Europe and Supply Chain Disruption

Can You Predict Supply Chain Disruptions in an Unpredictable World?

Logility

OCTOBER 18, 2022

There’s always a lot at stake in supply chain management. Today’s unprecedented supply chain disruption challenges have led to executives looking for new ways of managing their supply chains, not just for today, but to prepare for future unpredictability.

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Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Supply Chain Disruptions Through Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Logility

APRIL 9, 2020

Supply chain disruptions, like the one we are currently experiencing due to the COVID-19 Pandemic will continue to happen. Surviving major supply chain disruptions requires capabilities that are only available through advanced supply chain planning and optimization platforms.

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Resilinc’s Q1 2023 Supply Chain Disruption Data

Resilinc

APRIL 19, 2023

Resilinc’s supply chain disruption data for Q1 2023 is here — while overall disruptions are leveling off, there are some new risk types experiencing major shifts. Out of those disruptions, four major risk areas emerged: financial risks, labor risks, shortages, and recalls.

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Two-Thirds of Organizations Say Reducing Supply Chain Disruption Has Increased in Priority in Response to Recurring Black-Swan Events

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The “Supply Continuity – A Visual Spotlight” study, based on research conducted by Forrester Consulting and commissioned by Ivalua, highlights that key challenges remain for organizations aiming to ensure supply continuity, with 30% of respondents saying they suffer from an inability to effectively assess the overall risk across suppliers.

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How Europe is Coping with Supply Chain Disruption

Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

And of course, the problem is acute right across Europe. Companies will have to think not only about efficiency and cost but also about the resilience of their supply chains.” She pointed out that coronavirus is a second shock to global supply chains in recent years, coming on top of the trade disputes between China and the USA.

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Supply Chain Disruption. A Deeper Look Into Context, Causes, and Trends

Elementum

MAY 26, 2022

These self-imposed problems are, not surprisingly, endemic to major successes with outmoded approaches, and in the face of today’s new challenges and demands, they’ve exacerbated an already urgent supply chain crisis. Supply Chain Disruption: A Closer Look at Macro Factors. 2) Ship to the US and Western Europe.

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Critical Supply Chain Planning Capabilities Needed to Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Supply Chain Disruptions

Logility

MARCH 30, 2020

Although maybe we should have been better prepared, after-all this is not the first major supply chain disruption faced by most companies. Yes, every disruption tends to challenge the supply chain in different ways. Strategy One: Get a Better Handle on Supply Chain Data.

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The 4 Drivers of Ongoing Supply Chain Disruption in 2022

AB&R

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

What is causing continued supply chain disruption? China Any discussion of supply chain disruptions in the U.S. Shipping Delays & Costs The most heavily trafficked shipping routes fall between Asia and North America and Asia and Northern Europe. Next Steps Supply chain delays are here to stay.

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Just-in-Time Economy Becoming a Problem for Europe, Lagarde Says

Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 18, 2021

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned that the globalized nature of the euro area’s economy makes it highly vulnerable to systemic shocks from supply chain disruptions.

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Energy Crisis in Asia and Europe: The Supply Chain Impact

Resilinc

MARCH 28, 2023

February 2023 saw supply chain struggles continue across Asia and Europe due to dwindling energy supplies, ongoing effects of COVID-19, high inflation, and more. Asia Energy Crisis Currently, both China and Pakistan are suffering a major energy crunch from dwindling energy supplies and high global gas prices.

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Managing Supply Chain Disruptions in the Middle East

Locus

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The recent Suez Canal blockage caused a sudden disruption in the global supply chain. This issue has affected shipping goods from Asia to Europe and the Middle East. How network optimization solutions help companies counter supply chain disruptions. That’s about 7% of all seaborne oil.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2024

The port serves as a gateway for importing vehicles from Europe, Asia, and South America, as well as exporting vehicles to the Middle East, Africa, and other regions. The port serves as a gateway for exporting coal to Europe, Asia, and South America, as well as importing coal from Canada and Colombia.

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The 4 Drivers of Ongoing Supply Chain Disruption in 2022

AB&R

APRIL 29, 2022

What is causing continued supply chain disruption? Any discussion of supply chain disruptions in the U.S. The most heavily trafficked shipping routes fall between Asia and North America and Asia and Northern Europe. Supply chain delays are here to stay. Shipping Delays & Costs.

