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Shipping Container Shortage–Another Bullwhip Example

Operations and Supply Chain Management

The pandemic and uneven global economic recovery has led to this problem cropping up in Asia, although other parts of the world have also been hit. For the route from Asia to the West Coast of the U.S., to Asia are “going back empty.”. As a result, containers are stuck in the West when they are really needed in Asia.

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One belt, one road, and one very blurry supply chain benefit

DELMIA Quintiq

Undoubtedly, the new infrastructure, financed almost entirely by China, will benefit the government of Serbia and Hungary. Looking inland, should the announced construction of a high speed rail linking Belgrade and Budapest be considered an element of the “One Belt One Road” initiative?

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Jeroen van Weesep: ‘Make more room for intuition and trust’

Supply Chain Movement

As Vice President Supply and Inventory Planning Europe and Asia, Jeroen van Weesep is helping to safeguard and sustain that transition in the supply chain. With factories in Denmark, Mexico, Hungary and the Czech Republic, it produces a mind-blowing 40 billion Lego bricks a year. By Caroline Linssen.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

Amazon operates in 16 other countries in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Oceania region. With a global reach into more than 80 countries in Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East, Newegg majorly focuses on computer hardware and consumer electronics. million active customers across the Asia-Pacific.

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Trends 2019: Let the Prediction Season Begin

Enterra Insights

Weller observes, “Developing countries in Asia will become more prominent world powers compared to North American and European nations. Many of the predictions about the future rely on a stable international political landscape. In this case, stable does not mean status quo. ” Global stability, however, is not assured.

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FedEx Announces New March 2022 International Shipping Surcharges

Intelligent Audit

Effective March 7, excluding origin payers in France, Hungary, Russia, Portugal, Israel (which will take effect on March 21), the following surcharges apply to outbound parcel services: Parcel exports from Europe to Canada and the U.S. EUR to 0.60 EUR per pound or 1.30 EUR per kilogram. Europe Outbound International Shipping Surcharges.