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The move to rail: a look at China-Europe supply chains

Resilinc

CNN also notes the vast capacity advantages of container ships over trains: while the largest ships can haul about 20,000 containers, trains are generally limited to several hundred. It’s worth mentioning that the rail operator—Xi’an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co.,

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China Restricts Exports on Two Chip Metals, Raising Supply Chain Concerns

Exiger Perspectives

With existing domestic deposits and expanding processing capacity, Exiger’s research and analysis suggests that the U.S. The restrictions from China may trigger former producers in Germany and Kazakhstan to restart commercial production, which could provide the U.S. is capable of achieving full domestic production over the long term.

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

A growing global warehouse capacity crunch. Moreover, with this year’s harvest imminent, there will be no silo capacity to store the fresh grain if diplomatic efforts to clear the backlog fail. Warehouse Capacity Under Pressure. The nature of ecommerce, too, means companies make greater use of available warehouse capacity.

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10 questions about the benefits of S&OP for your organisation

Supply Chain Movement

Kazakhstan. Supply Chain Media and consultancy firm Involvation have developed this checklist to provide insight into the added value and the potential of your current S&OP process. Anticipate. The added value of S&OP varies from one company to another. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man. Kyrgyzstan.

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Mindmap for the Fashion & Luxury Goods Market

Supply Chain Movement

Kazakhstan. One of the main supply chain challenges is increasing uncertainty; this makes demand planning very difficult, especially if there is no mid-season production capacity available for replenishment purposes when a product should prove to be very successful. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man.