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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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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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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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Want to Succeed at a Large Firm? Become an Entrepreneur

Logistics Viewpoints

Lizet Tymon, the senior supply chain management director at Jabil. Lizet Tymon, the senior supply chain management director at Jabil, has an interesting story to tell about how she advanced from being one of hundreds of managers at Jabil to being a senior director at this Fortune 500 company. Jabil is a big company.

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ERP Sustains Manufacturing during COVID-19

IQMS

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed manufacturers to rapidly shift gears, from addressing work-from-home policies to managing extreme swings in demand and uncertain supply chains. In a manufacturing environment, it’s typically front office personnel who work from home, such as those in administrative, planning, and design roles.