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The Need For Supply Chain Innovation: Why You Should Watch These Four Trends ?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Need For Supply Chain Innovation: Why You Should Watch These Four Trends ? China trade tensions, Covid-19 measures and the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Transport markets tend towards consolation, which we have observed with the container liners and the emergence of new business models brought about for example by platform aggregators.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

We are seeing it now in terms of truck drivers and warehouse workers, and Walmart is an example of a company that has been trying to get ahead of these shortages by offering higher wages and on-the-job perks. We’ve all been talking about the looming supply chain talent shortage for quite some time. That’s all for this week.

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Oil & Gas Companies Focus on Eliminating Supply Chain Waste

Talking Logistics

For the past few years I’ve been using that phrase, which you typically find in investment literature, when making the case for innovation in supply chain management. trailed both Saudi Arabia and Russia in oil production, and it trailed Russia in natural gas production. As the table below shows, back in 2008, the U.S.

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How can we build better cities?

DELMIA Quintiq

For example, they should be designed to preserve water and be more energy efficient. In the weeks heading into the Winter Olympics, Sochi, Russia was known less for hosting the Winter Games and more for the city’s lack of proper roads, sewage systems and working hotels. They must also be constructed with the environment in mind.

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Oil tanker versus speedboat

Supply Chain Movement

Mode 2 revolves around innovative, agile strategies such as the 3D printing of spare parts and the use of intelligent robots. At Adidas in Russia, things reached crisis point a couple of years ago when the local economy crashed and the franchisees went bust. However, some companies can’t afford to take this long way round.

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Chinese Lockdowns and the Future of Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

The latest China lockdowns combined with the Russia-Ukraine war is too heavy a burden. Innovation and Competition Act of 2021.” The pandemic is only the latest example. If and when the Chinese logjam breaks, its effects will be felt elsewhere. ”[5] Roger W. Ferguson Jr.

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Connecting the Supply Chain through the Internet of Things

Enterra Insights

IoT strategies not only can help companies cut costs and improve efficiencies, but also can help them transform supply chains to offer manufacturers greater product differentiation and innovation.”[2] Cold Chain Management Solutions are a great example of managing quality throughout the supply chain.