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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

more near-shoring and larger, less frequent shipments to minimize transportation costs). How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Of course, what happens in the U.S. The Rebirth of Transportation Marketplaces (UberCARGO, Cargomatic, and Freight Friend).

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The Future of Global Food Security

Enterra Insights

” Of course, armed violence isn’t the only challenge facing global food security. In the past half-decade, armed conflicts escalated across the world: Syria, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Myanmar. Indeed, of the 828m people who do not get enough food, nearly 60% live in countries racked by conflict. Science writer Max G.

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Impact of Trump Pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement on Manufacturing & Transportation

GlobalTranz

Throughout the course of the 2016 election and now the Trump Administration, many Americans have expressed dissatisfaction with the Paris Climate Agreement. manufacturers, distributors or other partners, except for Syria and Nicaragua, will be at risk. The Paris Climate Agreement. Let those words hang for a moment.

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

Talking Logistics

If they actually follow through on their promise and oil prices continue to rise next year, how will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in response? Of course, what happens in the U.S. And if prices climb high enough, will that prompt U.S.