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Resilience and Agility in Supply Chains: Navigating Change in a Dynamic World

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Resilience refers to the ability of a supply chain to withstand and recover from disruptions, while agility refers to its ability to respond quickly and effectively to changing circumstances. Demand changes refer to shifts in customer preferences, market trends, or unexpected spikes in demand.

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Trends 2023: Technology

Enterra Insights

” He might have been referring to the metaverse. ”[9] In a step towards achieving that goal, they report, “The world’s biggest carbon removal factory recently opened in Iceland.” .”[7]. The Metaverse. To avoid catastrophic future warming, we must also remove carbon dioxide from the air.”[9]

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Mass Customisation: What It Is and How Companies Are Using It

Unleashed

Using a ‘leagile’ supply chain for mass customisation Some experts have coined the phrase ‘leagile’ to refer to the space between lean and agile. Skyn Iceland Skyn Iceland, a health and beauty company, uses a type of transparent customisation to allow its customers to do a self-consultation using an automated skincare system.

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Supply Chain Resilience Core Capacities

MIT Supply Chain

For example, the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland caused a primary loss of freight transportation capacity, but that loss also robbed many companies of supply capacity. In the matrix, this is referred to as a secondary impact. However, this measure does not fully capture the long tail of some of the secondary losses.

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How To Make Your Ecommerce Eco-Friendly

ShipBob

Green ecommerce, otherwise known as sustainable ecommerce or eco-friendly ecommerce, refers to the concept of brands selling goods and services online while considering the environmental impact of doing business and working to reduce said impact. . Examples of brands paving the way for green ecommerce. What does “green ecommerce” mean?

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Mind Map for Order Management 2.0

Supply Chain Movement

Velocity’ refers to faster front/ back-office processes, physical execution and financial processes. Guadeloupe. Guinea-bissau. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man. Kazakhstan. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of.