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Supply Chain Shortages Hit the Customer Where it Hurts

Logistics Viewpoints

In October of 2019, I wrote about the food supply chain being at risk. I wrote that a major threat to the global food supply chain is the risk of airborne pathogens. In 2023, the food supply chain is still facing a number of issues and supply chain disruptions are limiting product availability and driving up prices.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

The gauge brings together 27 variables that take the temperature of everything from cross-border transportation costs to country-level manufacturing data in the euro area, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the U.K. Food retailers across the country are kicking off initiatives to help communities combat hunger. and the U.S.

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Potential Food Sector Ramifications of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Part 1

Enterra Insights

Jim Dippold, Senior Vice President for Category Management Strategy at Enterra Solutions ®, put together a list of potential impacts the pandemic could have on the food sector in fourteen different areas. Food is likely to play an important role in people’s lives during isolation. including the ways we shop and dine.

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Doing Business in Singapore

QAD

Typical manufactured products include electronics, chemicals, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, biomedical products, scientific instruments, telecommunications equipment, processed food and beverages, ship repair and offshore platform construction. billion of machinery and equipment, mineral fuel, chemicals, food and consumer goods.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

FreshDirect is an established online grocery with a focus on fresh food delivery. Ahold Delhaize brands in the US include Hannaford, Stop & Shop, Giant, and Food Lion. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement was signed on November 15.

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2021 Manufacturing Trends Revealed by the Pandemic

QAD

In food product packaging, for example, we’re already seeing an uptick in sustainable packaging with a reduced environmental impact. QAD frequently publishes guides to international business by country, such as South Africa, Germany, India and many others; see Doing Business in South Korea. . And more disruption.

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Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The subsequent rankings in the 2021 Production Statistics revealed that South Korea had overtaken Germany and Mexico, and Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia have moved up the world ranking for car production. MORE FROM THIS EDITION h6 Are Our Agri-Food Supply Chains In Crisis?

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