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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Organizations must use every means at their disposal to keep goods moving while at the same time preventing their most important resource – their talent – from jumping ship at an alarming pace. The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. It’s a global problem.

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International Shipping: The Complete Guide for eCommerce Sellers

Ware2Go

Offering international shipping in your ecommerce shop can open your business up to a world of opportunity. This straightforward guide defines some commonly used terms and outlines your options to ship cross-border and expand your customer base. For DDP shipments, the seller pays the duties upfront before shipping the item.

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Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Supply Chain Disruptions Through Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Logility

ERP systems do a great job managing transactional data but do not have the capabilities to provide an early warning to a disruption or analyze the situation through advanced analytics like simulations and what-if scenarios. Just look back over the last couple of years.

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Trends 2022: Quantum Computing

Enterra Insights

This may be a reaction to the ongoing supply chain crisis, which quantum could help relieve through its potential to solve complex optimization problems common in shipping and logistics.” 2] Samhitha Sharma, “ Quantum Computing in 2022: A Leap Into the Tremendous Future Ahead ,” Analytics Insight, 2 January 2022. [3]

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Panama Canal Drought: Lower Water Levels, Higher Supply Chain Risk

Resilinc

Two weeks ago, 160 ships were stuck waiting to pass through the canal, carrying everything from auto parts, Barbie dolls, and diabetes test kits, according to Reuters. Some ships were delayed by as much as 21 days. 55 to 125 million gallons per ship, depending on size—to move ships through the canal.

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Innovative Approaches to Supply Chain Risk

Kinaxis

This scenario played out for thousands of companies after the Japan earthquake, the Thailand floods and numerous other smaller scale disasters. Analytics and mapping is available but many companies are not at the level of maturity to leverage these. Your heart sinks as you pick up the phone to call your boss…. Think again.

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Supply Chain Management in the Cloud

Talking Logistics

According to this year’s survey by Harvard Business Review Analytics Services, the top business drivers for adopting cloud and hybrid-cloud technology are: Business agility/flexibility – 49%. In 2015, the United States shipped 11.8 Is the cloud in your future? Cost reduction/maximize IT investment – 43%. Improved security – 37%.