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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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SCRC Supply Chain Index contributes again to the 2021 Wall Street Journal Top 250 Best Managed Companies

NC State SCRC

SMI involves external market research identifying information on key suppliers, available capacity, technology trends, price and cost data and trends, technical requirements, environmental and regulatory issues, and any other data that is available.

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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

According to a recent UNHCR report , nearly 60 million people were forcibly displaced in 2014 from countries such as Iraq, Eritrea, and Afghanistan. While the Syrian refugee migration has received significant press coverage recently, it’s only one part of a larger, dire picture. Of those 60 million people, 19.5 million were refugees.

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How the Bakken Oil Boom Impacts U.S. Supply Chains

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Libya, Iraq, Russia, and Venezuela have all seen incredible political turmoil as significant oil producers, yet diesel prices have stayed in a tight range for the last 12 months and are currently $0.065 per gallon cheaper than this time last year. Rail Capacity. Here is a short video of one such oil train in St.

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Tarik Toprak: “Growth brings its own challenges.”

Supply Chain Movement

At the moment the factory is only running at about 30-40% of its capacity. We are already producing for export to the Middle East and North Africa and as a group we are trying to establish the individual requirements for different countries, such as Iran, Iraq, Jordan etc to work out the best logistical solution.

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Quality Improvement in Manufacturing: Relief for Operations Manager

ThroughPut

The startup and operation ultimately become the manifestation of the team’s existing skill sets and output capacity. Trips to places like Iraq during 2015 made me realize how little people had, and how 90% of the world was in that state. To get better, you must attract the missing pieces or invest in training. Don’t get me wrong.

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Why Operations Managers & Entrepreneurs are fighting the same battles

ThroughPut

The startup and operation ultimately become the manifestation of the team’s existing skill sets and output capacity. Trips to places like Iraq made me realize how little people had, and how 90% of the world was in that state. The fight of our careers is ultimately keeping our teams and operations happy at 100% capacity.