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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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Clorox Warns of Revenue Impact from Cyberattack

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-up posting, we highlight new information regarding our previous posting highlighting a disclosed cyberattack directed at consumer goods producer Clorox. million to resolve.

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The Consequences of Supply Chain Constipation

Enterra Insights

” Raghavan and Farzan note, “While most consumer goods passing through the Suez Canal are headed from China to Europe, the cascading chain of dominoes will eventually reach America.” All global retail trade moves in containers, or 90 percent of it. So everything is impacted.

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Welcome to the Supply Chain where the Risks Never Stop Coming

Enterra Insights

The irony here is that corporate risks include companies themselves. ” The Control Risks report states, “[As] globalized companies enter 2019, they risk — ironically — becoming nationless as nationalist politics continue to advance across the world. .” 3] Those risks are: 1.

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The Messages of 2022 Cyber Monday and Black Friday Are Far Different

Supply Chain Matters

Specifically for retail and consumer goods focused supply chain management teams, a short-term tactical concern is the ongoing management of excess product inventories, which in many cases, need to be trimmed before the end of the year.

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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 Supply Chain Tech – January 11, 2023

Supply Chain Matters

The funding was aimed toward expanding the company’s go-to-market programs in consumer goods, retail, logistics, manufacturing, and distribution industries, as well as further development of its Cosmic Frog supply chain design platform.