Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This shortage is the culmination of various ongoing issues – geopolitical tensions related to the Russia-Ukraine war, the rapid shift in consumer buying behavior and container freight availability. The deepening power crisis has already taken 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in North America and Europe.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 3, 2022

Russia’s reprehensible invasion of Ukraine, which has been met with unprecedented sanctions, is causing huge disruption for the world of business and supply chains. Supplies of agricultural products and raw materials from Ukraine, as well as components for the automotive industry, have come to an almost complete standstill.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 21, 2022

After years of pandemic-driven port congestion, supply chain bottlenecks and limited freight capacity, the Russian invasion of Ukraine turned what was already a tight fuel market into an energy crisis.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

With freight operators expected to report Q3 quarterly financial performance, equity markets are keen to ascertain the impact to carrier capacity levels and profitability. terawatt-hours of battery production capacity in this same time period. Report Indicating Global Automakers to Double Investments on EV Supply Networks.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 2, 2022

He writes, “The war in Ukraine — a major ‘breadbasket’ for the world — is deepening these challenges on an unprecedented scale. 3] This is especially true about the war in Ukraine. He writes, “Looking forward, the international community should learn two key lessons from the Ukraine crisis. ”[2].

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 21, 2023

And recent disruptions, including the war in Ukraine, placed supply chain resilience as a priority on the top of the agenda for CEOs. For example, one respondent stated warehouse visibility had been established and now they are focused on better labor management for capacity planning.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The three colossal ‘Black Swan’ events of recent years – COVID-19, the Suez Canal closure and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine – are being supplemented with numerous economic challenges. Ever increasing costs in Asia, geopolitical tensions and trade tariffs are further de-stabilising supply chains.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2023

.” Most people are aware that progress in global food security is being challenged by geopolitical events (like the war in Ukraine) and changing climates. The war in Ukraine, inflation, fertilizer shortages, COVID-19, regional conflicts and extreme weather are colliding to create a global food crisis unlike any food crisis in the past.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 11, 2022

In such an environment, it is hardly surprising that fixing supply capacity issues is a top priority for companies. Moreover, as our analysis of operational failures underlines, supply capacity losses represent a leading cause of supply chain disruptions in general. how much capacity should we have?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

McCormick’s diverse supplier network helps shield it from Ukraine impacts. The company has faced sourcing constraints as a result of the war in Ukraine, causing the company to rely on second sourcing capabilities for its mustard procurement. Sixteen states sue USPS over plan to buy gas-powered vehicles.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

That prospect became more conceivable, they said, after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine prompted companies to sever ties with Russia, sometimes taking huge write-downs. million cubic feet capacity can store more than 9 million products, according to a statement. And now on to this week’s logistics news. feet across five floors, with 2.7

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

Our stated takeaway from for the Q1 data was that indices were no longer reflecting the optimism indicated in February, and instead that of growing headwinds and added geopolitical concerns related to effects of the Ukraine conflict and China’s potential economic stumble as a result of a strict COVID-19 isolation policy. points to 73.9.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Converging disruptions have sent food prices soaring — and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, one of the world’s six breadbasket regions, risks tilting the food system into global crisis.”[1] The fact that grains underpin global food security is one reason so much attention has been given to the conflict in Ukraine. Climatic events.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 31, 2022

The further disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could cause major disruptions to the global supply chain and impact South Africa. With digital technologies, organisations can use data to maximise visibility into demand, inventory, capacity, supply, and finances. Responding to global disruptions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

However, recent activity suggests that capacity has been overbuilt by some large e-commerce providers –leading to select project cancellations and postponements. Disrupted supply chains and the resulting reduction in the availability of parts and materials is being further exacerbated by the ongoing war in Ukraine.”.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Cargo planes could not fly out of or into Russia or Ukraine. Likewise, ships could not sail into or out of Russia and Ukraine. That exacerbated food shortages with Russia and Ukraine among the top five grain exporters. As mentioned above, economic sanctions led to major impacts on Ukraine and Russia. of all wheat.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 15, 2022

Yesterday the Census Bureau released the Q4 2021 Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization, and my colleague Jason Miller was able to update the MSU Supply Chain Pressure Index. The Russian invasion of the Ukraine will no doubt render these shortages even worse. The reading jumped to 494.6, up from 436.6 in Q3 2021 (13.3%).

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 3, 2023

has many vital national interests — securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence, and checking the economic, cultural, and military power of the Chinese Communist Party — becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them.”[1]

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 15, 2022

He wrote, “For supply chain leaders, especially those running global organizations with center-led functional executives in charge of manufacturing, sourcing and logistics, the temptation is to ignore politics as an externality and concentrate instead on the known-knowns of costs, capacity and lead-times. Ukraine Divided.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

Last year multiple companies needed to urgently relocate their employees and their families from Russia and Ukraine. For example, we can now model adding or removing a warehouse, increasing capacity at our production lines, adding more trucks to the fleet, and basically any other change you can think of. Think about these relocations!

