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Commerical Air Cancellations Quarantine Ebola Supplies

MIT Supply Chain

But due to the role passenger flights play in providing air cargo capacity, these travel restrictions are effectively quarantining critical medical supplies outside Ebola-affected regions. Most of the flights to Liberia, and their air cargo capacity, were suspended: Arik Air : Banned flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone beginning July 28.

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China Restricts Exports on Two Chip Metals, Raising Supply Chain Concerns

Exiger Perspectives

With existing domestic deposits and expanding processing capacity, Exiger’s research and analysis suggests that the U.S. Bauxite is mined in quantities matching Chinese output by countries like Australia and Guinea. Germanium is primarily acquired as a byproduct of zinc processing, and the U.S.

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Aluminum and silicon shortages causing price volatility

Resilinc

At the same time, Chinese imports of bauxite from Guinea, the world’s largest supplier, were threatened by political unrest there. For reference, that’s about how much capacity was installed worldwide in 2020. Building more wind and solar power are key pillars of the country’s commitment to begin reducing its greenhouse gases by 2030.

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A Reflection on Supply Chain Digitization Trends in the Metal Industry

o9 Solutions

There is not a single day without the metals industry making the headlines: from the Guinea coup to price volatility, to the semiconductor crisis impacting the automotive industry and consequently reducing the demand for metal manufacturers. The first and most urgent need is the capacity to run demand forecasting at product family level (e.g.,

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

Supply Chain Movement

Equatorial Guinea. Guinea-bissau. Papua New Guinea. 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. The added value of S&OP varies from one company to another. El Salvador. Faroe Islands.

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Mindmap for the Fashion & Luxury Goods Market

Supply Chain Movement

Equatorial Guinea. Guinea-bissau. Papua New Guinea. One of the main supply chain challenges is increasing uncertainty; this makes demand planning very difficult, especially if there is no mid-season production capacity available for replenishment purposes when a product should prove to be very successful. El Salvador.