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For Businesses in need of swift and flexible Trade Financing

Global Trade Management

It's time for a transformative approach to supply chain risk management-based financing. These innovations allow for a comprehensive assessment of risks by viewing the supply chain through the lens of the cargo itself. It's like cutting out the middleman and going straight to the source!

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This Week in Logistics News (January 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Moving on to supply chain risk management, LoJack SCI and TransVoyant announced a partnership to provide companies “with the ability to identify, prioritize, and mitigate supply chain risks by increasing real-time alerting on factors that affect global supply chains.”

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Retail giants crush the rush with charters, air freight

Resilinc

In the race to fill distribution centers and store shelves with inventory for the holidays, some of the world’s largest retailers and ecommerce sellers are jumping ahead of smaller competitors by chartering ships, shifting freight to air, re-rerouting inland shipments, and hiring more staff for distribution centers and other supply chain nodes.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse- A Reminder of Supply Chain Risk

Supply Chain Matters

Coast Guard authorities are assured that the bridge debris and/or underwater obstacles are sufficiently cleared for cargo ship navigation. There are two other harbor crossings but the prospects for high levels of traffic congestion loom large, especially for just-in-time inventory replenishment movements.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

Kinaxis

states, obvious disruptions to supply chains and supply chain risk management were a given. Many of the states affected contained key ports and supply destinations, as well as transportation and logistics hubs. containerized loaded cargo volume and more than 18% of the East Coast container trade.

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El Niño May Have Your Supply Chain Partying Like It’s 1997

Kinaxis

With extreme weather—running the gamut from droughts to flooding rains—likely to occur across the globe this winter, we can expect to see the supply chain affected in several areas. El Niño may serve as the ultimate test of supply chain risk management and resiliency. Assess Inventory Positions.

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Managing Supply Chain Disruptions in the Middle East

Locus

They have started earmarking their investments for food supply chain networks since the pandemic. Presently, their major focus lies on local production, warehousing and strategic sourcing. Major supply chain risks in the Middle East. Risk management maturity model. Optimize sourcing decisions.