Supply Chain Matters
MARCH 23, 2022
In this Supply Chain Matters March 23 rd edition of our COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict News Capsule, we provide updates to ongoing industry supply chain developments and disruptions of concern to our reading audience. Included in this update are the following updates: Canadian Pacific Railway Work Stoppage Eased. Canadian and U.S.
The Logistics of Logistics
JUNE 23, 2022
Now, it’s also important to realize that produce grown in North America may not be subject to lockdowns in Shanghai, but there’s another factor at play. Further, Ukraine supplies more than one-half of the world’s neon gas necessary for printing circuits on computer chips. As a result, shipping costs will undermine any potential gains.
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Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
This shortage is the culmination of various ongoing issues – geopolitical tensions related to the Russia-Ukraine war, the rapid shift in consumer buying behavior and container freight availability. The deepening power crisis has already taken 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in North America and Europe.
Logility
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Then came Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Between them, Ukraine and Russia account for approximately one-third of global wheat production. This means supply chain leaders have had to shift from using trains back to using ocean freight and getting goods to market takes longer. Build redundancy where possible in your supply chain.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
APRIL 26, 2022
With the crisis in Ukraine and sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation, fuel and energy prices are now soaring. More specifically, it took 83 days for container transport from Europe to Asia, and 88 days from North America to Asia. In fact, global freight rates have increased tenfold since the start of the pandemic.
NC State SCRC
OCTOBER 5, 2022
One of the biggest contributors to inflation is the increase of oil and gas prices, which will remain high as long as the conflict in the Ukraine rages. Some of the supply constraints are also due to the destruction of key infrastructure in the Ukraine for shipping of these commodities. War in Ukraine turns into global conflict.
SCMDOJO
MAY 13, 2022
Fast moving forward into 2022 ongoing widespread congestions in ports, container shortages, and volatile shifts in demand for goods from Western economies causing freight rates to skyrocket ended up adding extreme pressure on the main cost drivers of the ocean side of the supply chains and beyond. Supply Chain KPI Dashboard.
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