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Ho Ho No! Port Congestion and Supply Chain Delays Threaten to Disrupt Christmas

Resilinc

Reuters’ reporting team interviewed a wide range of managers at manufacturers, distributors, and retailers who predicted shortages of holiday gift items. COVID resurgence prolongs supply chain pain. It’s too late for Christmas,” said one Amazon-based seller of laptop docking stations.

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Risk Management Can Be a Competitive Advantage, Part Two

Enterra Insights

2] With the world in a state of constant turmoil, supply chains risks abound. ”[3] In Part One of this article, I focused on four supply chain risk areas: Cybersecurity; climate change; geopolitics; and, suppliers/third parties. Did we take on too much risk?'”[4] Following are some of their suggestions.

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Vakil: chip shortage expected to last into 2023

Resilinc

With few exceptions, industry analysts and supply chain experts forecast that the shortage will last past 2022. Hawaii Foreign Trade Zone’s Trade News Weekly reported last week that Chinese ports are experiencing congestion even more severe than U.S. And that may not be soon enough.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

The great news about supply chain compliance is that AB&R® makes it a breeze. Supply chain compliance may include things such as employee labor laws, hazardous material handling, and environmental concerns. Labels and Supplies. A compliant barcode is just the first step to supply chain compliance.

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Cyber attacks on logistics networks are rapidly increasing

Resilinc

A search for the phrases “supply chain hack” or “supply chain cybersecurity” will return millions of posts and articles about cyberattacks. Another area of concern when it comes to cyber attacks is those that occur in an organization’s physical supply chains, specifically to one of their suppliers or logistics providers.

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Leveling the Playing Field for Small Businesses

Elementum

From the logistical challenges in smaller companies to the complexities in supply chains as they grow and mature into a full-blown enterprises, one’s fate in the business world is determined by how one responds to these challenges. All businesses are bound to experience some bumps in the road in the course of their corporate existence.

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Leveling the Playing Field for Small Businesses

Elementum

From the logistical challenges in smaller companies to the complexities in supply chains as they grow and mature into a full-blown enterprises, one’s fate in the business world is determined by how one responds to these challenges. All businesses are bound to experience some bumps in the road in the course of their corporate existence.