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Safeguarding Your Supply Chain: Proven Strategies to Mitigate Risk and Maximize Agility

SCMDOJO

Geopolitical issues: Trade wars, tariffs , political instability, or regulatory changes that affect sourcing. Whether its political unrest in a region, shipping delays, or a sudden price hike, relying too heavily on one source can bring your operations to a grinding halt.

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Walmart Looks to Expand Drone Deliveries to Five Cities

Supply Chain Brain

Walmart previously scaled back its drone deliveries in 2024, when it ended the service in Utah, Arizona and Florida, in favor of focusing on remaining operations in Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas and Virginia. SupplyChainBrain Container Ship Explodes, Catches Fire Off Coast of India More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter!

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The Role of Loans in Scaling E-Commerce Supply Chains

SCMDOJO

Gregory is a renowned expert in personal finance and lending solutions, with a Master of Science in Finance from Florida State University and a Certificate in Accounting & Finance from the University of West Florida. Source: [link] Well, it faces a few challenges: Management. Several funding sources. in CAGR by 2030.

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The Next War Will Be Fought in Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

The recent port strike, the closed shipping lane that forced a shift to air transport, the bridge that blocked a port, even the grid brownout that slowed manufacturing, might have seemed like random disruptions. Who pays the crew of the ship that blocked your shipping lane? But take a closer look. This may sound like alarmism.

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RFID, AIDC and IoT News on Thow Shall Still Follow the 10 Commandments of Bar Coding Part 2

Supply Chain Digest

Years ago, SCDigest caught up with Meyers at his Florida home, and he sent us a copy of a long article on the 10 Commandments. Work with support sources that can significantly contribute to the planning, training and implementation processes at a systems level. Be certain that both hardware and software issues can be addressed.

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Why Digitalizing Sourcing is a Must for Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The key to this lies with sourcing. Before diving further, let us define what sourcing is. Sourcing is the practice of finding and selecting suppliers for a range of services (e.g., Traditional sourcing practices tend to be highly manual and are fraught with latencies and inefficiencies. Digitalizing sourcing (i.e.,

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

Kinaxis

It is the largest container port in the state of Florida and ninth in the United States. As if the situation wasn’t bad enough, Hanjin, the huge shipping company, was already in bankruptcy as of early September and putting a delay in the arrival of goods well before the hurricane. The human links of the supply chain were stressed.