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The Need For Supply Chain Innovation: Why You Should Watch These Four Trends ?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Need For Supply Chain Innovation: Why You Should Watch These Four Trends ? China trade tensions, Covid-19 measures and the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Transport markets tend towards consolation, which we have observed with the container liners and the emergence of new business models brought about for example by platform aggregators.

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More VUCA Ahead with Oren Zaslansky

The Logistics of Logistics

Ukraine/Russia supply chain problem (grain, fuel, etc.). TED Talk: The next wave of innovation in freight. Potential railroad strike. Potential strike or labor slowdown for West coast ports. Holiday season. Uncertain economic conditions – recession. Issues with China supply chain. Learn More About More VUCA Ahead. Flock Freight.

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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. These include transportation and material moving, warehouse and fulfillment center workers , truck drivers, call center agents, delivery services, and manufacturing workers. It’s a global problem. million to 75.3

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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Emissions are the other big selling point here, with the electric systems offering more efficiency than traditional ground transportation. This shortfall is impeding efforts to transport goods and, in doing so, further hobbling an already-delicate supply chain. That’s nearly 29 percent of their workforce. That’s all for this week.

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How business intelligence can boost customer centricity

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

For instance, the recent war between Russia and Ukraine not only affected the petrol and oil prices significantly, but the war-imposed constraints on the ability to use Russian transportation infrastructure to support manufacturing in Asia, proving that this crisis requires a particular set of resilience capabilities.

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Oil & Gas Companies Focus on Eliminating Supply Chain Waste

Talking Logistics

For the past few years I’ve been using that phrase, which you typically find in investment literature, when making the case for innovation in supply chain management. trailed both Saudi Arabia and Russia in oil production, and it trailed Russia in natural gas production. “Past performance is no guarantee of future results.”.

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A time of transition: 3 key trends for oil & gas in 2018

DELMIA Quintiq

In the wake of its devastating consequences, companies have formed new business partnerships and become more open to embracing innovation. The current top seven exporters of LNG in the world are Qatar, Australia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Indonesia, Algeria and Russia. INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. RENEWABLES & LOW CARBON ENERGY.

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