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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

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I was on the phone with Australia, China, Indonesia – really everywhere – trying to negotiate directly with suppliers. Then the risk solution fills in the gaps. For example, when a UPS strike was looming last year, the Interos solution automatically highlighted Cooper’s strategic suppliers that relied on UPS for shipping.

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El Niño May Have Your Supply Chain Partying Like It’s 1997

Kinaxis

A massive El Niño occurred in 1997-1998, unleashing record rains in California, deadly tornados in Florida, and a brutal drought in Indonesia, thus landing the term firmly on the radar (no pun intended) of millions of people around the globe. El Niño may serve as the ultimate test of supply chain risk management and resiliency.

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The Cost of Climate Change on Your Supply Chain

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That means placing higher value on commodities that don’t need to be packed or shipped – things like ideas and great content, and other assets that can easily be transmitted digitally. The number of heat stress days may rise to as high as 364 in Singapore and Malaysia, with Indonesia looking at 355 days and the Philippines 337.

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How Will Climate Change Impact Supply Chains in 2024?

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This drought impacted hydropower, disrupted shipping, and affected five million people in southern China, according to the World Meteorological Organization. El Nino El Niño, a cyclical climate pattern characterized by warmer waters in the Pacific Ocean, is expected to have significant implications for global supply chains in 2024.

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Hollywood’s Top 10 Supply Chain Disaster Movies

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Krakatoa (1969) Krakatoa, East of Java , is a disaster film loosely based on the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano located in Indonesia. In the actual Krakatoa eruption, ash fell in a 300,000 square-mile radius , halting ships for two and a half days.