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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. This further adds to lead times.

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Can Blockchain Technology Prevent Organic Fraud?

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Because supply cannot meet demand of organic foods, retailers, feed companies, and packaged food manufacturers are importing organic foods from India, Ukraine, Turkey, Romania, etc. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data. The challenges of adopting Blockchain technology. .

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The Supply Chain Response to India’s Second Wave of Covid!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Some of the others countries who helped us in this time of grave crisis included Bhutan, Ireland, Romania , Portugal, Hong Kong and Thailand. The USISPF through donations from its member companies also sourced 1,00, 000 portable oxygen concentrators for home and hospital use.

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Supplier Quality Management: What it is, 5 Key Metrics to Know & a 4 Step Supplier Evaluation Process

GlobalTranz

The US quality guru Joseph Moses Juran (born 1904 in Romania ) divides the supplier quality assurance process into nine steps: definition of the product’s quality requirements, evaluation of alternative suppliers. 5 Key Metrics to Use for Scoring Supplier Quality Management (From LNS Research ).

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Packaging Manufacturing Predictions Post-Pandemic

QAD

According to McKinsey , many execs report that their companies moved 20 to 25 times faster than what they thought possible to build supply chain redundancies, improve data security and expand the use of advanced technologies in operations. Sustainability will challenge the supply chain with new materials, sources and logistics.

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Is Logistics Outsourcing Right for Your Company?

Supply Chain Movement

Integrated technology gathers data from all parts of the supply chain and provides full visibility to orders and costs. From local truck transportation to global supply chain management systems, from produce sourcing to consulting based on practical experience to outsourcing, C.H. Palestinian Territory, Occupied. Papua New Guinea.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

With emerging ground-breaking technology, such as Augmented and Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence with thinking robots, Internet of Things by interconnectivity between machines, 3D printing and Big Data analysis delivers threats and opportunities to high-tech companies at the same time. Palestinian Territory, Occupied. Philippines.