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Risk Management in Global Ocean Context

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Written by logistics leaders who are practitioners in their respective companies, it aims to stimulate thinking on how shippers or BCO’s could view business continuity and risk in the current environment. Risk management is about our attitude towards risk, ability to appraise the situation holistically, and our ability to manage risk.

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Snapshot of 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

Business and supply chain focused media reports already point to increased supplier and manufacturing investment in regions such as Mexico, Eastern Europe, India, Vietnam and other regions as responses to added supply network resiliency or agility. Canada or Mexico. customers increased to a level of $41.8

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New 3PL Study: The State of Logistics Outsourcing

Supply Chain Movement

Both parties view themselves as being successful, and shippers are seeing positive results again this year: an average logistics cost reduction of 9% an average inventory cost reduction of 5% and an average fixed logistics cost reduction of 15%. Strategic Workforce Management Throughout the Supply Chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 27 – March 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

With corrected vision, here is the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Longshoreman Union Leader Stalls Planned Work Shutdown (WSJ – sub. Mexico Warns U.S. Boston startup raises $10M for retail software that predicts inventory needs (Boston Business Journal).

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Sorry, I’m Not Sure: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2018

Talking Logistics

I’ll begin with several high-level trends and factors that will impact supply chain and logistics strategies and operations in the coming year: Free Trade Agreements : “The U.S., If President Trump follows through on this threat to pull the U.S.