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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

In addition, retailers are struggling to move inventory initially ordered in the first quarter of 2022 to make way for back-to-school and holiday merchandise. With Russia exporting many critical commodities, Deloitte explained, there are insufficient raw materials for supply and manufacturing use.

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Two Indices of Supply Chain Activity Noting Supply Chain Volatility Trending

Supply Chain Matters

logistics reinforce both headwinds and added concerns. to Asia , as well as the European consequences of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict as now driving added index volatility. US Logistics Managers Index. Also reported was less change in Inventory and Warehousing metrics as costs continue to grow and capacity remains tight.

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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

A company can choose to maintain a high level of costly inventory to ensure short lead times, and a family can decide to live farther away from work and school but buy a bigger house. Last year multiple companies needed to urgently relocate their employees and their families from Russia and Ukraine. Let’s continue with this analogy.

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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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The impact of regional instabilities on the Global Supply Chain and how ERP can help

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The war and imposed sanctions will create a knock-on effect across the supply chain , and businesses will be impacted by material shortages, material cost increases, demand volatility, logistics and capacity constraints as well as cybersecurity breaches. European countries which import Russian oil and natural gas are going to be hard hit.

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Additional May 2022 Supply Chain Indices Point to Ongoing Concerns

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights two additional May 2022 indicators of supply chain volatility as well as logistics services trending. logistics trends reinforce a shifting tide along with concerns as to what to expect in the second half of 2022. US Logistics Managers Index. Regarding the latter, the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 26 – March 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Maersk said Tuesday it was halting bookings in light of the sanctions imposed on Russia, including congestion being caused by customs authorities inspecting cargo bound for the country and changing credit terms impacting its customers. Ukraine invasion and the semi-conductor chip impact.