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Cooling Demand Squeezes Factory Activity in Europe and Asia

Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Manufacturing had just started to recover from pandemic-related lockdowns and supply-chain disruptions, making the global slowdown a rising concern.

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Supply Chain Disruptions or Minor Inconveniences?

Logility

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Recently we published a podcast that highlights how Sigma-Aldrich, one of the world’s leading life sciences companies with more than 175,000 products and more than a million customers around the world, was able to overcome two challenges to its supply chain—the Icelandic volcano and changes to import rules during the China Exposition.

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Supply Chain Disruptions or Minor Inconveniences?

Logility

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Recently we published a podcast that highlights how Sigma-Aldrich, one of the world’s leading life sciences companies with more than 175,000 products and more than a million customers around the world, was able to overcome two challenges to its supply chain—the Icelandic volcano and changes to import rules during the China Exposition.

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Yantian Port Congestion: How Can Shippers Navigate Another Major Supply Chain Disruption?

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.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

Merchants have worked through the excess inventory that piled up on store shelves and in warehouses over the past 18 months and are now focusing on replenishing items rather than stocking up on goods to have on hand in case of supply-chain disruptions. delaying shipments and raising transportation costs. East Coast.

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Supply Chain Matters Podcast Episode 19: Overcoming Disruptions and Instilling Supply Network Resiliency with Jabil

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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Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium

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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What’s going on with global supply chains: A primer for the casual consumer

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. . It’s all bad news?

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Soft demand in Europe and the US led to an overall decline of 7.5 export regulations led to supply chain disruptions. The shares fell as much as 7.6 percent in early U.S. After registering a 9.3 percent drop in annual sales, UPS forecast a 2024 upswing of as little as 1.1 per cent in fourth-quarter delivery volumes.

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Editor’s Choice: Ocean Trends for 2021

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.

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Slight Decline in April Global Production and Supply Chain Activity Levels

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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Reshoring to the US and Europe Accelerating, Now Also Serving CO2 Emission Reduction Objectives

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Reshoring to the US and Europe Accelerating, Now Also Serving CO2 Emission Reduction Objectives by Luc Kremers , Vice President – Asia Pacific, BCI Global Reshoring is accelerating as American and European companies want to de-risk their supply chains from geopolitical developments and supply chain disruptions.

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Build Resilient Supply Chains That Weather Disruptions

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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How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation? Think Less Planning, More Real-Time Decision-Making

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Planning is practically useless anymore I’ve said it plenty — supply chain volatility is the new normal. In a world of nearly continuous supply chain disruptions, success will increasingly depend upon the ability to react quickly and effectively as real-world conditions change.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2022

Nations aim to secure supply chains with “friend-shoring”. As the driver shortage shows no signs of slowing down, and supply chain disruptions continue to affect industries around the globe, the push for these trucks is becoming stronger. The race to win in the autonomous trucking market is certainly heating up.

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Will Supply Chain Technology Help Shippers When Next Crisis Happens?

Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2021

The Suez Canal Blockage of 2021 has cleared, and cargo is again flowing through that crucial gateway from Asia to Europe. While the immediate impact may have subsided after a week of fingernail biting, significant delays, and forced re-routings, lessons learned will hopefully stay with the supply chain industry for a long time to come.

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Molex Prizes Agility

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. They have a date and the quantity, but it is not refreshed.”

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The Zergratran Story with Byron Bennett

The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 5, 2022

The Panama Canal bottleneck is causing supply chain disruptions worldwide and constraining global trade. Waiting regional ships distribute the containers onward to the US, Gulf and Eastern ports and Europe. We transfer the containers across to our North Atlantic port in 15 minutes using an underground tunnel.

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Climate Change and the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

All of these events can also lead to massive supply chain disruptions, and often times there is little to no warning before an event happens. As I wrote about a few weeks ago, the Rhine River , which has been a reliable shipping lane for centuries, is at risk due to climate change.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

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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How Does Inflation Affect Supply Chain Profitability?

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. The cost of doing business isn’t what it once was, but companies often feel their hands are tied.

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Petrochemical demand is up and prices are spiking

Resilinc

MAY 24, 2022

This period of high prices and margins coincided with—and was partly supported by—supply chain disruptions, including the February 2021 deep freeze on the Texas Gulf Coast and port and shipping congestion in much of the world. German trade group VCI reports that petrochemicals prices rose by 21.6%

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Network Supply Chain Transformation at UScellular

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. They are currently on their journey – not finished.

