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Food Supply Chain Issues

Elementum

Quality, Safety, and Traceability Consumer demand is at an all-time high and producers must distribute high-quality products in accordance with regulations and traceability. Greater operating costs mean that some parts of the supply chain could either cut corners or cease trading altogether, affecting every other logistical partner.

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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

Last year multiple companies needed to urgently relocate their employees and their families from Russia and Ukraine. Let’s replace “people” with “customer orders”, “family members” with “SKUs” and “housing” with “distribution locations” and you have the components of a common supply chain design problem. Think about these relocations!

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Maersk’s Q1-2022 Financial Performance Portends What to Expect in Ocean Freight Rates

Supply Chain Matters

billion increase in ocean transport and an $834 million increase in logistics services. billion, primarily driven by ocean revenue increases but included a negative impact of $718 million from the Russia/Ukraine conflict and losses related to terminals related to these areas. A total distribution of cash to shareholders of $6.5

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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. Then, there’s the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – the construction industry is expected to pull workers from the supply chain since both logistics and construction attract similar worker pools. It’s a global problem.

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Resilinc publishes 2022 Half Year Report – Gridlock

Resilinc

Geopolitical event alerts issued by EventWatch AI grew by 521% in the first six months of 2022—mostly due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Russia’s cyberattacks on Ukraine intensified before the invasion, and while less effective than initially feared, these attacks undermined health care, food, and relief supplies distribution.

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Transforming the Automotive Supply Chain: It’s Time to Be Brave

BlueYonder

In order for logistics, procurement and distribution to align with the general advancements of the industry itself, these critical areas must give in to a more comprehensive transformation. The automotive industry has shown itself to be brave in recent times, in all areas but one: the supply chain. It all starts with improved planning.

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Supply Chain Planning in Emerging Markets: Four Points to Remember

ToolsGroup

He adds, “Often, last-mile distribution costs to rural areas are high and reliability is low, compounded by the lack of visibility of in-transit shipments.” ( Invest in Four Key Capabilities While Developing Your Demand-Driven Supply Chain Strategy for Emerging Markets , 18 September 2017) Let’s take Indonesia, for example. Transfer taxes.