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Panama Canal Drought: Lower Water Levels, Higher Supply Chain Risk

Resilinc

Weight limits have also been adjusted, forcing some ships to unload and transport cargo to the other side of the canal via train—increasing transportation costs. The impact of the bottleneck goes beyond the canal itself, causing delays in container shipping and inventory replenishment along various shipping routes.

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Embracing the South American Ecommerce Marketplace

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Online retailers in South America have been struggling for years to overcome several obstacles to success, including extensive customs delays, poor transportation infrastructure, and the lack of end-to-end supply chain visibility. The United States-Chile trade agreement allows all U.S. End-to-end supply chain visibility.

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Mission: Maximize Learning on Multichannel Retailing & E-Commerce

Supply Chain Network

William Connell, Senior Vice President, Transportation, Macy’s. How do you optimize a common pool of inventory, store pick up, and scale to compete in the eComm world? Colby Chiles, Director, Transportation, The Home Depot; A roundtable discussion of emerging issues and trends with service providers and retailers.

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This Week in Logistics New (May 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

A mountain of discarded clothing, including Christmas sweaters and ski boots, cuts a strange sight in Chile’s Atacama, the driest desert in the world, which is increasingly suffering from pollution created by fast fashion. Some 59,000 tons of clothing arrive each year at the Iquique port in the Alto Hospicio free zone in northern Chile.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

Effective supply chain management is essential for success in the dynamism and connectivity of modern companies. To accomplish this, you require the skills of supply chain experts who can manage the complexity and difficulties of today’s global supply chains. They come from a variety of backgrounds.

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What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage + 7 Ways Consumers and Companies are Coping

ToolsGroup

To understand the state of this latest supply chain crisis–and when it will end–this guide to the 2022 baby formula shortage breaks down: The cause of the baby formula shortage. Supply chain shortages, global events, and inflation all make it harder than ever for companies to accurately predict customer demand.

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Initiatives for e-commerce businesses in Singapore

Vinculum

The country has signed the world’s first-ever digital-only trade agreement through the DEPA, Digital Economy Partnership Agreement with New Zealand and Chile. He also emphasized that the e-commerce sector will require the necessary data infrastructure to secure data exchange across various supply chains.