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Supply Chain Risk Management with Barry Conlon

The Logistics of Logistics

Barry Conlon and Joe Lynch discuss supply chain risk management, which is exactly what Barry and his team at Overhaul provide to Fortune 100 companies across the world. Its software-based approach offers high configurability and efficient time-to-value to supply-chain organizations without heavy tech.

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Supply Chain Risk Management Highlighted by a Tiny Computer Chip

Enterra Insights

.” Aside from national security implications, the main lesson to be learned here is how vulnerable companies are to risks associated with their supply chains. Smith insists, “The business case for supply chain risk management investment needs to be made convincingly and robustly to justify investment.”

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Cargo Theft Continues to Rise

Logistics Viewpoints

In fact, much of the increase is due to ongoing shipment misdirection attacks, a kind of strategic cargo theft in which actors use stolen motor carrier and logistics broker identities to obtain freight and misdirect it from the intended receiver so they could steal it. Cargo Theft Tactics Cargo theft comes in many shapes and sizes.

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Global Supply Chain Volatility Continues to Moderate But Not Inventory and Warehousing Costs

Supply Chain Matters

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Global Supply Chain Pressures Index (GSPI) continued a moderate trending decline and reflected a fifth consecutive easing of monthly pressures. Interestingly, Transportation Utilization is the outlier here, as both utilization metrics in the index were up significantly in September. ”.

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Looking Back at Our Most Popular Blog Posts of 2021

GlobalTranz

5 Transportation Management Optimization Practices. Halfway through our countdown of our most impactful posts from 2021, this blog endeavored to give readers five actionable ways to enable transportation optimization. Supply Chain Risk Management: The Challenges Driving Increased Interest in Managed Service.

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Realties of Declining Global Trade and Transport Rates More Evident

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022. All rights reserved.

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How Cargo Theft Stole Christmas

Logistics Viewpoints

On the East Coast, refrigerated trucks used to transport food have been a prime target for cargo thieves this year. Basically, when cargo is stolen, either by an individual or as part of a larger organized crime syndicate, it is cargo theft. On the West Coast, the computer chip shortage has resulted in higher thefts of electronics.

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