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Shipping Container Shortage–Another Bullwhip Example

Operations and Supply Chain Management

An ‘aggressive’ fight over containers is causing shipping costs to rocket by 300%. Shipping costs have skyrocketed as desperate companies wait weeks for containers and pay premium rates to get them, according to industry watchers. and Europe have surged 300%, Mark Yeager, chief executive officer of Redwood Logistics, told CNBC.

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5 Steps to Address the Rising Geopolitical Risks to Your Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Even companies that serve markets and rely on supply chains that are not directly affected by the conflict are starting to feel the effects of the war. At the same time, many companies have lost access to most of the markets in Ukraine and Russia (owing to sanctions). This further adds to lead times.

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Risk Management in Global Ocean Context

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Written by logistics leaders who are practitioners in their respective companies, it aims to stimulate thinking on how shippers or BCO’s could view business continuity and risk in the current environment. The ability to sufficiently analyze operating models and network flow of our companies is crucial.

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One belt, one road, and one very blurry supply chain benefit

DELMIA Quintiq

There was just not enough products being shipped back and forth. Would a multi-user logistics center qualify? Inevitably, capital improvements to the existing facilities will help, but they will not change the game for logistics planning. Even ancient caravans could not operate fully one way and empty the other.

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ERP Sustains Manufacturing during COVID-19

IQMS

For companies with a DELMIAworks ERP system in place, the shift to front office personnel working from home, driven by COVID-19 prevention measures, has not caused major business disruptions. A case in point is Ventura Manufacturing, an award-winning company that serves a range of markets globally.

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Want to Succeed at a Large Firm? Become an Entrepreneur

Logistics Viewpoints

Lizet Tymon, the senior supply chain management director at Jabil, has an interesting story to tell about how she advanced from being one of hundreds of managers at Jabil to being a senior director at this Fortune 500 company. The company engages in contract manufacturing services for companies. Jabil is a big company.

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Blockchain and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Enterra Insights

Matt Higginson, a partner at McKinsey & Company, explains blockchain is simply “a database which is [securely] shared across a number of participants.”[1] “Cargo Volume often defines the cost of shipping freight. The blockchain concept is simple enough. The Winnesota analysts describe eight of those challenges: 1.