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The Cold Chain is a Top Opportunity for Third-Party Logistics Providers

Logistics Viewpoints

Covid Vaccine Issues Put an Increased Foucs on Cold Chain Logistics . The 26 th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study – sponsored by NTT Data, Penske, and Penn State – was released a week ago. Cold Chain Logistics is Challenging. Covid has led supply chain management issues to be more discussed than ever before.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Top lawmakers who oversee the Department of Homeland Security want to hold hearings and obtain access to classified and unclassified government documents that expose potential security vulnerabilities posed by dozens of Chinese-made cranes at American ports across the country.

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5 Things to Know About U.S.-Mexico Logistics

Talking Logistics

Assuming current trends hold, and NAFTA remains largely intact, here are five things to consider when managing cross-border logistics between the United States and Mexico: 1. government has similar restrictions for Mexican carriers. In Mexico, the basic Mexican import document is the pedimento de importacion. For example, a U.S.

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Blockchain and Information Governance! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Now, imagine there was a disagreement and forged documents were presented. That’s why we need information management, which main task would be to keep track of all documents. Blockchain technology could enhance information governance in numerous ways. blockchain #technology #digital #supplychainmanagement #logistics.

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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

Logistics Viewpoints

At SAP their solution is developed by their governance risk and compliance team. Global trade services is one of 4 pillars of GRC at SAP, the others being enterprise risk and compliance, identity and access governance, and cybersecurity. There can be big fines for noncompliance with trade regulations. For example, the U.S.

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The Green Corridor: Food for Thought

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Government regulation and enforcement of the regulations nationally are heavily relied upon and in a globalised economy the differences between each government’s regulation and enforcement standard can be well? Do their methods and documented standards meet your organisation’s values or does more need to be done?

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Lessons Learned for Supply Chain Pandemic Planning Part 1: Governance and Risk Assessment

NC State SCRC

At that time, I wrote a study for the IBM Business of Government, titled “ Planning for the Inevitable: The Role of the Federal Supply Chain in in Preparing for National Emergencies ” that laid out important trends that were apparent as a result of the avian and H1N1 flu viruses that occurred in the global economy.