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An Observation on Corporate and Societal Resiliency and the Strength of the Human Spirit

Enterra Insights

Upon arrival at my hotel with a colleague of mine, who lives in Switzerland and who previously worked as a diplomat for the Israeli government, I observed a scene that was awfully familiar. This was the same ensemble of people that I encountered in the Middle East and in Iraq during the Iraq War.

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Doing Business in Turkey

QAD

Its primary export partners were Germany, the UK, the UAE, Iraq, the US, Italy, France and Spain. Manufacturing is an important part of the economy, and the government offers some incentives and protections for manufacturers. Taxes equal 20.3% of its GDP, and inflation is running at around 11% per year. In 2017, Turkey exported $155.2

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

Already, the US is looking as attractive as Mexico to manufacturers and is likely to match China in attractiveness in the near future, according to the MAPI Foundation , which produces in-depth economic reports widely read by the press, government official and the business community. Drop in the price of crude oil.

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SCRC Supply Chain Index contributes again to the 2021 Wall Street Journal Top 250 Best Managed Companies

NC State SCRC

This was felt most drastically in the last few years, when such events as 9/11, the war in Iraq, the West Coast port workers’ strike, and increased regulatory and customs delays brought supply chain operations to a standstill. A major disruption in the offshore supply chain can shut down a company and have dire consequences for profitability.

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Iraq's Umm Qasr commodities port shut by protesters

Logistics Middle East

Road access to Iraq's southern Umm Qasr commodities port has been cut off by protesters demanding government reforms.

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Looking Ahead: Ukraine Reconstruction

Enterra Insights

They explain, “As waste in Afghanistan and Iraq showed, reconstruction may fail if donors lack coherent strategies or projects are not sustainable or are prone to corruption. ” Recently, Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, fired government officials over corruption charges.

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Supply chains on film

Supply Chain Movement

However, the made-for-TV movie drama Taking Chance (2009), which is based on a true story, recounts the complex – and for the accompanying officer often frustrating – task of transporting the body of an American soldier killed in Iraq back to his home town in the USA. We have top men working on it right now,” is the reply.