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When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Others argue the demise of global sourcing; might I add caution? Deaths in Hong Kong are at a record level as COVID outbreaks slow freight at Shenzhen and Qingdao ports in China.

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

An organization will introduce significant structural improvements in an integrated, cost-effective freight and distribution network to deliver exposure, minimize expenses and improve the quality of customer satisfaction. The ideal sourcing location will be a balance in terms of cost, quality and logistics cost. billion. .

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Supply Chain Predictions for 2020 (Who knew I’d still be writing this blog 18 years later!)

NC State SCRC

Many of these flow directly from research initiatives, workshops, and blog posts I’ve worked on this past year, and represent my best gut-feel of what I think will happen in the coming decade. On top of that, the increase of Uber Freight, food delivery services, and a plethora of other services is causing congestion to rise rapidly.