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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The global supply chain industry has by default, a large environmental impact, through its carbon footprint. We are committed to preparing the supply chains of the future. In addition, CEVA Logistics was also appointed by General Motors (GM) to manage its entire ventilator production supply chain in support of the U.S.

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How the Supply Chain Can Thrive in the Face of Natural Disasters

Material Handling & Logistics

As climate change drives up the regularity of natural disasters, supply chains must rely on real time data to thrive. . . . . In the past year alone wildfires have ravaged California, multiple hurricanes have hit South America, and Indonesia has been rocked by a deadly earthquake and tsunami that caused thousands of fatalities.

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The reality of green energy: “green metal” supply chains won’t be able to keep up

NC State SCRC

But nobody is talking about the supply chain for these vehicles, and the capacity required to build them. Converting an entire supply base of automotive suppliers, who are all focused on building of combustion engine-powered vehicles, and moving them all to electric vehicles, will be a superhuman feat. The losers?

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Supply Chain Risks Come from All Sides

Material Handling & Logistics

How technology can help increase visibility and reduce paperwork. cargo ship Peak Pegasus made its way toward the port of Dalian with a load of soybeans. But as is often the case in the world of supply chain, the ship did not come in as planned. Many watched as the U.S. Visibility Is a Foundation.

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Freightera vs Traditional and Online Solutions, Freightquote, FreightCenter, Uber Freight, Flexport, Freightos

Freightera

It is them who actually transfer your cargo from point A to point B using their drivers and assets (trucks, warehouses, etc.). Traditional Non-Automated Freight Brokerages Traditional non-automated brokers still rely on phone calls, and in more cases than you’d think, pen and paper. The full green circle: Yes or Complete.

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Freightera vs Traditional and Online Solutions, Freightquote, FreightCenter, Uber Freight, Flexport, Freightos

Freightera

It is them who actually transfer your cargo from point A to point B using their drivers and assets (trucks, warehouses, etc.). Traditional Non-Automated Freight Brokerages Traditional non-automated brokers still rely on phone calls, and in more cases than you’d think, pen and paper. The full green circle: Yes or Complete.

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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.