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How To Overcome Supply Chain Disruption

GlobalTranz

Supply chain disruption is a fact of life for every company that moves any type of product. There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. A resilient supply chain may be stretched to the max, but it doesn’t break. Trade disputes and tariffs.

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Trucker protest over COVID vaccines: an update

Resilinc

The protests—especially the blockade of the Detroit-Windsor border crossing—have caused delays and bottlenecks in production across the automotive industry in the U.S. While the Detroit-Windsor crossing was opened Monday morning (February 14), blockades continued to disrupt crossings in Manitoba and Alberta. and Canada.

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Four Risk Mitigation Actions for Weathering a Stormy Market

TMC

Although container shipping is in dire straits with several other lines at risk of failure or in the throes of restructurings, it is by no means the only source of unpredictability in freight markets. A key battleground region that stretches from Detroit in the north to Houston in south is especially sensitive to such trade-offs.

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Behind Toyota’s 2021 U.S. win? A better sourcing strategy

Resilinc

It was how the company handled its supply chain. According to Toyota’s public statements and news reports, Toyota managed the shortage of semiconductors significantly better than its competitors, and this gave it the competitive edge against other companies in 2021. Was it Toyota’s marketing? Its reputation for quality?

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Behind Toyota’s 2021 U.S. win? Supply chain visibility

Resilinc

It was how the company handled its supply chain. According to Toyota’s public statements and news reports, Toyota managed the shortage of semiconductors significantly better than its competitors, and this gave it the competitive edge against other companies in 2021. Was it Toyota’s marketing? Its reputation for quality?

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Resilinc’s Director of Advisory Services, Rick Freeman, talks resiliency, ROI, and the Risk Game

Resilinc

Rick Freeman joined Resilinc in July after more than a dozen years in procurement and supply chain for semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology. At Micron, Freeman developed and managed the company’s robust supply chain risk management strategy and programs, which uses Resilinc’s suite of tools and solutions.

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Behind Toyota’s 2021 U.S. win? Better SCRM

Resilinc

It was how the company handled its supply chain. According to Toyota’s public statements and news reports, Toyota managed the shortage of semiconductors significantly better than its competitors, and this gave it the competitive edge against other companies in 2021. Toyota wasn’t immune to supply chain disruptions, and its U.S.