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Risk Management Can Be a Competitive Advantage, Part One

Enterra Insights

AUGUST 24, 2023

McKinsey & Company analysts, Ziad Haider , Andrew Grant, and Anke Raufuss , add, “In between navigating the fallout from Europe and unfolding strategic competition in Asia, multinational corporations must also manage a host of long-tail political risks and conflicts across other geographies, including Africa and South Asia.”[6]

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 15, 2020

Meanwhile, a European supply chain director at an ingredients company mentioned that he had been called by almost all food manufacturing customers individually to ask whether his company could still produce and supply in Europe for now. Martijn Lofvers, Chief Trendwatcher Supply Chain Media.

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Using Digital Supply Chain Planning to Respond to Market-Changing Disruptions like COVID-19

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. You can model alternative flows and networks while guaranteeing service policies to customers.

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Procurement Can Prepare for Supply Chain Risk

ivalua

OCTOBER 24, 2019

This drive has resulted in increasingly global and complex supply chains, which expose organisations to more supply chain risk than ever before. Be it global tariff wars, natural disasters, supply chain disruption, unexpected events or changing regulations.

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Spoiler Alert- Upcoming Supply Chain Matters Podcast

Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

His responsibilities are leadership of Jabil’s global commodity management, quoting, supplier relationship management efforts in the Americas , Europe and Asia. We have titled our conversation : Overcoming Supply Chain Disruptions and Instilling Supply Network Resilience in Post Pandemic Supply Networks.

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Mid-Year Assessment of 2022 Supply Chain Predictions- Part One

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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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience. Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel.

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Supply Chain Movement Q4: Cross-border

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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Can You Predict Supply Chain Disruptions in an Unpredictable World?

Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Supply Chain Disruptions Through Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Trending Sources

Resilinc’s Q1 2023 Supply Chain Disruption Data

Two-Thirds of Organizations Say Reducing Supply Chain Disruption Has Increased in Priority in Response to Recurring Black-Swan Events

How Europe is Coping with Supply Chain Disruption

Supply Chain Disruption. A Deeper Look Into Context, Causes, and Trends

Critical Supply Chain Planning Capabilities Needed to Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Supply Chain Disruptions

The 4 Drivers of Ongoing Supply Chain Disruption in 2022

Just-in-Time Economy Becoming a Problem for Europe, Lagarde Says

Energy Crisis in Asia and Europe: The Supply Chain Impact

Managing Supply Chain Disruptions in the Middle East

Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

The 4 Drivers of Ongoing Supply Chain Disruption in 2022

Cooling Demand Squeezes Factory Activity in Europe and Asia

Supply Chain Disruptions or Minor Inconveniences?

Supply Chain Disruptions or Minor Inconveniences?

Yantian Port Congestion: How Can Shippers Navigate Another Major Supply Chain Disruption?

This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Supply Chain Matters Podcast Episode 19: Overcoming Disruptions and Instilling Supply Network Resiliency with Jabil

Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium

What’s going on with global supply chains: A primer for the casual consumer

This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Editor’s Choice: Ocean Trends for 2021

Slight Decline in April Global Production and Supply Chain Activity Levels

Reshoring to the US and Europe Accelerating, Now Also Serving CO2 Emission Reduction Objectives

Build Resilient Supply Chains That Weather Disruptions

How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation? Think Less Planning, More Real-Time Decision-Making

This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Will Supply Chain Technology Help Shippers When Next Crisis Happens?

Molex Prizes Agility

The Zergratran Story with Byron Bennett

Climate Change and the Supply Chain

Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

How Does Inflation Affect Supply Chain Profitability?

Petrochemical demand is up and prices are spiking

Network Supply Chain Transformation at UScellular

Risk Management Can Be a Competitive Advantage, Part One

Coronavirus communication

Using Digital Supply Chain Planning to Respond to Market-Changing Disruptions like COVID-19

Procurement Can Prepare for Supply Chain Risk

Spoiler Alert- Upcoming Supply Chain Matters Podcast

Mid-Year Assessment of 2022 Supply Chain Predictions- Part One

Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

Supply Chain Movement Q4: Cross-border

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