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Supply Chain Risk Report: Ukraine-Russia Conflict

Resilinc

Oil prices have risen to well over $90 a barrel — their highest levels since 2014 — in recent days as fears of war have grown,” reported the New York Times last week. Russian trade has dropped in recent conflicts, especially Russian aggression in Chechnya and Georgia.

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Self-Checkout Turns Customers into Employees and Employees into Security Guards

Enterra Insights

They were introduced to the public in July 1986; the first machine, produced by CheckRobot, was installed in a Kroger store near Atlanta, Georgia.” ”[4] Journalist Sam Becker reports that many stores are reconsidering their self-checkout strategy. Humble at Deerfield Beach, Florida-based company CheckRobot Inc.,

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

This weekend, I edited the Supply Chains to Admire report. The report was scheduled to publish in the summer of 2023, but life got in the way. The full report publishes this week. I laugh that writing the report is like a root canal. With surgery, I just never got to the report finished. Writing it takes weeks.

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Bridging Disruption: Control Tower Helps Customers Navigate the Tragedy in Baltimore

BlueYonder

Beginning right after the accident, and continuing today, control tower capabilities from Blue Yonder are helping many other customers strategically re-route their shipments, using alternative ports from New York to Georgia. The new chokepoint report will help planning teams continue to target shipments that need to be rerouted.

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Supply Chain Digitization Gains Favor as Disruptions Continue

Logistics Viewpoints

Many analysts report that shippers are increasingly looking at digital solutions to improve supply chain performance. A graduate of the University of West Georgia, she is a resident of Jacksonville, Fla. Passing costs onto consumers is often not viable and, in some cases, has already occurred due to supply chain shortages.

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Ukraine and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Bloomberg reports, “The crisis has driven oil prices toward $100 a barrel and sent tremors through other commodity markets too, threatening another wave of price pressures on top of already-high pandemic inflation. Up may recall that over a dozen years ago, he threatened Georgia in the same way he is threatening Ukraine.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Nearly $130 million worth of goods was stolen in 2023, but since reporting cargo theft is not mandatory, the amount is likely higher than this, according to CargoNet. More incidents are being reported at inland logistics hubs. The fund had a slow start with reportedly just $110 million invested into startups in its first year.