Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing. Prediction Two of this year predictions indicated the following: Restoring More Direct Control in Strategic and Tactical Direct Material Sourcing Will be the Driving Force for Businesses and their Supply Chain Management Teams in the Coming Year. Mid-Year Assessment.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2022

During this unprecedented period of non-stop global supply chain disruption, the Supply Chain Matters blog provides readers with additional industry specific examples, along with their implications. Business media reporting points to challenges in sourcing private label goods, including longer lead times, coupled to factory disruptions.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The event gathered government representatives of Ukraine and Poland, leading Ukrainian experts and market operators, as well as the international agricultural community. 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.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 11, 2023

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s increasingly authoritarian policies have only added a shrill edge to commentators’ predictions about the future of globalization. Take for example the flow of people. There continues to be myriad articles published about globalization. Similar views are apparent in Europe.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 2, 2022

Considering that the world’s population is increasing by one billion people every 11 to 12 years, losing any source of food is big problem. He writes, “The war in Ukraine — a major ‘breadbasket’ for the world — is deepening these challenges on an unprecedented scale. World Food Program. They’re mistaken.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For example, shippers spent much of last year bemoaning soaring ocean shipping rates and ships waiting for days to unload once they reached their destination port. This needs to be done carefully, a company needs to make sure they don’t force their key vendors into bankruptcy.

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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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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

But here’s the thing: AI has already impacted how we do things, how we interact with one another, and how, for example, we do business. That means, geopolitical events, such as the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, climate emergencies, inflation, and so forth, can be taken into consideration.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

For example, there is a limited supply of logistics service providers with the desired capabilities in China, compared with a rapidly growing e-commerce market. Numerous media sources have noted warehouse automation project cancellations. Growth Inhibitors. Project Cancellations and Delays. I mean, obviously, we‘re seeing that too.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

McCormick’s diverse supplier network helps shield it from Ukraine impacts. The company has faced sourcing constraints as a result of the war in Ukraine, causing the company to rely on second sourcing capabilities for its mustard procurement. Sixteen states sue USPS over plan to buy gas-powered vehicles.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 31, 2022

The further disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could cause major disruptions to the global supply chain and impact South Africa. Shorter supply chains with more local sourcing if possible are now becoming preferable because the more links in the chain, the more potential for a weak link. The supply chain of the future.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

Last year multiple companies needed to urgently relocate their employees and their families from Russia and Ukraine. For example, we can have “Texas Small Volume” customers and “Florida Peak Season” customers, or “East Coast High Margin” customers and “Carolinas High Priority” customers. Let’s continue with this analogy.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 8, 2023

The reasons are myriad: Fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; inflation causing high food prices; continued repercussions from the Covid-19 pandemic; regional conflicts; climate change; and extreme weather events. Savage notes that 2022 “was the fourth year in a row that the number in urgent need of food aid has risen.”

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 17, 2023

A panoply of other issues and uncertainty Companies are grappling with the likelihood of an economic recession, increasing layoffs, persistent inflation, an unending war in Ukraine, and the prospect of a presidential election in 2024. Pushback against green investments is another source of uncertainty.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

One of the biggest contributors to inflation is the increase of oil and gas prices, which will remain high as long as the conflict in the Ukraine rages. Some of the supply constraints are also due to the destruction of key infrastructure in the Ukraine for shipping of these commodities. War in Ukraine turns into global conflict.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

Reportedly, since Russia’ s invasion of Ukraine , global CEO s are confronting a world of extraordinary volatility and uncertainty, forcing many to reassess their growth assumptions and put strategic plans on hold. The noted overall theme from this survey were indications that recession. cyberattacks. Inflation are top of mind concerns.

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Freightos

APRIL 27, 2023

As more data sources get legible, whether it’s container ship movements, eAWBs or carrier rates , it can have incredible ramifications. We tend to focus on pivotal events like COVID supply chain issues or the Russian invasion of Ukraine as game-changing events. But even since July 2020, much has changed. And they are.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The unrest – what a terrible BBC understatement that is – in Ukraine does not look to be going away in the near future and will possibly be hanging over us for considerably longer. This means that tea maybe sourced from Russia for EU countries but olives are imported from EU into Russia, for example.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Our lives became more interesting with the onset pandemic, followed by labor shortages, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, rising oil prices, and the oncoming recession. In this blog, I’ll try to shed more light on it with examples from our work with our customers. Think of the Lego as the ultimate example of a composable toy.

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TransAudit

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

You may have to make hard decisions about what you source and where you acquire it. For example, an enemy nation might not allow shipments to pass through. You can see a prime example of this in today’s world. Russian control of Ukrainian ports is keeping wheat supplies stuck in Ukraine. Inaccessible Routes.

