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It’s Time to Rethink Supply Chain Risk Management

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Under pressure to quickly identify new sources of supply, due diligence has–at times been reduced, thereby increasing the likelihood of quality issues, unknowingly supporting forced labor, or exposing organizations to fraud. Supply chain disruptions, and the reactions to them, do more than simply reduce profits today.

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Coronavirus Increases Supply Chain Risk Management Priority

Enterra Insights

For years I’ve been writing about the importance of supply chain risk management and how it’s often given short shrift in business discussions. Today, ears are no longer deaf to the topic of supply chain risk management. 3] Those dimensions are: 1. . ” Additional actions.

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Realties of Declining Global Trade and Transport Rates More Evident

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022. Earlier this month, the forecast was revised to an expected 2.5

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Risk Management Provider Avetta Acquired Stockholm based private equity firm EQT has reportedly agreed to acquire supply chain risk management software technology and managed services provider Avetta from existing private equity owners Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe ( WCAS ).

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Navigating Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Strategies for Resilience

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If an earthquake were to happen, it would mean the entire computing industry would be affected as their supply chain would be disrupted. Delays Delays happen when ships are involved, or even when a vehicle transport company is involved like A1 Auto Transport.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

If they were dependent, did they have East Coast distribution centers where they could preplace inventory before the strike occurred. Further, the conversations were important because they also revealed information about the capabilities of suppliers. “We Do you have a contingency plan for transportation emergencies?

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Businesses Responding to High Inflation and Supply Chain Inventory Concerns

Supply Chain Matters

Inventory Management Assessment- Samsung Electronics. We noted in our editorial likely needs for comprehensive inventory management assessments especially given the risk of higher working capital costs are a result of higher interest rates. Samsung ’s inventory balances reportedly reached the equivalent of $36.9