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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

The ongoing Ukraine–Russia conflict has caused turmoil in significant parts of the global food chain, and in fact, Ukraine is a major exporter of barley (30% of global totals), wheat (25%), and sunflower oil (60%). Further, Ukraine supplies more than one-half of the world’s neon gas necessary for printing circuits on computer chips.

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Webinar Takeaways: The Next Evolution of Control Towers

BlueYonder

With unexpected disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the Suez Canal blockage, port strikes, and the Russia/Ukraine conflicts, companies are turning to technology to break down siloed views, mitigate risks and develop more resiliency in their supply chains. Managing supply chains over the past few years has become ever-more challenging.

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Winning strategies for distributors and manufacturers during an economic downturn

EazyStock

As the global world economy has continued to recover completely from the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, and with a subsequent war with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising inflation, many stock-holding companies are having a hard time.

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Export Compliance 101

Arena Solutions

Now, those last two, the MEU and the MIEU list, only pertain to Venezuela, Russia, and China. GET A DEMO. And added to that, lately, we’ve got Military End Users and Military Intelligence End Users that we screen for as well. I’m not going to charge you for a phone call. I’m not going to charge you to answer an email.

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The Top 5 Supply Chain Megatrends of 2024

Resilinc

Geopolitics This year, three major geopolitical conflicts impacted the global supply chain: the Russia-Ukraine war, China-Taiwan tensions, and the Israel-Hamas war. The Russia-Ukraine war highlighted numerous dependencies tied to the region, including rare earth materials , gas and oil , and neon.