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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it was essential to prevent Tokyo, where the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant was spreading, from becoming the source of another wave of infections. Amazon plans to build delivery robot tech in Finland. As a result, the Olympics will take place without spectators. Descartes acquires GreenMile.

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China’s Export Restrictions on Germanium and Gallium  

Resilinc

In 2010, China restricted exports of rare earth elements to Japan following a territorial dispute, sending prices soaring and Japan scrambling to find alternative sources. China has a lot more processing and smelting capacity than any other country. This is not the first time China has threatened the supply chain in retaliation.

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Eurozone Economy Now in Technical Recession

Supply Chain Matters

According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal , sizable changes to data from Germany, Ireland and Finland prompted the revision. Industry supply chain management and integrated business planning teams need to be diligent in their planning of resources and global capacity.

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Frictionless P2P: A Dream or Reality? 

ivalua

Author: Hubert Verweij , Head of Procurement Transformation, Capgemini Invent Sweden and Finland. In case a call-off against a contract by a requestor is not possible and a sourcing activity is required, I recommend centralizing these activities so that all spend goes through the hands of Procurement. drives cost savings.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

The two new prototypes are both based on the Hummingbird, which Wing says can carry about 2 pounds and has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia, and Finland. Customers in Singapore will also benefit from increased European inbound capacity. East/Gulf Coast ports were up 40.3

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Ukraine Conflict Now Tops the List of Supply Chain Risks

Enterra Insights

He wrote, “For supply chain leaders, especially those running global organizations with center-led functional executives in charge of manufacturing, sourcing and logistics, the temptation is to ignore politics as an externality and concentrate instead on the known-knowns of costs, capacity and lead-times.

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10 questions about the benefits of S&OP for your organisation

Supply Chain Movement

However, there must be consensus within the organisation about definitions and the right source of information for important reports. Supply Chain Media and consultancy firm Involvation have developed this checklist to provide insight into the added value and the potential of your current S&OP process. Anticipate. Dominican Republic.

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