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10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic!

Supply Chain Game Changer

And with less manufacturing output there were fewer container ships leaving Asia full of goods meaning activity in ports in North America and Europe would slow down rather quickly. Iran and Spain were highly infected. Mission Critical and Strategic Inventory Positioning. Italy locked down the country. And the U.S. And the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

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. Those shipments need to go by Ocean or the more expensive Air mode if ship berths can’t be found.