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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

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Of course, what happens in the U.S. Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. Or will any rate increases, if they actually occur, be short-lived?

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I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

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Other examples: The United States Postal Service (USPS) published a report in May titled Blockchain Technology: Possibilities for the U.S. Postal Service , with supply chain management as one of the focus areas; in October, as reported by Reuters, “IBM, U.S. Of course, what happens in the U.S.