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5 Steps to Address the Rising Geopolitical Risks to Your Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

My recent conversations with the supply chain practitioners are dominated by supply chain risk — specifically geopolitical risks in light of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Let us dive deeper into how supply chains are getting disrupted. Europe relies on Russia for around 35% of its natural gas.

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o9 Solutions and Genpact Partner to Digitally Transform Supply Chain of Eckes-Granini

o9 Solutions

The joint initiative digitizes end-to-end supply chain processes at Eckes-Granini and breaks down information silos within the organization. The implementation will reduce supply chain costs and inventories, eliminate excess inventory, waste and duplicative processes and enhance operating efficiencies to support long-term goals.

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One belt, one road, and one very blurry supply chain benefit

DELMIA Quintiq

But let’s recognize the planners for the boldness of the idea and figure out how to leverage this initiative for the benefit of modern supply chains. Undoubtedly, the new infrastructure, financed almost entirely by China, will benefit the government of Serbia and Hungary. There were some substantial funds pledged to the concept.

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Risk Management in Global Ocean Context

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We can observe this quite clearly in the growth experienced in countries like Vietnam, India as well as Hungary and Mexico. The pandemic exposed the vulnerability of our supply chain to disruptions and demonstrated that a lack of visibility of cargo flow at a granular level, wasa major handicap in most instances.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Global Agriculture Value Chain

Enterra Insights

Disruptions to the global agriculture value chains are more devastating than disruptions in other supply chains. Sometimes referred to as “soft commodity supply chains,” they are arguably the world’s most important supply chains because we know disruptions often lead to suffering and death.

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Gartner Supply Chain Executive Roundtable

Supply Chain Movement

Gartner Supply Chain Executive Roundtable – Presentation, Discussion and Peer Networking. Improving Your Supply Chain Logistics To Drive Increased Performance. Who should attend: COO’s, CSCO’s, Supply Chain Directors and Leaders in Logistics. Date: 2 March 2016. Organiser: Gartner. and Ireland.

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“We want people in the supply chain to be multi-skilled” – Henri-Xavier Benoist

Supply Chain Movement

To maintain market leadership and in line with its commitment to be lean and strategic it is transforming its supply chain. Not only is this designed to improve customer service, it has already led to an eye-opening reallocation of costs. Henri-Xavier Benoist, VP Logistics & Supply Chain, Bridgestone Europe. ‘We