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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

According to a recent UNHCR report , nearly 60 million people were forcibly displaced in 2014 from countries such as Iraq, Eritrea, and Afghanistan. A crisis of this magnitude creates a mind-boggling supply chain and logistics challenge. Of those 60 million people, 19.5 million were refugees. Need is clearly skyrocketing.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

And more companies are treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise (see Supply Chain Design: Growing Scope, Community, and Collaboration ). Making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target.

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Doing Business in Turkey

QAD

Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. Its primary export partners were Germany, the UK, the UAE, Iraq, the US, Italy, France and Spain. Agriculture makes up 6.8% of the GDP, but the sector employs 18.4% of the workforce. More than 58% of the population has access to high-speed Internet. Taxes equal 20.3%

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How Will Climate Change Impact Supply Chains in 2024?

Resilinc

Navigate the top climate change issues set to impact the supply chain in 2024. As temperatures continue to rise, the intersection of climate change and supply chain resilience demands increased attention from businesses worldwide. F), the report projects 120 million people worldwide will experience extreme drought.

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How the Coronavirus is underscoring the relevance of Global Supply Chain throughput: From the Frontlines of Yokohama, Milan, and Southern Florida

ThroughPut

Some are concerned about a pandemic, others about the deceleration of the global supply chain and its effect on their bottom lines, and yet others about their employees, customers and families. This role became the foundation of my real-world supply chain background, where I eventually became specialized in high-risk operations.

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. Although offshoring is still going on, about an equal number of companies are reshoring. Drop in the price of crude oil.

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Why Operations Managers & Entrepreneurs are fighting the same battles

ThroughPut

We are privileged to be tackling problems from the biggest canals to supply chains that extend to Mars. Ultimately, I continue to struggle with why financial controllers who just don’t listen to operational needs, when the situation is being reported from the frontlines about actual needs. #3. The fight for time.