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Challenges Abound as Peak Season Approaches

Intelligent Audit

From supply chain snafus to the growing threat of history-making strikes, it’s been another week of exciting changes within the global logistics industry. The slowdown in Q1 only partly reflected the impact of the conflict in Ukraine, which broke out in late February. Recurrent Food Safety Failures Threaten Supply Chains.

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Ensure Business Continuity Through 2022 in the Face of Product Shortages 

Logility

Complete visibility into your supply chain is necessary to safeguard operational continuity. Product shortages have plagued the supply chain since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, affecting goods from garage doors to computer chips to lumber, and businesses from car manufacturers to home improvement centers.

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2023 Q1 Freight Market Update

Zipline Logistics

What a whirlwind the 2022 Freight Market was – we saw inflation, fuel prices, and freight rates hit record highs. Disruptions across the Chinese manufacturing sector are likely to impact the global supply chain of goods and the world’s economy. . Russian-Ukraine War . Freight Market . Economic Factors .

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This Week in Logistics News (August 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

The high stock levels are the result of retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers stockpiling everything from beer to DIY tools, chemicals and clothes as COVID-19 lockdowns snarled supply chains and shut factories. The Port of Kahului is fully operational, and interisland freight and transport company Young Brothers noted in an Aug.

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Russia-Ukraine War Snarls Global Supply Chains

Intelligent Audit

Disruption has always been a catalyst for more voracious management in the supply chain. Yet, relentless disruption has worn on supply chain leaders and decision-makers since 2020. The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war continues to impact global supply chains, and it’s much more than many realize.

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Doing Business in Poland

QAD

Poland’s bordering countries include Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Poland’s manufacturing centers around machinery, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages and textiles. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. of the GDP.

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Doing Business in the Czech Republic

QAD

In addition to automobiles, the Czech Republic manufactures glass, textiles, medicines, armaments, electronics, chemicals, food and beverages, and machinery and equipment. . Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. The Czech Republic has 41 airports with paved runways, most of which can handle large freight planes.