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Smart Supply Chains Adapt to Overcome COVID-19 Challenges

Logistics Bureau

Examples are: Samsung Electronics , which is shifting part of its domestic phone production to Vietnam due to the rapid advance of COVID-19 in South Korea. It is also airlifting parts from China to its Vietnam operations. The Food Industry. The Food Industry.

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Relatively Cautious Global Production and Supply Chain Indices for February 2022

Supply Chain Matters

A relatively new index is The Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI) , developed by a group of researchers at the U.S. Federal Bank of New York. A country of continued optimism remains that of Vietnam , which has been the go-to country for businesses seeking to manage supply network risk exposure in China.

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How The Coronavirus Epidemic is Throttling Global Supply Chains

Logistics Bureau

Ports in the United States, The Netherlands, Britain, France, and elsewhere have reported a drop in cargo volumes ranging from around 5 percent in January to an estimated 25 percent in February. The impact on supply chains is particularly apparent in the following two broad areas— shipping and procurement of products/components/raw materials.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

As of mid-2017, 80% of the company’s shipments out of its warehouse were going to areas other than California and New York. Wayfair is also running a pilot program through its CastleGate warehouse network to ship consolidated containers of goods from multiple suppliers from China, Malaysia and Vietnam.

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

Enterra Insights

Customers of maritime shipping firms not only want to protect their goods they also want to avoid higher insurance and additional shipping surcharges for cargo transiting the Red Sea. 8] Agnes Chang, Pablo Robles and Keith Bradsher, “ How Houthi Attacks Have Upended Global Shipping ,” The New York Times, 21 January 2024. [9]