Remove Iran Remove Shipping Remove Sourcing Remove Supply Chain Disruption
article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (November 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

The US Men’s National Team is in Group B with England, Iran, and Wales, and will play its first game on November 21 against Wales. Retailers turning to specific-day delivery over speediest shipping. Companies are coping with rising costs to source and produce goods in China and other Asian locales.

article thumbnail

10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Apart from the panic buying are there Supply Chain lessons that we should learn from the Coronavirus pandemic to improve the robustness of Supply Chains in the future? Supply Chain Disruptions … So Far. Iran and Spain were highly infected. Italy locked down the country. And the U.S.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply concerns may also spur oil stockpiling activity, which supports prices.”. Analysts believe that Brent is likely to remain above $100 a barrel until significant alternative supplies become available from OPEC, U.S. shale or Iran, for example. Food inflation is a risk from a supply chain disruption.

article thumbnail

I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

Talking Logistics

Such monitoring could also help during supply chain disruptions. “If If you have a tsunami and part of your supply chain is knocked out, as happened a few years ago, you have better info about where parts are,” he said, referring to the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Japan in 2011.