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Enabling Supply Chain Flexibility: Two Important (But Often Overlooked) Factors

Talking Logistics

El NiƱo and Jonas are the latest reminders that weather and other natural events, such as earthquakes, can lead to supply chain disruptions. In light of these risks, developing a flexible supply chain is the best strategy for success, but what does that mean exactly and how can companies get there?

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The Silk Railway: freight train from China pulls up in Madrid

Global Trade Management

En route it passed through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France before arriving at the AbroƱigal freight terminal in Madrid. It is also Spainā€™s third largest source of imports, after Germany and France. China is Spainā€™s biggest trading partner after the EU, with bilateral trade worth around Ā£16bn.

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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

However, the main growth in freight flows lies on the periphery of Europe and the Middle East is also continuing to develop, both for domestic supply and for distribution to Africa. This is the third time that Supply Chain Movement and Buck Consultants International have produced a Supply Chain Map of Europe.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 12 ā€“ 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

The high stock levels are the result of retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers stockpiling everything from beer to DIY tools, chemicals and clothes as COVID-19 lockdowns snarled supply chains and shut factories. The Port of Kahului is fully operational, and interisland freight and transport company Young Brothers noted in an Aug.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 30 ā€“ July 4, 2014)

Talking Logistics

According to the press release: UPS now offers the rail service from Chengdu, China, to Lodz, Poland, and from Zhengzhou, China, to Hamburg, Germany. The new rail service is up to 50 percent faster than ocean freight and up to 70 percent less costly than air freight. So, mark your calendars and tune in!

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Doing Business in Poland

QAD

Poland has become a democratic, market-oriented country after many years of communism and the lingering effects of invasion during World War ll. Located east of Germany in Central Europe, Poland is about 312,685 sq. Polandā€™s bordering countries include Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

In the current global economy, the closure of a maritime chokepoint would have significant economic ramifications due to the disruption of trade flows and even some supply chains (e.g. billion of its total revenue in the fiscal year 2014, placing it as the third-largest source of income in the nation.

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