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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Source: Supply Chain Insights ASCM defines resilience in the SCM Supply Chain Dictionary as the ability of a supply chain to anticipate, create plans to avoid or mitigate, and to recover from disruptions to supply chain functionality. Exostar’s purchase by Arlington Capital Partners from Thoma Bravo was completed this month.

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Changing the Laws of Logistics

GTG Technology Group

Should it pass into law, this act would result in monumental changes to the trucking industry. where a younger driver couldn’t make the short trip from Arlington to Bethesda, for example, because it would require crossing state lines. Sources: [link]. The DRIVE-Safe Act: What You Need to Know.

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Suppliers to Large US Retailers Put on Notice by China

Material Handling & Logistics

is considering taxing imports from shoes and clothing to consumer electronics, putting on the hook companies including Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd. Li & Fung, which sources clothes and toys for retailers, counts Walmart and Macy’s Inc. Some of China’s biggest manufacturers that supply U.S. multinationals from Walmart Inc.

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