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Savvy Supply Chain Leaders Aren’t Letting a Good Downturn Go to Waste

Logistics Viewpoints

Freight rates have plummeted, brokerages are struggling, and the industry is still bloated with excess inventory. With the right data you can reduce your overall transportation costs, both accessorial costs and overall freight spend. Closer to home for supply chain professionals, driver shortages continue to plague the industry.

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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.

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech- January 19 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2015, the Sayari platform integrates global corporate and supply chain data to surface risk insights for investigations, analytics, and supply chain risk management. Magazine as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America. governmental agencies to include U.S. Northvolt Raises $3.4

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. 95% of supply chain executives report having a formal supply-chain risk-management process following Covid-19. Air cargo carriers in North America posted an 11.4% Logistics Management ).

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A Conversation with Vittorio Favati, TVS Supply Chain Solutions GFS

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

My career has been dedicated to supply chain management from the very start, encompassing more than 30 years’ experience in the industry which began with a university degree in supply chain. Geopolitics – Near-shoring, quality and reliability, risk management; 4. In my view, five key changes are making a global impact: 1.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

percentage of second-tier suppliers who follow a certain risk management or IT standard”). In an uncertain environment, affordability and predictability are at a premium, and a supply-chain organization can deliver these through effective management and oversight of its suppliers.

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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. Real Time Risk Management Governance. Shortly thereafter the tsunami of infections overtook Europe. Italy locked down the country.