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Doing Business in Turkey

QAD

Turkey’s merchant marine boasts 1,234 vessels, including 57 bulk carriers, 54 container ships, 363 general cargo ships, 124 oil tankers and 636 other vessels. Regardless of the shipping mode required, it is easy to move goods to and from Turkey. Turkey also has 24,082 km of paved roads, so transportation by truck is easy.

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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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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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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. There will be a lot less air shipped in boxes, trailers, and containers next year.

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How the Coronavirus is underscoring the relevance of Global Supply Chain throughput: From the Frontlines of Yokohama, Milan, and Southern Florida

ThroughPut

At scale, it is why people retaliate against leaders and governments to gain certain freedoms. Sitting with Board Members and Investors in New York City, I had just seen the first news about the Yokohama ship. Of course not. It’s not human nature to be comfortable “locked up in a cage”.

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

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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The Weight of Memory

Tailwind

A Captain, my uncle Al came home to live on the quarter-acre of land the Canadian government allocated to returning veterans. In our industry, there are a significant number of people who have served in the military – many of whom served in the more recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. You must always honor and love the soldier.

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