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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

With the crisis in Ukraine and sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation, fuel and energy prices are now soaring. The Freightos Baltic Index Global Container Freight Index shows the cost of shipping freight remains hugely elevated – more than double the price a year earlier. GLOBAL CRISES DRIVE PRICES SKY-HIGH.

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Upstream and Downstream Supply Chain Explained: Don’t Get Caught Without a Paddle

ShipBob

Even as the pandemic eased down and the global supply chain started to pick back up, other events such as the war in Ukraine began to cause other types of issues. For instance, you may want to consider multiple transportation modes, like air and ocean freight, to decide which is the best option for the type of inventory you want to transport.

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When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

With the mounting devastation in Ukraine, my heavy heart is a roadblock to writing. The disruption in Ukraine adds a new layer of variability and complexity to an already complicated world with many levels of disruption. COVID, inflation, climate change, and the Ukraine war are a layer of complexity with compounding effects.

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How Automotive Companies Are Transforming Their Supply Chains, Part 2

BlueYonder

The visibility will include not just the short-term purchase order or ASN-level visibility, but also the tactical kind of forecast collaboration with the suppliers. And tighter longer-term capacity collaboration with the suppliers is needed as well. The second success factor is to avoid just automating the existing processes.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017. For example, all of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports are out of commission due to a Russian naval blockade, including the laying of mines—some of which are floating freely near shipping routes.

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Supply Chain Market Report – July 2022

Elementum

Global supply constraints have come from (1) supply-side disruptions like China’s Zero-COVID policy and the Russia / Ukraine conflict and (2) from demand pressure as federal stimulus flooded the market with extra cash in 2020 and 2021. They forecast that this will cover 4 million US households and enable 1 million packages to be delivered.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

How the War in Ukraine is Impacting the Supply Chain and Raw Material Prices. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. How the War in Ukraine is Impacting the Supply Chain and Raw Material Prices. Covid-19’s Impact on the Supply Chain Crisis.