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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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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

And if most of your production happens in FL, you may choose to divert sourcing to your secondary facility, say in New Jersey, during heavy produce shipping season months to avoid the heightened costs. The Golden State is an invaluable resource to the domestic food supply chain. Rhode Island. California. South Carolina.

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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. Samsung has two big factories in China while SK Hynix Inc is buying Intel Corp’s NAND flash memory chips manufacturing business in China. That’s all for this week.