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The Evolving Warehouse: Prepare Your Warehouse for Disruption

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The pandemic halted many supply chains last year, closing factories and stores, and limiting manufacturing and distribution operations. Construction of manufacturing plants and new warehouse sites were also postponed or canceled entirely due to market uncertainty. ports to get backlogged.

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How Disruptions like Coronavirus Test The Resilience Of Supply Chain Planning

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Manufacturers like Hyundai are experiencing a shortage of components that threaten s to halt production. Avenues of transport are declining as major cargo airlines, like Cathay Pacific , drastically reduce flights to mainland China and Hong Kong.

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The Importance of Transportation Visibility

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The need to know where products are, whether they are on the way to the warehouse, store, or customer, is critical to ensure a positive experience. For ocean cargo, however, if a shipment gets bumped to the next ship, it can add up to 15 days to the transit time. Visibility solutions are becoming more necessary.

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Hurricane season 2024: how to prepare your supply chain

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As air and ocean surface temperatures rise, the likelihood of extreme weather events increases. From 2022 to 2023, extreme weather events grew 4.5%—a From 2022 to 2023, extreme weather events grew 4.5%—a Climate change is expected to increase the frequency of La Niña events in the coming decades.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 31 – August 6)

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For the US Women’s National Soccer Team, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were supposed to be another Gold Medal event, as it entered with a 44-match unbeaten streak. Varda Space Industries secures $42m for off-planet manufacturing. Water rushed into industrial areas extensively damaging facilities, machinery, and warehouses.

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How Disruptions like Coronavirus Test The Resilience Of Supply Chain Planning

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Manufacturers like Hyundai are experiencing a shortage of components that threaten s to halt production. Avenues of transport are declining as major cargo airlines, like Cathay Pacific , drastically reduce flights to mainland China and Hong Kong.

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4 Global Supply chain management strategies to avoid bottlenecks in operations

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u can’t just turn around a giant cargo ship. Once the cargo has shipped, there is no “backsies.” This is why supply chain managers are always stressing over demand forecasts — something that tops the list of most critical inventory and warehouse management practices. Supply chain flow has a lot of one-way check valves.