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10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Iran and Spain were highly infected. For far too long Supply Chain has been considered a back office, transactional functions placing purchasing orders and moving and receiving goods. Taking Total Cost of Ownership Seriously. Mission Critical and Strategic Inventory Positioning. Italy locked down the country. And the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

The potential supply chain impacts of this conflict dwarf any other supply chain news that might be reported. Given low inventories and dwindling spare capacity, the oil market cannot afford large supply disruptions,” said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo in a Reuters article. shale or Iran, for example. Oil Prices Jump.