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The Ukraine Logistics Coalition with Ben Gordon

The Logistics of Logistics

Transportation/logistics companies who can commit air, ground, and warehousing capacity. Trucking from Europe to the Ukraine border – particularly from Poland, Romania, and Hungary. This includes. Trucking into major cities in Ukraine.

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Risk Management in Global Ocean Context

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Risk Management in Global Ocean Context Feature Article by LSCMS Shippers Council Rates have gone down massively in most trade lanes; congestion has eased, and capacity seems sufficient in most sectors. We can observe this quite clearly in the growth experienced in countries like Vietnam, India as well as Hungary and Mexico.

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5 Steps to Address the Rising Geopolitical Risks to Your Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Shift in the centers of gravity of the demand: As of the beginning of April 2022, about four million Ukrainians have left the country for neighboring countries such as Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Moldova. This has resulted in massive spikes in demand for basic necessities in these countries.

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Uncertainty in supply due to nature: An everyday struggle for you, too?

DELMIA Quintiq

For example, if demand for sugar beet outweighs available capacity, orders will need to be delayed or brought forward. Let’s imagine that you are sourcing corn seeds from France and Spain, processing and mixing in Hungary, and delivering to Germany.

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Shipping Container Shortage–Another Bullwhip Example

Operations and Supply Chain Management

In fact, the shortage in Asia has also led to a similar crisis in many European countries, such as Germany, Austria and Hungary, as shipping carriers redirect containers to the East as quickly as possible, said Woitzik. The shortage is further exacerbated by limited air freight capacity. to Asia are “going back empty.”.

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One belt, one road, and one very blurry supply chain benefit

DELMIA Quintiq

The facility will add to existing transshipment capacity. Undoubtedly, the new infrastructure, financed almost entirely by China, will benefit the government of Serbia and Hungary. A similar question can be asked of Sri Lanka striking a deal with the Fund to construct a new container terminal in Colombo.

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Jeroen van Weesep: ‘Make more room for intuition and trust’

Supply Chain Movement

With factories in Denmark, Mexico, Hungary and the Czech Republic, it produces a mind-blowing 40 billion Lego bricks a year. I’m responsible for the planning, extending from which Lego end products we manufacture up to delivery to the EU and Asian markets, and for the global capacity planning. What is your role?