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Hurricane season 2024: how to prepare your supply chain

Resilinc

If these forecasts are correct, 2024 will shake out to be the third most active hurricane season on record. The 2024 hurricane season is expected to be extremely active, with multiple forecasts predicting above-average activity, increasing the potential for supply chain disruptions. What sets this year’s hurricane season apart?

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Water levels falling in the Rhine, the Loire, and the Colorado River. Warehouses are full, and supply chain leaders are using containers as overflow warehouses adding to port snarls. In nine out of ten supply chain planning systems that I test, I find that companies have a negative Forecast Value Added level.

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Reports of Easing Global Supply Chain Volatility in July

Supply Chain Matters

The Logistics Managers Index Report ®, compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , reported a July 2022 value of 60.7,

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You Are a “Green” Superhero

Logility

In fact, living in beautiful Colorado I often find myself surrounded by and admiring nature. To help prove my point, let’s take a look at three examples: distribution, forecast accuracy and scenario planning. What about warehousing, inventory management, and the efficient maintenance of your capital equipment?

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Hurricane Season Brings New Risks to Pandemic-stressed Supply Chain Chains

Enterra Insights

Forecasters predict that oceanic and atmospheric conditions in the Atlantic will be favorable for a more active than usual hurricane season in the months ahead.” According to federal weather forecasters, conditions in the Pacific Ocean aren’t going to help. ”[2]. How bad could the hurricane season be?

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21 logistics experts share the most important ingredients in developing an effective logistics strategy

6 River Systems

The number and locations of required warehouses, distributors, etc. This way, the client and the operator are completely on the same page (even up to being on the same line of the page) regarding crucial details like goods being dispatched, warehouse goods procurement and delivery at arranged destinations.

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22 HR & management professionals share the most effective ways for managers to retain their best warehouse workers

6 River Systems

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), employment in the warehousing and storage industry grew from 1,133,900 to 1,194,400 from May 2020 to June 2020. In fact, warehousing accounted for the largest portion of jobs added in the transportation and warehousing sector in June, about 61,000 of 99,000 total jobs.