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The Fog of War in Ukraine Darkens the Global Economic Outlook

MIT Supply Chain

Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine intensifies the product shortage and price rise issues we have come to associate with Covid-19. The scarcities were caused by a significant increase in demand driven by government efforts to support their struggling economies with huge injections of cash. The good news?—?if

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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

Over four-hundred days of war in Ukraine. The global supply chain is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, availability of reasonably priced logistics, and low variability. Yes, we have achieved greater normalcy in transportation. Growing tensions between China and trading partners. Unrest in Sudan.

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8 Things to Know in Shipping, Freight, Logistics & Supply Chain this Week

Intelligent Audit

Because the supply chain’s design only operates smoothly under ideal circumstances, FreightWaves reported that the post-COVID world , “will remain under constant threat of disruption for the next decade, especially amidst the “conflict between environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals and supply chains optimized for cost and speed.”

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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel. And this was before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.

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The Post-Pandemic Supply Chain with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

Changes like the turmoil in Asia (Taiwan & China) and in Europe (Ukraine & Russia) are currently impacting supply chains. Now part of S&P Global Market Intelligence , the JOC Group is the world’s authoritative provider of business intelligence, information and events for trade, transportation and logistics professionals.

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Supplier Relationship Management in a Time of Fragmented Supply Chains

QAD

As the supply chain breaks, manufacturers must find new suppliers and new transport routes and find them rapidly, so that production doesn’t come to a halt. Continued fallout, including transport congestion, limited air freight and rail freight transportation in the Asia-Europe lanes, because of the Russia/Ukraine conflict.

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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. The authors noted that it was unclear as to whether the conflict in Ukraine and associated disruptions to ocean shipping made for the difference. Global Shipping.