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Logility

MARCH 29, 2022

Shortages led to other shortages: For example, a lack of computer chips meant major automakers had to slash production, and manufacturing of medical devices was delayed. And the world has now been rocked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, altering global supply chains forever. Can the United States be far behind?

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QAD

JANUARY 24, 2023

With a war raging in the Ukraine, ongoing COVID restrictions in China, and the holistic repercussions that are still being felt from the pandemic, the traditional supply chain is quickly undergoing a digitization revolution for more visibility and control. Companies also need to maintain awareness of pending and changing regulations.

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Logility

AUGUST 4, 2022

One example: egg prices are up 56% , according to the Department of Agriculture, driven up by drought, a bird flu epidemic and the war in Ukraine. That’s up from 11% at the end of November 2021. What’s worse, Americans are paying more for many of their staple goods. Nonetheless, there are deep discounts in stores across the U.S.

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2022

Covid, Brexit and the war in Ukraine have all sent supply chain shocks around the globe, forcing firms to rethink their business-as-usual supply chain management strategies, and concentrate instead on building supply chain resilience. But what exactly is supply chain resilience, and how do you build it into an organisation?

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 15, 2022

He wrote, “For supply chain leaders, especially those running global organizations with center-led functional executives in charge of manufacturing, sourcing and logistics, the temptation is to ignore politics as an externality and concentrate instead on the known-knowns of costs, capacity and lead-times. Ukraine Divided.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 19, 2022

To give a few examples, we can look at the pandemic that first arrived in 2020. Another pandemic-driven example is the aviation market. Inflation runs rampant from supply shortages in energy after Russian gas sanctions were imposed as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. Zero Covid-policies and pandemic aviation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine stretches into a much longer war resulting in serious disruptions to the food, automotive, and semi-conductor supply chains. Definition of Form and Function of Inventory: Source Supply Chain Insights. Water levels falling in the Rhine, the Loire, and the Colorado River. The winter offers no relief.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

A good example is the Netherlands, which is a very small country in Europe, but with its fertile river delta and with an estimated 80% of its land dedicated to farming and cheap natural gas to heat its greenhouses, it has been able to become the world’s second largest agriculture exporter.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Even companies without a direct supplier connection in Russia or Ukraine will experience debilitating disruption across industries from energy to agriculture. Revisit your sourcing arrangements with suppliers, especially with a view to geographic location. For example, aluminum was in short supply during World War II.

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QAD

OCTOBER 6, 2022

An almost dissociative sense of humor that attempts to normalize global issues like COVID, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and devastating climate events. Reliable visibility : One place to view all your supplier information and include environmental and social standards in sourcing decisions.

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HICX Solutions

JUNE 24, 2022

He believes that as businesses build resilience amid the uncertainty caused by Covid-19 and war in Ukraine, rethinking the way in which we work with suppliers, is a critical step. To support this transformation, the necessary innovation ought to be driven by enterprises. But what does that mean in practice?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

A simple example of this would entail considering inventory and stock on hand (internal data) along with changes in weather patterns due to climate change (external data), and how both factors affect a factory’s ability to deliver on its orders. The escalation of the war in Ukraine. A new phase of the pandemic.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 12, 2023

Supply Chain Immunity: Overcoming our Nation’s Sourcing Sickness in a Post-COVID World (Synthesis Lectures on Operations Research and Applications , provides a solid grounding on this timely matter. I think the Russian invasion of the Ukraine has provided a very solid backdrop for this discussion.

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Synovos

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

From balancing costs to reliability, sourcing the right PPE to developing maintenance strategies, data on total cost of ownership to evidence of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG), their concerns represent both longstanding issues and newer ones. The war in Ukraine has now exacerbated this problem. The solution?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Outsourcing Sourcing! As the Russian invasion of Ukraine has shown, geopolitical tensions can rapidly shift and severely impede international supply chains. For example, AI company Predata uses machine learning to analyze online behavior, such as what people are searching or viewing in over 180 countries. Subscribe Here!

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Resilinc

MAY 3, 2022

A vivid example: drones. As Ukraine deploys drones—including many inexpensive consumer drones—to attack and destroy Russian armed forces, China’s dominance of drone manufacturing is growing as a security concern. “For is falling dangerously behind in manufacturing sectors where defense applications are not necessarily obvious.

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Taulia

MARCH 15, 2023

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine compounded this difficult situation in early 2022. Higher input costs, for example, raw materials and labor, increase the cost of producing and distributing goods and reduce profit margins. Why is the UK so acutely exposed?

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