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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

I was on the phone with Australia, China, Indonesia – really everywhere – trying to negotiate directly with suppliers. For example, when a UPS strike was looming last year, the Interos solution automatically highlighted Cooper’s strategic suppliers that relied on UPS for shipping. But there was a cost to this.

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How to start selling online in Indonesia

Vinculum

As is in other parts of the world, Online sales volume increased in Indonesia as well. Here are few steps which you may look at before selling online in Indonesia. To launch a service or a business, an analysis of the market is essential. One must make sure the products chosen should not face any hindrance while shipping.

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The Pros and Cons: International and Domestic Sourcing

Unleashed

This strategy involves a country from a high-cost country area — typically US, UK, Canada, Australia, and West European nations — purchasing materials from resource-rich low-cost countries; think China, India, Indonesia, Bolivia, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, and East European nations. Shipping costs. Benefits of sourcing locally.

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Petrochemical demand is up and prices are spiking

Resilinc

According to a recent McKinsey analysis , demand for six key petrochemicals (PE, PP, PET, PS/EPS, PVC and SBR) was up by 5% to 10% through 2021, and EBITDA for the top 100 petrochemical players grew by between 50% and 100% over pre-pandemic levels.

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The reality of green energy: “green metal” supply chains won’t be able to keep up

NC State SCRC

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. Value analysis is another possibility. The summaries of current revenue shares of these countries are shown below. The losers?

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Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Embracing automation would generate valuable data for analysis, enabling optimization of operations. Consequently, data analysis becomes a critical skill in identifying performance gaps and opportunities for improvement within the logistics industry.

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Large Shipping Losses Have Declined 38% over Past 10 Years

Material Handling & Logistics

There were 94 total losses reported around the shipping world in 2017, down 4% year-on-year -- the second lowest in 10 years after 2014. In 2017 the downward trend of large shipping losses continued, according to a new survey, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty's (AGCS) Safety & Shipping Review.