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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The port serves as a gateway for importing vehicles from Europe, Asia, and South America, as well as exporting vehicles to the Middle East, Africa, and other regions. The port serves as a gateway for exporting coal to Europe, Asia, and South America, as well as importing coal from Canada and Colombia.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

Americold employs 17,000 people worldwide and operates more than 24 temperature-controlled warehouses across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America. billion “Chips for America” semiconductor manufacturing and research subsidy program approved by Congress in August 2022 to ramp up U.S.

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Asia, better brace yourself for Usagi! He’s not in a good mood…

Supply Chain View from the Field

For example, in addition to Southeast Asia, the US company might consider a second manufacturing contract with a company in Ireland, Eastern Europe or South America — wherever the cost per unit is affordable and climate vulnerability may be less intensive.

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The Zergratran Story with Byron Bennett

The Logistics of Logistics

And the 60% of ships that now return west to Asia mostly empty, can be filled with fresh loads from South America. Puerto Internacional Las Americas (PILA) aims to add a new container shipping route across the Central America region. This coordination creates higher profitability with long term sustainability.”.

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Using Digital Supply Chain Planning to Respond to Market-Changing Disruptions like COVID-19

ToolsGroup

Being able to understand if supply expected from Europe needs to be re-routed and sourced from Asia or South America is important when entire channels become unavailable. You can model alternative flows and networks while guaranteeing service policies to customers. Take advantage of dynamic multi-echelon rerouting tools.

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Massive Ransomware Attack Requires Supply Chain Risk Manager's Attention

Resilinc

Last week’s Ransomware attack that impacted more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries, crippling industries in Europe, Asia and South America, should have caught the attention of supply chain risk managers.

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o9 Solutions Collaborates With Novelis on Supply Chain Planning for Its North American and European Operations

o9 Solutions

Our ambition is to be the leading provider of low-carbon, sustainable aluminum solutions and to achieve a fully circular economy by partnering with our suppliers, as well as our customers in the aerospace, automotive, beverage can, and specialties industries throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and South America.