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The World Today Part 1: The Best Manufacturing Ecosystems Win

Enterra Insights

It is the interconnected network of stakeholders involved in the resourcing, production, supply, and distribution of goods around the world. Batteries are sourced from South Korea and China. And these ecosystems form the basis of international competitiveness. So, how do we define a global ecosystem? Computer chips are made in Taiwan.

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IMO’s Convention on Ship Recycling Enters into Force

Supply Chain Brain

The Hong Kong Convention addresses key environmental, occupational health, and safety risks involved in the recycling of ships, while distributing responsibilities and obligations across relevant stakeholders — shipowners, ship building yards, ship recycling facilities, flag states, port states and recycling states.

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Medline is the Largest User of the AutoStore Robotics Solution in the World

Logistics Viewpoints

AutoStore in action at a Medline Distribution Center AutoStore has a lot of buzz surrounding it. This public company (OSE:AUTO) headquartered in Norway achieved revenues of nearly $650 million in less than 20 years. The company continued to grow during COVID even as the industry shrank. Medline’s first AutoStore went live in 2013.

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The Future of Autonomous Supply Chains Part 1: Autonomous Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

Autonomous supply chains can help businesses by enabling faster and more accurate demand forecasting, optimizing inventory levels and distribution networks, automating warehouse and delivery operations, and enhancing customer service and satisfaction. They also ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and communication.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift. A natural evolution after shipping and customs is, of course, warehousing and distribution. The Next Steps.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

As a result of these market trends companies need to place their financial bets carefully, whereas commercial departments of high-tech companies are seeing business opportunities everywhere especially in new technology and omni-channel sales and distribution. The sourcing department is challenged by increasing compliancy issues.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

And freight costs are continuing to rise, pushed upward by factors such as globalized distribution and unpredictable fuel prices. By consolidating at the source, several shipments can be combined into one, thereby reducing the number of shipments even before the shipments arrive at the Logistics Service Provider (LSP). Mozambique.