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Supply Chain Impacts from Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Logistics Viewpoints

I believe many of us are spending an abundance of time reading about the Russia-Ukraine war. Antonov also produced a number of slightly smaller, but still substantially large load capacity aircraft known as An-124s. It is certainly worthy of our concerns as individuals. Beyond Fossil Fuels. Then There is Cyber.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule September 8 2023- Boeing and Toyota

Supply Chain Matters

We further update readers on last week’s multiple day shutdown of Toyota auto production across Japan due to a systems issue. At the time of our posting, engineers were determining which specific aircraft were impacted by the fault discovery along with assessing the overall fix for the problem. This is different … It’s more involved.

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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Organizations must use every means at their disposal to keep goods moving while at the same time preventing their most important resource – their talent – from jumping ship at an alarming pace. The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. It’s time for decisive action.

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Trends 2022: Quantum Computing

Enterra Insights

Although many articles about the race to develop quantum computers depicts it as a contest between the United States and China, many other countries, including European countries, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Japan, are also making significant progress. ” Greater Computing Capacity.

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China’s Export Restrictions on Germanium and Gallium  

Resilinc

China is the global leader in exports for both rare metals, exporting around 80% of the world’s gallium and about 60% of the world’s germanium. Unfortunately, China has just issued critical restrictions on these commodities, creating a cause for concern for many businesses and manufacturers in the high-tech and semiconductor space.

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Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Supply Chain Disruptions Through Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Logility

Just look back over the last couple of years. Error-prone spreadsheets were never designed to handle the multi-dimensional relationships and constraints involved in today’s supply chains or to provide the advance numeric or visual real-time analytics required to develop an optimal response quickly.

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The Green Corridor: Predictions Are In The Green!

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Last year at this time, I sat down with my crystal ball to try and sort out some indicators for people to see that a “green” future is in the works. It is that time of year for me to see how my predictions panned out and make some new ones! The Green Corridor: Predictions Are In The Green! by Timothy Foote , Founder of Susymbio.