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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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Artificial Intelligence and the Global Agriculture Value Chain

Enterra Insights

As a result, crop prices in Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia collapsed with the onslaught of cheaper imports — generating protests in those countries. “Machine learning is hard at work with plant breeders and crop protection companies. Seed companies have pumped their genetic data into these machine learning systems.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

TomTom launches toll reporting to help transport companies manage costs. Over the past 20 years, the company has built a network of 52 offices with over 1,000 employees throughout Europe. The company will offer the HighJump® Supply Chain Advantage suite to customers in the region. Robinson Enters Switzerland Marketplace.

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Three Months after Tianjin, the Area is Still Reeling.

Elementum

Companies have been cutting down on their profit estimates following the Tianjin incident. The company saw huge inventory and other factory investment losses in the explosion. New productions are also in line in Slovakia, Austria and Brazil. The company still intends to ramp up volume despite losses in China.

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Anita Arts: “A supply chain manager can no longer sit in an ivory tower

Supply Chain Movement

In a company that employs more than 50 different nationalities, the fact that Anita Arts speaks five languages comes in handy. The corporation recently acquired Virgin Media, plus it holds almost 60 percent of the shares in the Belgian company Telenet. because there are only three major companies left who manufacturer such chipsets.”.

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Winner of last quarter: The Netherlands as a logistics base

Supply Chain Movement

The Netherlands secured first place based on the results from the large-scale survey among logistics decision-makers within manufacturing and retail companies in Germany.

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Jungheinrich aiming for Europe’s number 1 position

Supply Chain Movement

The company also wants to achieve significant growth as a ‘total supplier’ of complete logistics systems. The second-hand-vehicle plant in Dresden is where the company has been overhauling thousands of the German brand’s used forklifts and warehouse trucks annually since 2006.