Johannesburg, South Africa : Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University Of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Green supply chain management in china: pressures, practices and performance (Vol.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2023

With households in emerging economies spending an average of 25% of their budgets on food — up to 40% in sub-Saharan Africa and 60% in Haiti — rising inflation is placing families in a desperate situation and perpetuating the cycle of generational poverty, especially the cycle of rural poverty.”

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 22, 2015

imported over 2 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent container unit) containers of goods from China for retailers such as WalMart and Target.  is exporting much fewer containers to China.    In 2014, U.S.   With over $35 billion trade deficit, U.S. is the largest U.S. billion in sales in 2011. 

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. China, for example, only produces 14% of their total units, only 3% of those units end up being exported to the United States and 2% to EMEA. Achieving Agility with Regional Supply Chains. But it affected VF less than many.

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QAD

JULY 7, 2022

In April 2022, allegations arose claiming children as young as 10 in Ghana , West Africa were harvesting cocoa beans for food industry giant Mondel?z Two Foxconn Technology workers died in 2016 in work-related incidents at the company’s Zhengzhou, China plant, which produces Apple iPhones. z International, which owns Cadbury.

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20Cube Logistics

APRIL 9, 2020

We, through our location offices in Australia, Sri Lanka, East Africa, China and Dubai including India are sending regular updates that will help our customers globally, make arrangements for their consignments to be delivered to the final destination. We are in regular touch with our shipping lines, Govt.

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Freightos

JANUARY 10, 2024

Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N. China – N. This statement was followed by a China representative to the UN also calling for the attacks to end. Daily rates for China – N. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 176% to $4,391/FEU. America weekly prices fell 8% to $5.36/kg.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 27, 2020

In many critical supply areas, such as biopharma, the now famous PPE, and high technology medical devices, not just calls, but screams for re-examining supply lines and explicitly, our reliance on China. With calls to shorten our supply lines and to become less reliant on China, comes tough questions. Not so fast….

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N. kg China – N. China – N. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) were also level at $1,467/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) increased 12% to $2,414/FEU. America weekly prices were level at $5.86/kg Europe weekly prices increased 30% to $4.78/kg.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

Gartner analyst Debashis Tarafdar says that the large size of a country (like India, China or Indonesia) can mean “significant polarization of population between urban and rural with distinctly different buying capabilities and purchasing preferences. Read the full Cipla Medpro case study on delivering medicines in Africa.

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QAD

AUGUST 12, 2021

Taking Ford as an example from the companies above, Ford is working with key suppliers in China, India, Thailand and South Africa to eliminate over 4,900 metric tons of CO2 and 24 million gallons of water usage over the next three years.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 13, 2017

Apparently a production bottleneck at an Italian Bosch plant that makes steering gears for BMW caused missed deliveries, the impact of which caused a domino effect ultimately leading to shutdowns in multiple auto production plants: “BMW AG will seek compensation from Robert Bosch GmbH after missing parts for models including the bestselling 3-Series (..)

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The year before, the Bank of China said it would soon be able to create its “electronic Yuan.” Its use of contactless banking in semi-Africa, which also revolutionized reimbursements and made it possible for people with limited provided by commercial bank accounts to make deposits, is cited by campaigners as evidence.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

This is a week-long celebration in China. The 9 th annual BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit is being held in Xiamen September 3-5, 2017 (the summit location rotates between its member countries). Each October 1st, people begin a 7-day celebration of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 9, 2015

China has been the fastest-growing market in the last decade and it continues to lead the pack. After China, other regions that have growth potential, according to 3PL and supply chain executives, are North America, Asia (not including China and India) and Western Europe, in that order. New markets are opening up everywhere.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 120

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Freightos

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N. China – N. Some Asia – US East Coast services, especially from the Indian Subcontinent, typically sail via the Suez Canal and will now divert around the south of Africa. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 11% to $1,621/FEU. Europe – N.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2015

Walmart Charging Vendors for Inventory, The Panama Canal is Filling Up, Apparel Companies See Africa as Next Source of Low Costs, China Stock Market Tumbling, Impacts to Follow

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Kinaxis

JULY 25, 2016

Coming from a logistics and distribution background, he helped the company enter Africa and grow in China, Latin America, and other markets. Named one of Forbes top 10 most powerful people in 2013 , Duke built his expertise by learning from and interacting with everyone—from world leaders to first time Walmart customers.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Frost & Sullivan predicts, “China and India [will] lead the global economy in the near future.” They suggest looking at Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. ”[4]. In many ways, the economy is now driven by data.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 8, 2013

The OECD estimates that Turkey will be the third fastest-growing country in the world by 2017, before surpassing India to become number two behind China. If you are a supply chain or logistics professional interested in Turkey as an emerging market or a supply chain hub for Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, you need to be at ISCSI!

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