Locus

DECEMBER 7, 2021

They have started earmarking their investments for food supply chain networks since the pandemic. Presently, their major focus lies on local production, warehousing and strategic sourcing. Major supply chain risks in the Middle East. This issue has affected shipping goods from Asia to Europe and the Middle East.

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ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

We are pleased to announce to our Supply Chain Matters readers the listening availability of our latest podcast: Overcoming Supply Chain Disruptions and Instilling Supply Network Resilience in Post Pandemic Supply Networks. He has lived and held leadership roles in Europe , Asia and the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2024

At the regional level, improvements across Europe and in Asia continue to close some of the gap.” Europe remained weak with eight nations in continued production contraction. Suppliers continue to have capacity but work to improve lead times, due to their raw material supply chain disruptions.”

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 18, 2021

Unlike the Suez Canal incident or other recent port issues, which have impacted a more limited number of regions and trade lanes, the Port of Yantian is a major export hub for multiple large markets like Europe, North America, Latin America and Oceania. We need to build resiliency around supply chain and continue to have options to navigate.

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Logility

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Valuable lessons can be learned from looking at what went wrong during these crisis situations that impacted supply chains around the world. The podcast, Dealing with Complexity , explores how Sigma-Aldrich was able to turn the complete grounding of flights over Europe into a non event and maintain exceptional customer service levels.

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Logility

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Valuable lessons can be learned from looking at what went wrong during these crisis situations that impacted supply chains around the world. The podcast, Dealing with Complexity , explores how Sigma-Aldrich was able to turn the complete grounding of flights over Europe into a non event and maintain exceptional customer service levels.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

It’s good to see these companies recognizing the impact of climate change, and changing their policies, sourcing, and manufacturing practices to reduce emissions. Agriculture, oil and gas operations are major sources of methane emissions. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 17, 2021

With summer winding down, we take a look back at the major trends that occurred in ocean shipping in the first half of 2021 and reflect on what your organization can do to proactively prevent major supply chain disruption. As a result, shipments were delayed across all sectors.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

As the calendar now moves to the second half of 2022, it is important to focus on rapidly changing developments including a marked escalation in geopolitical tensions that impact global supply chain strategies. Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing. Mid-Year Assessment.

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

So a backlog of ships off the coast of California means fewer empty containers heading back to Asia, which means fewer ships and containers available for exports, raising the cost to ship a container from Asia to Europe by 400% in November and December 2020. . Enter, a global container shortage. It’s all bad news?

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 24, 2023

The Mint staff adds, “Supply chain risk is a modern day reality and can emanate from a variety of sources, ranging from natural disasters to government policies and a host of other unforeseen events.”[2] Inevitably, these will interrupt production, increase sourcing costs, and cut into corporate revenue.”[4]

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Logility

MARCH 29, 2022

Truly resilient supply chains can only be built with complete visibility. Further disruptions are inevitable, and proactive leaders must do whatever they can to develop resilient supply chains. Recent Supply Chain Disruptions. Shipping costs have skyrocketed. There are labor shortages.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

While not completely protecting them from the supply shocks that occurred during the pandemic, it allowed them to respond to their customers with greater speed and agility, manage costs, and provide options when a supply chain disruption occurred. Further, historically Molex had a focused sourcing strategy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The supply chain team conducted an in-depth analysis of 3 key projects and determined that 61% of components are internationally sourced, and most critical components are manufactured in Asia or Europe. Meanwhile, material lead times ranged from 9 days to 9 months.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2020

Macro events like the Coronavirus crisis trigger demand volatility that affects every link in your global supply chain—from the raw materials you procure to setting safety stock levels to planning logistics and promotions. One US-based ToolsGroup manufacturing customer sources parts from several Chinese and Italian suppliers.

