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The next supply chain frontier: space

Resilinc

Humankind’s quest to visit Mars will—if all goes well—get a major boost in 2021 as three different spacecrafts are on schedule to arrive at the Red Planet: NASA’s Perseverance; China’s Tianwen-1; and the United Arab Emirates’ Hope.

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Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations

ThroughPut

You can’t just turn around a giant cargo ship. Once cargo has shipped, there are no “backsies.” Everything from custom duties to cargo inspections can create bottlenecks within the supply chain. manufacturers do to better understand global supply chain operations when exporting goods abroad? By Ali Hasan Raza.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Wolfgang Lehmacher!

Supply Chain Game Changer

As President and CEO GeoPost Intercontinental, I was heading the global network and businesses in Europe, the CIS, the United States, Hong Kong, India, the United Arab Emirates, and Africa. I am judge of the IATA Air Cargo Innovation Awards and the Automotive Logistics Awards Europe. Wolfgang Lehmacher.

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

A shift to manufacturing critical goods like pharmaceuticals in the United States would lead to higher production costs, for instance. At houseof, all our products are manufactured in China, which means that every light we sell spends between 6 and 8 weeks sitting on the deck of a boat.

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Top 8 Industries Affected by The Red Sea Crisis in January 2024

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This response is driven by ongoing threats to crew and cargo safety, necessitating the rerouting of ships around the Cape of Good Hope, resulting in substantial delays and escalated shipping costs. This disruption affects various industries, including suppliers for global retailers and car manufacturers. On January 11, the U.S.