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When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Others argue the demise of global sourcing; might I add caution? Russia produces 40% of the world’s palladium. Rail freight through Russia increased 40% last year.

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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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The impact of regional instabilities on the Global Supply Chain and how ERP can help

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Even before the pandemic, global supply chain were fragile thanks to factors such as the US-China trade war, less efficient shipping routes and a huge drive to cut costs by consolidating loads. Russia is the world’s third-largest oil producer and the second-largest foreign oil supplier to the US.

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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

Last year multiple companies needed to urgently relocate their employees and their families from Russia and Ukraine. However, this model would aggregate the details of the ten thousand SKUs that are stocked and shipped. Moreover, with a pinch of advanced analytics we can start predicting the future events and taking preemptive action.

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

I also worked with a team of leading thinkers in developing the Future of Procurement Report (published by KPMG) , as well as publish the BVL International Global Logistics Trends and Strategies report with a team of leading academics and executives in Europe, China, North and South America, Russia, and India.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

They stocked up again after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed up the price of raw materials such as energy and wheat. Shipping company Pasha Hawaii’s emergency response plan is underway, and it is also prioritizing sending emergency rations, food and medical supplies to Maui via available barge capacity, according to an Aug.

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The Air Freight Market with Eric Kulisch

The Logistics of Logistics

FreightWaves’ SaaS product, SONAR, is the leading freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. During the pandemic, air freight became even more important as the vaccines were shipped worldwide.