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E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index Reveals Notably Improved Cross-Ocean Transit Time for Global Freight Deliveries

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Latest report highlights how lessened demand for goods from Asia has continued to reduce port congestion, resulting in an average eight-day decrease in total time from booking to receipt compared to the year-ago period. There was also a notable reduction in the booking-to-gate time for shipments out of Asia. Moving as one.

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Commodities Used in Electric Car Batteries: An Update on Lithium and Nickel

Resilinc

In 2022, the US passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to provide tax incentives and funding to create a clean energy economy. In batteries , manganese is used to improve performance, enhance safety by reducing overheating, and make batteries more cost-effective and sustainable. What is Graphite? billion in 2022.

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The Endless Complexities of the Ocean side of Supply Chains

SCMDOJO

Fast moving forward into 2022 ongoing widespread congestions in ports, container shortages, and volatile shifts in demand for goods from Western economies causing freight rates to skyrocket ended up adding extreme pressure on the main cost drivers of the ocean side of the supply chains and beyond. Supply Chain KPI Dashboard.

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The reality of green energy: “green metal” supply chains won’t be able to keep up

NC State SCRC

But nobody is talking about the supply chain for these vehicles, and the capacity required to build them. And is there enough capacity to produce the new types of vehicles? The winners are the electrostates: first Australia which has all of the metals in the green seven; Second Chile (which has 42%. They go out of business?

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Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

Despite its many advantages, Brazil still struggles with a reputation for high costs—primarily due to wages and taxes—which has left the country with a flat industrial sector. Brazil has nearly 700 airports with paved runways, most of which can handle large capacity airplanes for moving freight quickly to and from all parts of the globe.

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Ford Motor Moves Deeper Into Supply Network Vertical Integration

Supply Chain Matters

An agreement with Chile based SQM for lithium carbonite and lithium hydroxide will reportedly aide the auto maker to help Ford EV vehicles qualify for consumer tax credits under provisions of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. These agreements include U.S. the globe’s third largest lithium producer, and the government of Quebec.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

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MatĂ­as Guarello Wilhelmy Location: Chile / Remote Rating: 5/5.0 Expertise: Strategic sourcing and contract creation, procurement, supply chain management, interim supply chain project management, cost reduction, contract management, and commodity management are areas of expertise. They come from a variety of backgrounds.