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Supply Chain Risk Management Highlighted by a Tiny Computer Chip

Enterra Insights

.” Aside from national security implications, the main lesson to be learned here is how vulnerable companies are to risks associated with their supply chains. Smith insists, “The business case for supply chain risk management investment needs to be made convincingly and robustly to justify investment.”

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Retail giants crush the rush with charters, air freight

Resilinc

In the race to fill distribution centers and store shelves with inventory for the holidays, some of the world’s largest retailers and ecommerce sellers are jumping ahead of smaller competitors by chartering ships, shifting freight to air, re-rerouting inland shipments, and hiring more staff for distribution centers and other supply chain nodes.

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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

He crafted delivery solutions for e-commerce clients and managed supply chains for several chemical and freight forwarding companies. Tim has held various positions with MNCs, gaining a wide knowledge and expertise in logistics operations.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 29 -September 2, 2016)

Talking Logistics

GE Acquires Top Supply Chain Software Provider ShipXpress to Expand Digital Rail Offerings. Online freight marketplace Freightos acquires Spain’s WebCargoNet (TechCrunch). DHL to trial vision picking in the UK (Logistics Manager). ports and beyond, said shippers, importers and freight forwarders. UPS Announces U.S.

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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

temperature, shock, and humidity) are available through the GLN for over-the-road transportation via Descartes MacroPoint and global air freight via Descartes BLE for high-value shipments for major airlines and ground handling agents at 450 airports worldwide. Real-time location and IoT data such as condition statuses (e.g.,

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Are Global Supply Chains Recovering- One Perspective

Supply Chain Matters

Regarding ocean container freight rates, spot rates are noted as dropping across the board on both Asia-Europe and Asia-US The implication is that if spot rates drop way below contract rates, shippers will likely seek to renegotiate contract rates recently consummated earlier this year.

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Red Sea Ocean Transport Disruption Update

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. Our prior published update was on January 19 th.