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Supply Chain Risk Report: Ukraine-Russia Conflict

Resilinc

As people in the Ukraine and around the world anxiously monitor the threat of war with Russia, supply chain managers must take stock of the risks to their supply chains and focus on potential mitigation measures. Russia produces about 12% of the world’s oil and is Europe’s largest natural gas supplier.

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OECD Trims Economic Forecasts as a Result of Ukraine Conflict

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight the latest OECD global economic forecast in the ongoing light of the Ukraine conflict and provide some additional industry supply chain implications. . It this agency’s prior December 2021 forecast, OECD had forecasted that global GDP growth would moderate to 4.5

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The World Bank Significantly Lowers 2023 Global Growth Forecast

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of the World Bank ’s latest global economic forecast which points to a sharp, long lasting downturn in the global economy. A reinforcement of that message was provided this week with the World Bank significant lowering its forecast for the global economy in 2023. is forecasted to be 0.5

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Will Forecasts and/or Predictions Benefit The Alignment of Your Priorities and Your Supply Chain?

The Network Effect

This morning I read an article that addressed the use of forecasts and predictions to understand the future of retail. Although an interesting read, I take exception to understanding forecasts and predictions as one in the same. On forecasts I fully agree. In fact, one should not predict TWRS, they should forecast that.

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Essential Technology Capabilities for Supply Chain in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2022, an increase in demand even amid record-high inflation, the Russia-Ukraine war and other disruptions amplified these problems, and they led to many organizations being beset by a demand and supply imbalance. Total cost breakdown details to understand what comprises those costs and their forecasted fluctuations.

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Keeping Up with a Changing World

Enterra Insights

Agence France-Presse recently reported, “The OECD warned that the world economy will pay a ‘hefty price’ for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as it slashed its 2022 growth forecast and projected higher inflation. ”[5] That doesn’t mean isolating Russia won’t cause pain. .”[4]

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How Procter & Gamble is thriving on supply chain complexity

ToolsGroup

P&G knew that it needed to improve its S&OP forecast quality, while reducing the human effort and inventory needed to meet customer service levels. However, Caradonna said, “While distributors are normally excellent salespeople, they typically aren’t great at forecasting.