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Look to Israel for a Measure of How the US Vaccine Supply Chain Has Failed

MIT Supply Chain

To put the scale of the debacle into context, let’s compare the US performance to that of tiny Israel. At these vaccination rates, Israel may need a little over 80 days to achieve herd immunity (when 70% of the population are vaccinated twice). Here are some examples of where these failures undermined the vaccine supply chain.

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2023: A QAD Year in Review

QAD

Multiple wildfires ravaged Greece, burning more than 93,000 hectares (230,000 acres) of land, and Israel launched a full-scale war on HAMAS in Palestinian Gaza that is still happening and affecting manufacturing and supply chains today. Though, not everything went so smoothly in every part of the world.

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The Top 5 Supply Chain Megatrends of 2024

Resilinc

Geopolitics This year, three major geopolitical conflicts impacted the global supply chain: the Russia-Ukraine war, China-Taiwan tensions, and the Israel-Hamas war. The ongoing Israel-Hamas war continues to pose a threat to the high-tech industry and pharmaceutical industry.

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Two Kinds of Supply Chain Risk and How to Prepare for Them

ToolsGroup

These include both downside impacts, but also the risk of missed upside opportunity - often lost revenue when insufficient inventory renders a business unable to seize on, for example, an unexpected demand peak. Automotive parts supplier Lubinski imports Citroen and Peugeot spare parts into Israel.

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VUCA Emerging Trends in Supply Chain Management

American Global Logistics

The ongoing wars in Ukraine and Israel/Gaza continue to disrupt trade, inflation drives consumer behavior shifts, and extreme weather events. For example, AI can predict demand fluctuations. Examples include electric vehicles, green packaging materials, and energy-efficient warehouses. It can optimize transportation routes.

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How PassportCard consolidated multiple subsidiaries and locations under one sustainable procurement workflow

Precoro

Company: PassportCard, part of the Davidshield Group Location: Israel, European Union, United States, Australia Industry: Insurance Website: www.passportcard.com Using Precoro since: 2019 Users: 41 POs per month (av.): Currently, PassportCard's teams are split between offices in Australia, Europe, United States, and Israel.

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Why you should modernize your spare parts planning

ToolsGroup

Aston Martin , for example, became an earliest adopter of AI technology, using it to segment inventory into seasonal clusters and devise much more intelligent replenishment policies that ended up slashing inventory value by 18 percent while raising service levels.