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Food Security and National Security

Enterra Insights

The reasons are myriad: Fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; inflation causing high food prices; continued repercussions from the Covid-19 pandemic; regional conflicts; climate change; and extreme weather events. And then it moves through this whole chain of events, of being processed and packaged and stored.

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Supply Chain Planning in Emerging Markets: Four Points to Remember

ToolsGroup

Tarafdar further points out that the “presence of such organizations in the ecosystem affects a company’s ability to get timely signals from partners and act quickly in the event of any disruptions. GDM now serves more than 100 distributors on five continents and in 180 countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe.

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How Much Can We Learn from the Last Super El Niño?

Elementum

That storm was considered one of the more extreme events in North America, and it’s estimated that more than US $2.8B Similarly, mining operations in Southeast Asia and Argentina were halted during the droughts, as mines run on hydroelectric power. worth of property was lost in only an eight-month period.

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“Too Big to Fail”: 10 Things you Need to Know About El Niño

Elementum

Deemed “too big to fail” by NASA , the weather event will impact supply chains at every stage. As the event starts to take effect, here are ten things you should know about how different weather systems will impact your supply chain. This El Niño will be as big—or bigger—than the last record-setting event in 1997.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: Supply Chain Corporate.

Supply Chains Rock

By the end of 2008, we had completed a cumulative total of 553 initial audits; including expansion into three additional growth market countries (36 initial audits): Argentina, Malaysia and Vietnam. Upcoming Events. In 2008, IBM spent $1.5 billion inside the U.S. February (4). January (5). December (2). November (4). October (4).

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Unlocking Success: Testimonials from QAD Partners

QAD

Firsthand Partner Accounts This past spring, we were fortunate to invite nearly 150 partners from across the globe to gather together in Budapest for a QAD-organized event appropriately called Teamwork. Right now we have offices in Chile and Argentina, and from there we support other countries.

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Trends 2024: Risk Management

Enterra Insights

Journalist Ben Unglesbee reports, “Extreme weather events are the top risk facing supply chains in 2024, according to an annual outlook report from Everstream Analytics. Some countries, like Argentina, continue to suffer from hyperinflation, while other countries are seeing inflation rates decrease. Climate Change Risks.