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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. Global Trade: Re-shoring, Near-shoring, and Off-shoring Re-shoring, near-shoring, and offshoring are all terms used to describe the movement of manufacturing or production from one country to another. This is due to many factors.

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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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Trends 2019: Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Janie Ryan ( @janiemryan ) writes, “As sanctions on Iran go into effect and Iranian oil exports decline, global oil prices could rise, putting even more pressure on logistics providers. A recent Financial Times article stresses that now is the time for manufacturers to diversify their product portfolios to reduce risk.”[3]

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Supply Chain Ripple Effects of Russia’s War in Ukraine

Alloy

Automakers – Volvo, Toyota, Volkswagen and many other automakers have suspended exports to Russia or are ceasing manufacturing operations in the country. Some notable countries include Egypt, Turkey, Bangladesh and Iran which buy 60% of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 27 – May 1, 2015)

Talking Logistics

US Navy to accompany US-flagged ships in Persian Gulf after Iran seizes vessel (Fox News). Norbert Dentressangle serves customers in retail, food and beverage, manufacturing, chemicals, agriculture, e-commerce and high tech. Port truck drivers strike for second day (LA Times). UPS Freight Adds LNG Tractors. Con-way Inc.

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Freight In The Year Of The Monkey

Freightos

On February 15th, 2016, the first freight train from China reached the capital of Iran, shaving 30 days off the standard port-to-port transport time. Which is impeccable timing, as the lifting of Iran’s sanctions may open the door for new trade opportunities. A flagging Euro and Yen, excess capacity and yield dilution.

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Tarik Toprak: “Growth brings its own challenges.”

Supply Chain Movement

The confectionary market in Turkey is saturated yet we are achieving more than a 20% rise in sales and we have switched from importing all our products to manufacturing locally so there’s always something new and exciting to do. At the moment the factory is only running at about 30-40% of its capacity.

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