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5 Steps to Address the Rising Geopolitical Risks to Your Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Shift in the centers of gravity of the demand: As of the beginning of April 2022, about four million Ukrainians have left the country for neighboring countries such as Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Moldova. This has resulted in massive spikes in demand for basic necessities in these countries. He received his Ph.D.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Global Agriculture Value Chain

Enterra Insights

As a result, crop prices in Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia collapsed with the onslaught of cheaper imports — generating protests in those countries. “Aggregated machine data can be used for predictive management when correlated with actual failures. Better equipment management. ” 3. . Improving crops. ” 4.

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o9 Solutions and Genpact Partner to Digitally Transform Supply Chain of Eckes-Granini

o9 Solutions

In the first phase, Eckes-Granini went live with the Valorized Demand Planning process in Spain, Germany, Hungary, Austria, France, Finland, Sweden, and its international business, bringing together Supply Chain, Finance, Sales and Marketing under the same process and tool. “By We are excited to help Eckes-Granini grow its business in Europe.

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Risk Management in Global Ocean Context

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We can observe this quite clearly in the growth experienced in countries like Vietnam, India as well as Hungary and Mexico. Some companies have adapted with near and/or off shoring, either due to cost or geo-political challenges. Gone are the days of a traditional global RFQ that is done yearly with a given set of partners.

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ERP Sustains Manufacturing during COVID-19

IQMS

Today, during the COVID-19 response, ERP is keeping entire industries in operation with its ability to sustain business operations through remote access, automated reporting, electronic data exchange, and real-time factory controls. A case in point is Ventura Manufacturing, an award-winning company that serves a range of markets globally.

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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

Toy manufacturer Lego is currently building an enormous, sustainable factory in Hungary, and also has concrete plans for its first production facility in China. The opening of Google’s huge data factory in Eemshaven can also be mentioned in the same breath. Not all bad news.

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Smart Cities and Climate Change, Part 1

Enterra Insights

Drought in the steppes east of Hungary pushed marauding Huns west and toppled the Roman empire. Combining this data with maps of hardship and deficiency will help cities to become smarter in the way they prioritize greening efforts.” ” She goes on to note climate change isn’t the only factor driving human history.