Supply Chain View from the Field
JANUARY 12, 2013
The story highlights some of the findings of our recent global logistics study,which found that logistics infrastructure is one of the most challenging issues, particularly for retailers who are expanding into BRIC countries such as India. This level of bureaucracy alone represents a substantial burden for Walmart or any other big retailer.
Elementum
AUGUST 2, 2022
First, poor policy choices around requirements for organic farming cut Sri Lankan food yields in half. When Sri Lanka started running out of dollars to import food, central banks started manipulating the local currency to try to keep more US Dollars. This triggered bank runs just as food and other necessities began running out.
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NC State SCRC
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
This challenge has been also impacted by the growing discontent on the part of retailers and customers who are unhappy with the trend towards larger slow-steaming ships, which leaves more inventory on the water for a longer period of time. ordered Hanjin to keep vessels in the U.S.
NC State SCRC
JUNE 6, 2016
Moreover, he predicts that local prototyping and mass production could bring about a severe long-term contraction in global shipping, inventories, and warehouses. And eventually countries who are lower on the food chain will expand and ascend up the value chain to take over those industries now populated by Western countries.
Supply Chain View from the Field
OCTOBER 24, 2014
More and more global luxury brands such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and others are promoting themselves as Lifestyle brands, spanning many products including fragrance, home collections, apparel, paint, wallpaper, foods, and many other products. The entire apparel supply chain is driven by these financial metrics.
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