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The Food Supply Chain and the War in Ukraine

Enterra Insights

Against an already turbulent backdrop of global inflationary pressures amid rising food and energy prices and disrupted supply chains following the coronavirus pandemic, the war between Russia and Ukraine is exacerbating supply and demand tensions, damaging consumer sentiment, and is threatening global economic growth.”[1]

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Autokiniton Leverages QAD Cloud for Rapid Disaster Recovery

QAD

Companies are accelerating their digital transformation to build the type of enterprise that can get back up and running fast when a disaster, or disruption of any kind, strikes. The company has been a QAD customer since the 1990s and moved its ERP operations from on-premise to the cloud in 2014. of business revenue to 5.8%.

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Last Mile Innovation with Emma Cosgrove

The Logistics of Logistics

Emma previously covered supply chains and food and agriculture technology for Supply Chain Dive and AgFunder News. She started her journalism career as a financial reporter in Beirut, Lebanon. About The Business Insider. FedEx stopped working with Amazon in 2019.

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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

In Lebanon alone, more than a million Syrians have taken refuge, increasing the country’s population by a third. A crisis of this magnitude creates a mind-boggling supply chain and logistics challenge. Relief agencies normally spend as much as 80% of their proceeds on logistics and supply chain.

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ScottsMiracle-Gro Improves Distribution System in Sustainability and Customer Service

Supply Chain Network

warehouse will be added to The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s operation in Lebanon, Conn. to service the Company’s home center retail customers in northeastern U.S. The warehouse is part of ScottsMiracle-Gro’s high-service distribution model that the Company began implementing across the U.S. A new 100,000-sq.

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Profiles in Leadership: Chef José Andrés

Enterra Insights

“However, it’s his humanitarian efforts that can teach us a lot about supply chain management.”[1] And they have fed people injured from a blast in Lebanon and survivors of bush fires in Australia. “If you’re in supply chain management, then you know about ‘the plan.’ Don’t Overplan.

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Apple – carbon

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Apple’s new carbon-neutral pledge is likely to reverberate across electronics supply chains. The company says its mostly overseas supply chain will be part of an effort to slash its world-wide carbon footprint, the WSJ’s Sarah E. The parent company of Men’s Wearhouse and Jos. Advertisement. Patriot-News).