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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

While the impacts of disruption of trade between US and Europe and Russian and Ukraine are miniscule in comparison to the disruption of trade with China that occurred because of the pandemic, the impacts are not insignificant. More than 2,100 U.S.-based based firms and 1,200 European firms have at least one direct (tier-1) supplier in Russia.

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Optimizing Inventory Is About Improving Service While Lowering Inventory. Wait, What?

ToolsGroup

Lubinski, the sole importer for Citroen and Peugeot vehicles in Israel moved to an advanced, intelligent planning system to optimize its inventory of roughly 20,000 parts, of which 75 percent were slow-movers. Inventory mix optimization in practice: Lubinski. But it had a hunch that outcomes could be significantly improved.

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The World’s Most Vulnerable Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

“A typical chip might be designed with blueprint prints from the Japanese-owned UK-based company called ARM,” Professor Miller explains, “by a team of engineers in California and Israel, using design software from the United States. OPEC’s 40% share of world oil production looks unimpressive by comparison.”

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

In comparison, according to Fraunhofer Institute, warehousing is outsourced by 54% in Germany, which is the largest logistics market in Europe. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man. Kazakhstan. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of. Korea, Republic of. Kyrgyzstan.

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Look to Israel for a Measure of How the US Vaccine Supply Chain Has Failed

MIT Supply Chain

To put the scale of the debacle into context, let’s compare the US performance to that of tiny Israel. By comparison, Israel was vaccinating 150,000 people a day or about 1.7% At these vaccination rates, Israel may need a little over 80 days to achieve herd immunity (when 70% of the population are vaccinated twice).