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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

A growing global warehouse capacity crunch. Warehouse Capacity Under Pressure. Increased warehouse demand was an inevitable result of the rapid rise in ecommerce over the last couple of decades, but the COVID pandemic accelerated its progression exponentially. Hoarding Warehouse Space? The grain blockaded in Ukraine.

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The Belt and Road Initiative: Rail Service between Europe and Asia

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Have you ever considered changing your traditional mode of transportation? Now is the time to utilize all modes of transportation in the most efficient way possible. Every mode of transportation comes with pros and cons. With a slightly longer transit time, you can significantly cut transportation costs over air service.

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China’s Historic Silk Road is Resurrected from the Rubble

Elementum

Massive changes in technology, transportation, and power dynamics over the centuries, led to the eventual abandonment of the road. This will include a rail route stretching from Chongqing, China, through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, and Poland to Duisburg in Germany. The second prong is the “21st Century Maritime route.”

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Mindmap for Supply Chain Execution 24/7

Supply Chain Movement

Kazakhstan. The supply chain solutions for the 24-hour economy lie primarily in a flexible IT platform which enables the various internal software applications, such as for manufacturing execution, warehouse management and transport planning, to be connected to external systems such as for customs handling. Isle of Man.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Warehousing. Transportation. Of course, the difference between KPIs and metrics will vary at different levels of your organisation, so for example, while a metric recording “receiving accuracy” in a warehouse would certainly be a KPI for a warehouse manager, it would be completely extraneous as an executive-level KPI.

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