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FedEx’s Sudden Financial Miss- What Are the Implications?

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides commentary and perspectives on FedEx’s sudden and unexpected warning of revenue and profitability shortfall prompting decisive actions. It is yet another development in this new, new normal of business and supply chain developments. Development. Explanations.

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How to Handle Logistics During Chinese New Year

Material Handling & Logistics

Provide a forecast of your expected cargo to your shipper’s representative. The rates are slightly higher but this measure will keep your supply chain running. . Vietnam – Lunar New Year – February 14-20 . Inform your shipper about your priority shipments, in case there are only very limited spaces. .

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How The Coronavirus Epidemic is Throttling Global Supply Chains

Logistics Bureau

Containers are piling up in ports, international shipping has been hammered, Western companies are battling to source products from traditional suppliers, and disruptions are being experienced throughout the global supply chain. General Motors is airlifting supplies to its North American truck production. Other Industries.

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Conquering the world with shoes

Cathy Roberson

The National Retail Federation (NRF) recently revised its 2021 total retail sales forecast. The latest forecast projects that retail sales will grow between 10.5% Delays Delays throughout the supply chain continue to be an issue for shoe retailers. to between $4.44 trillion to $4.56 trillion this year. In 2020, 1.9

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

Supply chain industry executives are split sharply about how Mexico will fare if it is able to agree with the United States and Canada on terms to update the North American Free Trade Agreement. . In the 50 country rankings, Brazil slips two spots to No. 9, falling below No. GDP growth.

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Delta outbreaks spur supply chain woes

Resilinc

As the COVID-19 delta variant spreads sickness, suffering and death around the world, it is also causing a wave of renewed disruptions to supply chains. Most impacted are Asian exporters such as China, Vietnam, and Malaysia where rigorous policies to contain any COVID-19 outbreaks are leading to factory and port shutdowns.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part One: Security Risks

Enterra Insights

Journalist Andrew Freedman explains, “Geopolitical risks in the Red Sea and extreme weather in Central America are converging, jostling global supply chains fed by the Suez and Panama Canals.”[3] Even so, global supply chains have been impacted. Climate change is affecting another crucial waterway, the Panama Canal.