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How manufacturers can respond to supply chain disruptions

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Global supply chains were starting to recover from two years of upheaval caused by the pandemic when the military crisis hit. This also includes delays in local manufacturing as well as inflationary pressures due to escalating costs because of the increased fuel prices – increases are already at 10% and shipping is about 30%.

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Breakbulk Americas with Jeff Tucker

The Logistics of Logistics

Jeff is the CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide , the oldest privately-held freight brokerage in North America, specializing in notoriously complicated freight, like temperature-controlled, oversized, and high-value, high-security shipments. About Jeff Tucker. Key Takeaways: Breakbulk Americas.

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The impact of regional instabilities on the Global Supply Chain and how ERP can help

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Just as manufacturers and distributors were starting to climb out of the ‘COVID hole’, they’ve been knocked back in. Now, the greatest risk they face has shifted to the regional instabilities due to military conflict and the geopolitical and economic uncertainties it has created.

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What is Logistics Exactly?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Featuring Our Top 16 Articles on Freight and Logistics! The first distinction to be made is that Logistics management is different from Freight management. Simply put, Logistics management is a much more all encompassing and overarching term with a vast scope which includes Freight management. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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A Coronavirus Supply Chain Success Story: Public-Private Team Effort to Get Logistics Tech to 1st Responders

Savi

Portable deployment kits (PDKs) are among the key military asset-tracking products available. The newly released, cutting-edge Savi PDK III gives military warfighters and first responders a lighter and leaner logistics footprint in even the most austere, hostile environments. Manufacturing plants were shutting down.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Interesting Facts & Financial Breakdown of the Global Logistics Market

GlobalTranz

The global logistics industry has grown significantly while logistics has become an important part of the business economic system and major global economic activity in recent years. Efficient logistics is an important determinant of a country’s competitiveness and source of employment. It’s staggering.

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Battery Assault: The Innovation of Batteries “Powering” Automotive Manufacturing & Manufacturing Industries

GlobalTranz

From the infancy of the industrial revolution where Matthew promoted his steam engine, we humans wanted to encapsulate power in our hands. Modern electronics ratcheted up the demand for portable sources of electric power. As an engineer, I replaced cells in the pods as they died from military surplus. Taken in Maffra, Vic.