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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part Two: Climate Risks

Enterra Insights

Journalist Andrew Freedman explains, “Geopolitical risks in the Red Sea and extreme weather in Central America are converging, jostling global supply chains fed by the Suez and Panama Canals.”[1] Footnotes [1] Andrew Freedman, “ Climate change and conflict converge to disrupt supply chains ,” Axios, 24 January 2024. [2]

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Like the Mississippi River Through New Orleans, Today’s CPG Market is Quickly Changing Directions

QAD

Twisting and turning, changing directions quickly, the Mississippi River winds down the center of the U.S. and you have a great deal of disruption throughout the entire value chain. Supply chains are more complex than ever and expanding. Supply Chain Planning 2020.

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Tale as Old as Time: Logistics Innovation Vs. Tried-and-True Strategy

Intelligent Audit

Postal Service struggle to keep up with innovative strategies from retailers like Walmart and Amazon. While the old guard focuses on labor issues and struggles with an ongoing worker shortage, retailers and e-commerce businesses are building supply chain strategies to tackle the latest industry challenges. Absolutely.

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Shipping Industry Lows Foil High Expectations

Intelligent Audit

According to reporting from Supply Chain Dive , “ Around 56% of members who submitted ballots voted to reject the agreement, which was brokered by the Biden administration and included a 14.1% Logistics Experts Warn that Drought-Plagued Mississippi Could Threaten American Exports. In a troubling turn of events for U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

Kraft Heinz wants to solve its supply chain problems — in the metaverse. Biden to announce 3D printing initiative to boost US supply chain. As e-commerce continues to grow, companies are looking at new and innovative ways to ensure they get orders delivered on time to their customers. It was valued at $1.3

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This Week in Logistics News (April 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

FourKites , a market leader in real-time supply chain visibility, announced its acquisition of Haven, Inc., For example, in Jackson, Mississippi, we partnered with the Jackson Housing Authority to set up in a community center for a low-income senior housing unit where we administered nearly 2,000 vaccinations to vulnerable seniors.”.

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Halloween 2021 Predictions

Enterra Insights

” Zone 3 – Southeast (Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida): “Scary forecast: expect it to turn stormy.” But you’ll undoubtedly find creative ways to recreate in some innovative form.” Witches, fly carefully!” ” Footnotes. [1]