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What Supply Chains Can Learn From Switzerland

RFgen

In supply chain management, all eyes are on Switzerland. The Importance of Supply Chain Resilience. For the past three years, the insurance company FM Global has been ranking countries based on their resilience to supply chain disruptions. Building Supply Chain Resilience.

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What Supply Chains Can Learn From Switzerland

RFgen

In supply chain management, all eyes are on Switzerland. The Importance of Supply Chain Resilience. For the past three years, the insurance company FM Global has been ranking countries based on their resilience to supply chain disruptions. Building Supply Chain Resilience.

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Revenues Sagging? Here's How to Thrive in 2016

Demand Solutions

Think Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia. The supply chain is a prime area most companies should look at when looking to take out cost. All of that inventory sitting there is probably your largest expense next to headcount. But don’t just cut inventory blindly. Instead, rely on supply chain planning software.

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Revenues Sagging? Here's How to Thrive in 2016

Demand Solutions

Think Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia. The supply chain is a prime area most companies should look at when looking to take out cost. All of that inventory sitting there is probably your largest expense next to headcount. But don’t just cut inventory blindly. Instead, rely on supply chain planning software.

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Is the “shared economy” changing logistics?

Kinaxis

by Alvaro Fernandez Did you know it costs approximately $100 to send an envelope from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Caracas, Venezuela? Are there ways it could benefit, or endanger, your supply chain? appeared first on The 21st Century Supply Chain. That’s for three to five day service! New York to London?

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E2open’s 22.4 Technology Update Deepens Network Coverage Across All Supply Chain Ecosystems to Minimize Disruption Risks

E2open

NYSE: ETWO), the connected supply chain SaaS platform with the largest multi-enterprise network, announces the release of its fourth-quarter technology update, with enhancements across all network ecosystems to help clients improve supply chain resiliency in an increasingly uncertain economy. AUSTIN, Texas – Dec.

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The Supply Chain Impacts of the Russian Attack on the Ukraine

NC State SCRC

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is piling new troubles onto the world’s already battered supply chains. The fighting has shut down car factories in Germany that rely on made-in-Ukraine components and hit supplies for the steel industry as far as Japan. Biden is even talking to Venezuela! So meat prices will also go up.

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