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Supply Chain & Logistics News Round Up (September 23rd-27th)

Logistics Viewpoints

2024 Typhoon Season has Caused Billions in Agricultural Losses This year’s typhoon season has been particularly disruptive, severely affecting port operations and shipping across the western Pacific, with significant storms such as Gaemi, Ampil, Shanshan, Yagi, and Bebinka impacting Taiwan, China, Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

Logistics Viewpoints

In this situation, an autonomous vehicle brings a package to a customer’s house, whereupon the customer enters a code and retrieves the package from a cargo hold. At CES 2022, Udelv unveiled its self-driving eclectic delivery vehicle, the Transporter. As a result, autonomous vehicles have also been tested for home delivery.

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An Update from Sharm El-Sheikh on Decarbonisation of Transport

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

An Update from Sharm El-Sheikh on Decarbonisation of Transport. Transportation accounts for 17 percent of global greenhouse gases (GHG) and 20 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Unlike in Glasgow, there was no dedicated transport day, nor a transport pavilion in Sharm El-Sheikh.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the company that makes the majority of latest-generation chips for Apple products, has committed to increasing capacity by spending $100 billion across the next three years, and building new factories in Arizona and Japan.

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Amazon’s Jassy Says AI Will Reduce Company’s Workforce

Supply Chain Brain

China Tech Fight Widens After Taiwan Blacklists Huawei More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox. Featured Product Popular Stories Report From DPW: What’s Next for AI in Supply Chain?

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Keep These 6 Geopolitical Supply Chain Risks on Your Radar in 2024

Resilinc

The attacks launched by Yemen’s Houthi group on cargo ships in the Bab al Mandeb Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea have caused several major global shipping and oil companies – including Maersk and British Petroleum (BP) – to suspend shipments and halt operations in the area. What would happen if China invaded Taiwan ?

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Studies Identify Top Supply Chain Disruption Risks

Supply Chain Matters

Geopolitical Instability with Increased Tariff Risk 80% Risk Score Reportedly, global supply chains face geopolitical threats that could disrupt trade networks and impact economies worldwide, including logistics, transportation and manufacturing industries.