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Justifying Investments in Risk Avoidance

MIT Supply Chain

Insurance companies face this issue when selling disruption insurance, or when trying to convince manufacturers to reduce both the likelihood and impact of business interruptions through measures such as increasing inventory levels and developing alternative suppliers.

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Overcoming Supply Chain Challenges in the Beverage Industry 

Logility

Port congestion, shipping delays, and other supply chain disruptions are affecting industries across all economic sectors, and that includes beverages of all types. For wine and spirits companies, for example, the glass bottle shortage and shipping glitches are two of the biggest problems. Issues in trucking and shipping.

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Trends 2023: Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

the Mississippi River is seeing falling water levels, which has resulted in a log-jam of over 100 vessels. Inventory Confusion. Experts can’t agree on what inventory management will look like in 2023. But there’s more complexity required than simply increasing inventory. And in the U.S., ”[6].