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QAD

MARCH 9, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in supply chains around the world and the dust has never settled. Positive cases have been on a downward trend but supply chain disruption shows no sign of slowing down. Avoid using full-year average unit costs and unit prices to monetize supply chain activities.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Ensuring that any approach is fully compliant in order to avoid having to relocate production or supply sources often takes up a lot of internal resources. Joint tariff payment is a better strategy for both partners when compared with looking for a totally new supplier or sourcing from a different country altogether.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

We wanted to alert our Supply Chain Matters readers to an upcoming podcast that will be of benefit to many strategic sourcing, planning, product development and procurement professionals. Further discussed are the primary actions that manufacturers and OEM’s are undertaking to address needs for added agility and resiliency.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Moving past waste, water, and C02 reduction, they have begun searching for renewable energy sources, different forms of packaging, and increased efficiency overall. More and more enterprises will be focusing on processes like ethical sourcing, reverse logistics, and using green materials in response to public demands.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Thirty-one months of supply chain disruption. COVID is far from over and food instability, coupled with drought, is driving migration from Sudan to Europe. The Russian invasion of Ukraine stretches into a much longer war resulting in serious disruptions to the food, automotive, and semi-conductor supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

percent for this year, two percentage points lower, warning of the effects of high global wide inflation, the war in Ukraine and continued supply chain disruptions will impact real GDP growth. The likelihood of a full-blown recession impacting Europe by 2023 is now appears more cogent while prospects for growth of the U.S.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

These changes can significantly impact supply chains by affecting sourcing strategies, trade routes, and market access. Rapid advancements in technology, globalization, and the interconnectedness of markets have amplified the frequency and magnitude of supply chain disruptions.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights reports indicating that Europe based Airbus will double China based aircraft final assembly output by 2024. Such scope requires a domestic manufacturing presence both politically and economically from a supply and production output perspective.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Globalisation has made is much easier for UK businesses to trade across borders, allowing access to lower cost sources of supply and new markets. This drive has resulted in increasingly global and complex supply chains, which expose organisations to more supply chain risk than ever before.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Similar sentiments were shared when Maersk acquired B2C Europe in October 2021 : The company’s offering consists of labeling services, pick-ups, sorting parcels, linehaul and injection into the last mile delivery network of 100+ connected carriers across Europe, including full returns logistics mainly covering 35 European countries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

For supply chain “digital champions,” investments in advanced supply chain capabilities pay off in an average of 22 months, and these companies see higher returns relative to other companies and “digital novices.” Once that’s in place, CFOs will notice: Improved margin by lowering your cost of goods sold.

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QAD

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Suez Canal obstruction, natural disasters, wars, scarcity of semiconductors, the energy crisis in Europe…are all examples showcasing the need to better manage and monitor your supplier base. Am I contributing to society by buying an environmentally sourced and produced product to have a greener planet?

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Moving past waste, water, and C02 reduction, they have begun searching for renewable energy sources, different forms of packaging, and increased efficiency overall. More and more enterprises will be focusing on processes like ethical sourcing, reverse logistics, and using green materials in response to public demands.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Average increase in sales revenue, 2020 to 2021 This steep upward trend is promising given the challenges manufacturers have faced over this period, including labour shortages and supply chain disruptions that have resulted in delays and rising costs, and a global semiconductor chip shortage.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing supply chain disruptions and geopolitical events, like the war in Ukraine, the future of global food security is at risk. In the agriculture space, if a supply or demand imbalance goes undetected, multiple unfortunate consequences can occur.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Economists and forecasters additionally point to the risk of stagflation for some select economies such as Europe in the coming year, the combination of high rates of cost inflation and economic stagnation. Of added concern, the three largest global economies ( Europe, United States, China ) are expected to stall.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The most important tip: factor in customs and fiscal aspects as soon as you start developing new products or designing your supply chain. 24 | Manufacturing and distribution shift to Eastern Europe. The Balkans are also an emerging manufacturing region for Europe. 26 | Supply chain map of Europe.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

These ESG challenges in supply chains are no longer just about corporate ethics and reputations. With the enactment of Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act and other forced labor and supply chain sustainability laws in the U.S. and Europe, costly fines and losses of import shipments can result from violations.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

Since China is home to seven of the world’s 10 biggest container ports, lockdowns could disrupt supply chains well into the foreseeable future. Supply chain concerns, however, don’t focus solely on the movement of consumer goods. Hospitals from the U.S. ”[4]. Innovation and Competition Act of 2021.”

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

China promised an “all-round opening up” Europe spoke of its quest for strategic autonomy. In rich countries, it provided consumers with a seemingly endless supply of cheap goods.” and China, tensions between Europe and the U.S. each positioning their own forms of industrial policies.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Supply chain disruptions have been part of this figure, as disruptions to air, sea and ground links through Russia have continued to impact supply. The EU economies will also be hit, especially Germany and Eastern Europe as we go into winter in 2022. The Curse of Inflation. growth, and only 3.1% Not likely.

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