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10 Disruptive Issues in the Supply Chain

American Global Logistics

and other countries have also imposed sanctions on Iran and have provided support to the Houthis. Supply Chain: Shipping capacity creating disruptive issues Shipping capacity is the amount of cargo that ships can transport. In recent years, shipping capacity has been under pressure.

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February 7, 2024 Update

Freightos

Pressure from pre-Lunar New Year demand for ocean freight is easing, and carriers continue to make progress in adjusting networks and activating excess capacity to adapt to the longer journeys. Prices should be expected to remain higher and transit times longer than normal until Red Sea traffic resumes.

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January 3, 2024 Update

Freightos

International tensions are rising as the UK is considering targeting Houthi positions in Yemen and Iran moved a warship to the Red Sea on Sunday, stating that Iranian naval vessels have periodically been in the Red Sea “”to secure shipping lanes, repel pirates, among other purposes since 2009.”

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China Exports Rebound Even as Western Markets Face Lockdown

Logistics Bureau

China says almost all of its major industrial companies have resumed production and that its ports are again running at near-full capacity after a two-month Coronavirus-linked shutdown. When it comes to air freight, global capacity is down 22 percent compared to last year, with further declines expected. Air Freight. Ocean Freight.

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Economic Aspects of Supply Chains

American Global Logistics

Industries requiring large investments to boost capacity, such as semiconductors, may face excess supply simultaneously with slowing demand. Other geopolitical risks, such as tensions between Russia and Ukraine, along with unpredictable regimes in Iran and North Korea, have the potential to disrupt global supply chains as well.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

Sustainable supply chain management: The original model of Supply Chain Management follows a linear production that hypothesizes the constant input of natural resources and an unlimited capacity to assimilate waste. In addition, these initiatives are not used just taken in China and Iran but also in many other emerging economies.

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What is Scenario “What if?” Planning

DynaSys

We can control our capacity to produce, our marketing, our product evolution… but we can’t control Brexit or climate change. Australian wildfire, Brexit, Iran/USA troubles… Who knows what will happen in the tactical horizon – 80 days from now. If we can cope with these, then we can weather most storms.