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Is Your Supply Chain Prepared for War?

Enterra Insights

Local, regional, and global supply chains are affected by these geopolitical events. For example, when Russia initiated its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, global supply chains immediately felt the impact — especially agricultural and energy supply chains. The post Is Your Supply Chain Prepared for War?

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Why Can’t The Supply Chain Get Rid of Abuse?

Material Handling & Logistics

Let’s stop buying products where labor abuse exists in the supply chain. Young female workers have been held captive behind the walls of garment factories in southern India. The answer is eight. In 2010, 18 workers threw themselves from the top of the Chinese company’s building, resulting in 14 deaths. And the U.S.

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Can Australian Manufacturing be Brought Back Home from China?

Logistics Bureau

With the significant disruption to Australia’s supply chains caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the question now focusing the minds of supply chain managers is whether production outsourced to China can be brought back onshore—and if so at what cost. Government policy.

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When it Comes to Direct-to-Consumer Shipping, Warehouse Size Matters

BlueYonder

Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. The company opened two dozen new fulfillment centers, became the largest online store in India, and made its first delivery by autonomous drone in the United Kingdom. Ship-to-consumer means bigger warehouses.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon postpones Prime Day sale in Canada and India. Colonial Pipeline said on Wednesday that it had initiated the restart of operations, but it will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to return to normal. The impacts of the blockage are still being felt in global supply chains.