Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 20, 2022
Wingcopter to deploy 12,000 drones across Africa. Wingcopter this week announced a partnership with Continental Drones designed to establish a massive delivery network spanning 49 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa. Autonomous vehicles in the news: Embark Trucks completes autonomous driving tests in winter conditions.
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
MARCH 31, 2022
The further disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could cause major disruptions to the global supply chain and impact South Africa. Global supply chains were starting to recover from two years of upheaval caused by the pandemic when the military crisis hit.
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Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 21, 2022
With the mounting devastation in Ukraine, my heavy heart is a roadblock to writing. The disruption in Ukraine adds a new layer of variability and complexity to an already complicated world with many levels of disruption. COVID, inflation, climate change, and the Ukraine war are a layer of complexity with compounding effects.
Freightera
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Deglobalization will accelerate, and reshoring and localization of manufacturing will continue 2023 has seen a severe freight recession, especially in North America, with significant overcapacity and declining rates for ocean shipping as well. He was a speaker at COP22, the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh.
Supply Chain Movement
APRIL 22, 2015
There appears to be considerable upheaval in Europe as a result of the political unrest between Russia and Ukraine. However, the main growth in freight flows lies on the periphery of Europe and the Middle East is also continuing to develop, both for domestic supply and for distribution to Africa.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
MAY 28, 2022
Supply chain disruptions that started during the Covid-pandemic, are continuing, now fuelled by the Ukraine war. Secondly, global freight rates have seen an enormous increase over the past 12-months, which are unlikely to return soon to the rates before Covid. Sea freight and airfreight costs have become very expensive.
Logility
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Germany, South Africa, and South Korea were abundant in 2022. The Russia-Ukraine war and China’s rising Covid lockdowns add to the congestion problems in 2023. Labor issues raised many challenges in 2022, and the outlook remains unsteady, especially in the shipping industry, as we head into 2023.
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