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Supply Chain Risk: It’s Not Whether Severe Weather, but When

Enterra Insights

”[3] Of greatest concern may be disruptions to food production. ”[5] Austin Becker, a maritime infrastructure resilience scholar at the University of Rhode Island, told Leslie, the pandemic is “a temporary problem,” while climate change is “long-term dire” problem. ” • Think beyond your own sites.

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How Can Paper Producers Rise to the Production Challenge?

USC Consulting Group

The novel coronavirus has produced a lot of uncertainty, and for manufacturers in the pulp and paper industry, that includes uncertainty related to demand. “During the COVID-19 outbreak, corrugated packaging materials are essential for the transport of food, medicines, and medical equipment,” the authors wrote.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

The ongoing pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions, along with the Russia-Ukraine war, limited available supplies of cocoa, edible oil, and other food ingredients. Based on the stock’s value after the announcement, that would represent a $61 million purchase worth about 10 percent of the company. That’s all for this week.