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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This article focuses on the most relevant initiatives, the five zero (5Zs) emission initiatives contributing to decarbonizing logistics and transport to place these initiatives into the industry context and reflect on them in light of the ongoing industry discussions and developments (see figure 1). About the Authors.

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Ukraine and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Supply disruptions in these and other key commodities will trigger price increases for economically vital products such as batteries, and hinder the manufacture of semiconductors, jet engines, automobiles, and some medicines.” The real objective is the Finlandization of Georgia. …

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Russia’s Arctic Expansion: The Future of Global Shipping

SCMDOJO

This article will explore Russia’s growing influence in the Arctic, the significance of shipping routes, and the Northern Sea Route as the shortest shipping option and discuss the opportunities and challenges of Russia’s Arctic expansion strategy.

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Ukraine Conflict Now Tops the List of Supply Chain Risks

Enterra Insights

He wrote, “For supply chain leaders, especially those running global organizations with center-led functional executives in charge of manufacturing, sourcing and logistics, the temptation is to ignore politics as an externality and concentrate instead on the known-knowns of costs, capacity and lead-times. ” Concluding Thoughts.

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Talent development essential for supply chain leaders

Supply Chain Movement

In addition to being responsible for manufacturing and logistics, a CSCO also has to ensure alignment with internal departments such as Sales and Marketing, and with external partners such as customers and suppliers. This article was first published in Supply Chain Magazine February 2016 and is now brought to you by IMD Business School. >>Please

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Production/manufacturing. At the beginning of this article, I stressed the importance of not having too many KPIs. Broadly speaking though, the following areas are those where KPIs will be necessary: Order capture. Inventory management.

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Speed Bumps on the Road to Growth for China’s 3PLs

MIT Supply Chain

China’s logistics industry is gaining in importance and developing rapidly to support the nation’s manufacturing sector. While China has gained a reputation as a cost effective place for manufacturing, logistical costs (about 18% of the cost of sales) in the country are still very high compared to other developed countries.