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Resilinc

MAY 24, 2022

The cause: increasing oil and gas prices arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the consequent sanctions and restrictions on Russian oil and gas exports. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked dramatic increases in oil and gas prices. Natural gas prices worldwide have also risen sharply, and in the U.S.,

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 8, 2022

Ellwanger explains, “The pandemic, coupled with the Russia-Ukraine war, have contributed to shortages of confectionary supplies like cocoa, edible oils and other ingredients — a situation also cited by Mondelez International this week.” ” The reasons that this year’s balancing act is particularly tricky are numerous.

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QAD

JANUARY 10, 2023

The war in Ukraine, shutdowns in China, and tensions with Taiwan have highlighted the dependencies on global supply chains. The question is, can things like labor shortages and inflation be mitigated for competitive advantage? The Great Resignation reduced the amount of labor in the market. Over 47 million Americans left their jobs.

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Proxima

AUGUST 25, 2022

The city’s port lost around 45 percent of its trucking capacity this spring as the city ground to a halt, resulting in around 80 percent of vessels being delayed, in comparison to 20 percent two years previously. The threat of sudden lockdowns continues to loom over procurement teams.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The recently published IMF blog posting , begins with the statement: “ Global economic growth prospects are confronting a unique mix of headwinds, including from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, interest rate increases to contain inflation, and lingering pandemic effects such as China’s lockdowns and disruptions in supply chains.”.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

The war and imposed sanctions will create a knock-on effect across the supply chain , and businesses will be impacted by material shortages, material cost increases, demand volatility, logistics and capacity constraints as well as cybersecurity breaches. That system has influenced production systems across the globe.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Much of the capacity utilized to produce such devices is legacy technology, and chip makers have long since concentrated on the most sophisticated chips that provide much higher margins and profits. coupled with the ongoing hostilities involving Russia and Ukraine.

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ModusLink Corporation

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Yes, COVID caused many issues, but other factors, including geopolitical changes, the war in Ukraine, weather events, peak season , and economic instability, have altered the fabric of logistics. It’s easy to tie everything back to COVID-19, but the reality tells a different story of continuous and cross-global disruption.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

billion auto production facility, which received full approval from German regulators on March 4 th , has a full capacity of 500,000 vehicles annually. Reportedly, the facility staffing now includes 3,000 workers, with full capacity expected to employ upwards of 12,000 workers. The newly opened $5.5

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2022

Ukraine in the news: War in Ukraine disrupts ships around the globe. Ukraine invasion and the semi-conductor chip impact. As Clint Reiser pointed out earlier this week, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is impacting global supply chains. And the Russian invasion of Ukraine is only going to exacerbate the problem.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 8, 2023

The concern for economic recession was especially focused on Europe with the ongoing hostilities of the Russia and Ukraine conflict and with residual high levels of inflation. Industry supply chain management and integrated business planning teams need to be diligent in their planning of resources and global capacity.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 29, 2022

CEO Andy Jassy indicating in a statement: “ The pandemic and subsequent war in Ukraine have brought unusual growth and challenge s.” CFO Brian Olsavsky elaborated that the online retailer incurred $6 billion in incremental costs related to productivity loss, inflation and situations where warehouse capacity exceeded market demand levels.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Build Scalable Capacity. Related to making a shift to e-commerce is the recommendation to build scalable capacity. Brent’s recommendations echo those of a recent article from McKinsey, titled Future Proofing the Supply Chain.

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Proxima

JANUARY 25, 2024

As the year gets underway, we see a certain degree of ease and relief across rates of inflation and supply chain capacity. Daily escalations in the Middle East, ongoing war in Ukraine, and increasing frostiness between China and Taiwan – are just examples of the threat facing global supply disruption and reshaping trends.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2022

Both facility capacity and lingering supply chain supply challenges have contributed to the delay. billion auto production facility, which received full approval from German regulators on March 4th, has a full capacity of 500,000 vehicles annually. Musk again publicly apologized for the ongoing delays of the Cybertruck. In the U.S.,

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The responses to events such as COVID-19, chip shortages, the Suez Canal blockage, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, and general economic turmoil, has been to try and become more efficient… to perfect stocks. Multiplying the number of suppliers is another, to reduce risk should one partner’s capacity drop off.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

The June report’s Executive Summary begins: “ The global economy remains in a precarious state amid the protracted effects of the overlapping negative shocks of the pandemic, the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, and the sharp tightening of monetary policy to contain high inflation. ”

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