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Energy Crisis in Asia and Europe: The Supply Chain Impact

Resilinc

February 2023 saw supply chain struggles continue across Asia and Europe due to dwindling energy supplies, ongoing effects of COVID-19, high inflation, and more. Asia Energy Crisis Currently, both China and Pakistan are suffering a major energy crunch from dwindling energy supplies and high global gas prices.

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Supply Chain Uncertainties Leave Industries on Edge

Intelligent Audit

Postal Service announced its own peak season hiring plans on Monday, with the agency looking for 28,000 seasonal employees. ”. More than six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine initially caused grain prices to skyrocket, another surge in wheat prices is inflating prices of consumer goods like flour and prepared flour mixes.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

Executives are plotting alternate supply chains or devising products that can be made elsewhere should China’s hundreds of thousands of factories become inaccessible. Executives are plotting alternate supply chains or devising products that can be made elsewhere should China’s hundreds of thousands of factories become inaccessible.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

We’ve all been talking about the looming supply chain talent shortage for quite some time. It is certainly an ambitious plan to close the talent gap; it’s also quite the fast track for recent college grads. Autonomous cargo ship completes 500-mile voyage. The supply chain’s little-known weakest link: railroad workers.

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The Endless Complexities of the Ocean side of Supply Chains

SCMDOJO

The advent of containerization heralded a revolution in cargo handling techniques, the ramifications of which are still influencing maritime trade all over the world today. Supply Chain KPI Dashboard. ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach which saw their busiest March on record, handling a combined 898,287 TEU’s.

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2022: A Look in the Rearview Mirror–Part I

American Global Logistics

This was the year that supply chains regained some of their footing finding firmer ground. But the supply chain industry resolved some major issues and formed a more certain path ahead. To be sure, volatility and unpredictability still disrupt supply chain operations. It wasn’t a breakthrough year.

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8 Things to Know in Shipping, Freight, Logistics & Supply Chain this Week

Intelligent Audit

As a three-day weekend nears for many, various things vie for attention in a person’s mind, including many topics directly or indirectly related to the supply chain. A lot is going on in supply chain. Diesel Supply Improves for East Coast. Such as: “Will there be potato salad at that barbeque?” on May 22, 2022.