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Extreme weather’s impact on supply chains

Resilinc

Within a week of the COP26 conference wrapping up, massive floods in British Columbia severed the freight railroad serving the Vancouver, home of Canada’s largest port. We are chasing around North America trying to find other suppliers—at much higher rates,” the CEO of an Edmonton food manufacturer told the CBC. “We

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Peloton’s Supply Chain Strategy Turnabout

Supply Chain Matters

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. Pivot Toward Internal Manufacturing Presence.

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An Update from Sharm El-Sheikh on Decarbonisation of Transport

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The next step of the ZEV declaration integrates workstreams of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) High Level Action Champions (HLAC) with Automotive Manufacturers and The Climate Group’s EV100 to avoid duplication of effort and to pool resources.

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An Air Charter Solution for Teradyne in a Time of Disruption

CH Robinson Transportfolio

As a leading supplier of automation equipment for testing and industrial applications, Teradyne’s products are used to test semiconductors, wireless products, data storage, and complex electronic systems for consumer, communications, industrial, and government customers. Robinson, the order was delivered on time and as planned.

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Supply Chain: Interrupted. A recap of our recent webinar on disruptions and trends from the first half of 2021

Resilinc

Even the rush to invest in new semiconductor manufacturing is exacerbating the shortages. Even the equipment used to make semiconductors requires a lot of semiconductors, accordingly “lead times for new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are out 12 months.”.

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Navigating Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Strategies for Resilience

SCMDOJO

The price of container freight rates surged while the entire world was having to deal with delays. Hackers can gain access to entire backend systems, and even turn industries like airlines to a halt. Japan and Taiwan have earthquakes often, and they both are some of the leading suppliers of microchips.

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A Conversation with Stuart Whiting, Schneider Electric

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Based in the USA and later North Asia, I specialized in “Supply Chain Solutions” for North American / European Corporations with Asia Pacific manufacturing/sourcing operations”. “My De-Carbonising Road Freight Operations: Bridging the Know-Do Gap. My passion for Logistics and Supply Chain is founded from. my very structured upbringing.