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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. After a weekend Spring Training game in Florida with investors, off to Italy it was. Of course not.

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The Weight of Memory

Tailwind

He had stayed with my grandparents and befriended my dad and his sisters when he was in Canada, training at the nearby British Air Training base, during World War II. A Captain, my uncle Al came home to live on the quarter-acre of land the Canadian government allocated to returning veterans.

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