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Preparing Your Supply Chain for 2023 – 4 Areas of Focus

Logility

Then we saw a glut of inventory hit the shelves in late summer when those bottlenecks were addressed. Germany, South Africa, and South Korea were abundant in 2022. Last year’s shortages = next year’s oversupply 2. Retailers had to slash prices to deal with the excess. Labor actions like strikes in the U.S.,

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This Week in Logistics News (June 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

Truckers strike in Korea roils shipments from steel to autos. Overstock is ready to take advantage of inventory glut. An escalating strike by truck drivers in South Korea is adding more disruption to global supply chains, from a slowdown at the country’s ports to production halts at auto factories.

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Build Resilient Supply Chains That Weather Disruptions 

Logility

As the pandemic eased, ports suffered bottlenecks, natural disasters disrupted freight movement, railways suffered congestion, and new legislation further complicated the movement of goods. For example, COVID restrictions in Asia shut down auto production because 70% of chip manufacturing happens in Taiwan and South Korea.

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The Coronavirus Is Shattering Traditional Supply Chains

ivalua

And even if an order from an overseas supplier were to be filled, delivery issues would be compounded by the declining number of air and ocean freight options to move products into the U.S.

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Panama Canal Drought: Lower Water Levels, Higher Supply Chain Risk

Resilinc

The main countries affected by the drought are China, Japan, South Korea, and the US, as the Panama Canal facilitates 46% of container movement from northeastern Asia to the US. The impact of the bottleneck goes beyond the canal itself, causing delays in container shipping and inventory replenishment along various shipping routes.

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Helping You Plan Ahead During the Coronavirus Outbreak

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Given this continued volatility, global importers are eager to restock their inventory. Similar to China, airlines have canceled majority of passenger flights in and out of Europe and South Korea due to safety concerns and lack of travel demand. Assessment of inventory levels. specifically China.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 12-16, 2016)

Talking Logistics

New Transport Mode to Redefine Freight Movement. Keeping track of warehouse inventories with an army of fully autonomous drones (TechCrunch). July 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Uber debuts self-driving vehicles in landmark Pittsburgh trial (Reuters). UPS To Hire About 95,000 For Holiday Season.