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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 3, 2020)

Talking Logistics

We’re just three days into the new year and we already face a growing risk to supply chains around the world: an escalating conflict between the U.S. It was a relatively quiet week for supply. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 3, 2020). Let’s hope it doesn’t get worse.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (November 18, 2022)

Talking Logistics

Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (November 18, 2022). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (November 18, 2022) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

I thought I understood all the major supply chain implications of the pandemic until I began reading Yossi Sheffi’s new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy beyond Covid-19. The potential supply chain impacts of this conflict dwarf any other supply chain news that might be reported.

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Mitigating Geopolitical Risks in the Supply Chain, Part One

Enterra Insights

In the concluding part of the article, I want to examine how geopolitical risks might affect supply chain operations. ” • Isolated Iran. And now Iran has wedded itself to Putin’s imperial ambitions in Ukraine. ” In the initial installment of this article, I want to focus on these geopolitical risks. .”

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The Greatest Risks Facing Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Supply chain professionals are certainly acquainted with risks and risk-taking; however, their principal concern is managing risks. ” However, not everyone appreciates the risks an organization’s supply chain faces. Supply Chain Risks Internal Risks • Production Control Risks.

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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. Supply chain woes accelerate reshoring, nearshoring trend. This, along with a host of controversies, have led many to believe that awarding Qatar with the World Cup was a blatant mistake.

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Trends 2019: Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Nowhere is change more evident than in the supply chain arena. Trends affecting supply chain operations. ”[2] Below are some of the trends subject matter experts suggest will impact supply chain operations in 2019. The list of crazy things happening goes on and on. ”[1]. ”[1]. Global trade.