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Climate Change: Yet Another Source of Global Supply Chain Risk and Disruption

BlueYonder

Following on the heels of COVID-19, port closures, labor shortages and geopolitical conflict, climate change-related events are emerging as a significant source of supply chain disruption. Australia has experienced a 16% decline in yearly rainfall since 1970 , threatening its agricultural industry and its long-term food security.

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

I was on the phone with Australia, China, Indonesia – really everywhere – trying to negotiate directly with suppliers. Everything from contrast dye, to tubing, to medical devices with embedded semiconductor chips would suddenly become difficult to source. Do you have a contingency plan for transportation emergencies?

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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Ensuring that any approach is fully compliant in order to avoid having to relocate production or supply sources often takes up a lot of internal resources. Joint tariff payment is a better strategy for both partners when compared with looking for a totally new supplier or sourcing from a different country altogether.

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Transportation Network Modeling: A Powerful Tool in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Strategy

Talking Logistics

Outside of the Paris Agreement, the European Union (EU) has a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport by around 60 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. Cost reductions sometimes go hand-in-hand with GHG reductions, but some measures could increase transport costs. Corporate Responsibility.

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7 Top Supply Chain Trends to Know for 2023

ModusLink Corporation

The decline in container rates will precipitate further declines across other transportation modes and in all geographies. Warehouse and distribution managers and procurement professionals will need to start thinking about managing the customer experience better. KPMG Australia. 12 October 2022. 30 November 2022. <[link].

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The Supply Chain Response to India’s Second Wave of Covid!

Supply Chain Game Changer

However,lack of coordination between state ,centre and healthcare sector topped with transportation issues resulted in this struggle to cope up with the sudden spike in demand for liquid oxygen. Australia too sent immediate support package of ventilators, oxygen tanks and PPE Kits. High capacity oxygen tankers were airlifted from UAE.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

It was far more fascinating than military logistics, so within a few years I decided to leave and headed out to Australia and worked for a consulting company for two or three years. Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course.