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Consumer Goods, Ebola, Boku Haram, and African Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Global Trade Logistics Outsourcing Retail Supply Chain Risk Management' But add to that the Ebola plague, insurgent groups like Boku Haram, corruption, and instable government regimes, and you have what appears to be […].

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How Can You Seize Opportunity If You Cannot Manage Risk?

Supply Chain Shaman

Average Performance Metrics for Consumer Nondurable Industry for the Period of 2010-2017. What Is Risk? While most leaders early to the subject think of risk as mitigation of events (in Figure 1 we share the most disruptive events from the period of 2013-2018), event mitigation is the easy part of risk management.

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Adapting in the Face of Change

Supply Chain Shaman

This is not a risk management issue of yesterday with the answer of quickly implemented control towers for better visibility. Comparison of Industry Players Within Consumer Goods for the Period of 2012-2021. For many industries, the results are much worse than consumer goods. The list goes on and on.

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Countdown to Black Friday: Are You an Easy Target for Cargo Theft?

Talking Logistics

With Black Friday on the horizon, consumer goods of all kinds are making their way from manufacturers to distribution centers and retail locations across the country. The industry experiences more cargo theft incidents when there is a higher volume of consumer goods moving through the supply chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

Imports of cell phones and other consumer goods increased sharply. Weak economic growth in much of the world has curbed demand for many American-made goods, but U.S. Imports rose 2.7 percent to $322.7 billion in September, which is the highest level since February and partly reflects U.S. Exports moved up a smaller 2.2

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Four Critical Steps for CPG Manufacturers to Compete After a Crisis

DynaSys

As the world sorts through life with COVID-19 and trying to plan for the aftermath, many Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) manufacturers and suppliers are developing and implementing risk management policies and procedures. Production must continue with or without an existing risk plan to try to keep the business operating.

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech – January 11, 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Sphera Acquisition of SupplyShift Sphera , a provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and risk management software and consulting services has announced the acquisition of SupplyShift , a supply chain sustainability software company.