Supply Chain Brain

JULY 30, 2025

Bloomberg Trump Hits India With 25% Tariff, Threatens More Over Russia More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! said profit will fall as much as 36% this year as President Donald Trump’s tariffs reduce earnings by about $2 billion, more than the automaker previously expected.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 30, 2025

starting August 1, and threatened an additional penalty over the country’s energy purchases from Russia. starting August 1, and threatened an additional penalty over the country’s energy purchases from Russia. starting August 1, and threatened an additional penalty over the country’s energy purchases from Russia.

Russia

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 23, 2025

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

And now for this week’s logistics news: Walmart Adds Truck Powered by Compressed Natural Gas to its Transportation Fleet CMA CGM offers $5.5 billion for Bollore logistics unit Retailers Tackle Cardboard Overload With Made-to-Fit Boxes Robust.AI billion) for the logistics unit of Bollore. That’s all for this week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Europe agrees to cut natural-gas consumption as Russia crimps supplies. With its commitment to have all 100,000 electric delivery vehicles on the road by 2030, Amazon will save millions of metric tons of carbon per year. Financial terms of deal were not disclosed.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. Finally, the top 10 list was rounded out safety and metrics. These will only contain posts written in 2014. Read Full Post. Read Full Post.

Manufacturing

ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Material Handling & Logistics ). Material Handling & Logistics ). Within a week of Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, the benchmark for thermal coal prices reached a record high of $446 per metric ton. Because Russia and Ukraine are leading exporters of grain, wheat futures in Chicago rose by almost 6% to $9.26

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Shell’s current shift to the global supply chain is impacting North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Russia, and China. Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. A Brief History of IT Investments. The reason? The results accelerated global adoption.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 29, 2013

One of the highlights of the BVL was a panel discussion by the World Bank, talking about their global logistics study. Jean-Francois Arvis spoke about the World Bank Study on the Logistics and Public Sector. The World Bank is looking at logistics form a policy perspective, which has just emerged in the last ten years.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

We are faced with immense logistical difficulties that range from unpaved roads to armed bandits.”. The challenges can be multi-faceted: High logistical costs. We are faced with immense logistical difficulties that range from unpaved roads to armed bandits.” fast food or retail) are rapidly expanding. Transfer taxes.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Then, consumer demand rebounded in ways that defied historical patterns, leading to logistics congestion, labor shortages, and semiconductor allocations for automakers. Then Russia invaded Ukraine and triggered a global commodities crisis. Data and metrics to determine each supplier’s score are refreshed every quarter.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

logistics reinforce both headwinds and added concerns. to Asia , as well as the European consequences of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict as now driving added index volatility. US Logistics Managers Index. Also reported was less change in Inventory and Warehousing metrics as costs continue to grow and capacity remains tight.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Trade basically ceased as ports closed because of western- imposed economic sanctions on Russia. Cargo planes could not fly out of or into Russia or Ukraine. Likewise, ships could not sail into or out of Russia and Ukraine. That exacerbated food shortages with Russia and Ukraine among the top five grain exporters.

Russia

Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 14, 2015

His task – together with his colleagues from procurement, production and logistics – is to simplify the global supply chain while acknowledging that consumers are often very emotionally attached to a particular beer brand. Consumers have strong rooted preferences when it comes to beer.

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Elementum

JUNE 30, 2022

Global supply constraints have come from (1) supply-side disruptions like China’s Zero-COVID policy and the Russia / Ukraine conflict and (2) from demand pressure as federal stimulus flooded the market with extra cash in 2020 and 2021. Over the last 2 years, Supply Chain teams have been struggling to procure and manufacture enough inventory.

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E2open

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Companies on e2open’s connected platform can make more accurate, efficient, and autonomous decisions and improve execution for operations spanning channel, planning, logistics, global trade, and supply. Logistics On-time performance is essential to last-mile logistics. AUSTIN, Texas – Dec. 8, 2022 – E2open Parent Holdings, Inc.

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Exiger Perspectives

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

If the senior management team has not ensured that the SCRM program objectives set across the different functional areas are appropriately aligned to optimize performance, teams may have differing views on program goals and the “metrics that matter” The executive sponsor should push to remove silos.

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EazyStock

MARCH 14, 2023

The right purchasing and logistics strategies give companies an edge during these unique, uncertain times and, during the return “to normal,” a greater competitive advantage and continued growth. With the right strategies in purchasing, logistics and supply chain, you can navigate through a recession and come out as a winner.

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BlueYonder

JULY 19, 2022

There are continuous and significant changes in demand patterns but no drop in customer experience expectations and on the other end, there continues to be a barrage of new disruptions impacting raw material, components, labor and logistics — complicating the supply planning. Key Consideration No.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017. Gravity regularly uses the data of third-party logistics (3PLs) providers. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86 New solutions for a new reality. .”

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

The pending effect of fuel on logistics costs is an overlay for all companies struggling to manage the bottom line. Transportation constraints are increasing with the risk of many drivers moving from logistics jobs delivering products to construction as the impact of the Infrastructure Deal becomes a reality. .”

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

The ongoing Ukraine–Russia conflict has caused turmoil in significant parts of the global food chain, and in fact, Ukraine is a major exporter of barley (30% of global totals), wheat (25%), and sunflower oil (60%). The Logistics of Logistics Podcast . Check out The Logistics of Logistics on Youtube .

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 18, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Russia-Ukraine war is worsening shipping snarls. Biden announces US will move to revoke Russia’s “most favored nation” trade status. The ongoing Russia – Ukraine war continues to disrupt global supply chains. New lockdown in China likely to disrupt online orders.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

FedEx Re-Opens B2C Service To Russia. According to the product sheet , “Oracle Global Trade Intelligence provides a dashboard view into the unique metrics by which your customs and compliance operation measures success. Robinson and Transplace are Talking Logistics sponsors. Global trade dominated the news this week.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 3, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, materials shortages, port closures, inflation and other disruptions have only revealed the underlying fragilities of our modern global supply chains — spanning thousands of miles and involving dozens, or even hundreds, of participants — that were always there.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 27, 2022

” He also provided some fascinating views on the Russia-Ukraine war. In general, the Russian equipment is not well maintained, the KGB is not great at carrying out their plans (a lot of messed up poisonings), and there is likely no way that Putin and Russia will get out of this situation with any level of success.

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American Global Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

business logistics amounts to 9.1% business logistics reflects the highest percentage of GDP in history. However, there is a need for more precise and comprehensive metrics to understand the full economic impact of supply chains. Understanding their contribution requires precise metrics and methodologies. The cost of U.S.

North Carolina

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 29, 2021

Russia sent covid assistance in the form of oxygen concentrators and generators. Saudi Arabia shipped 80 Metric tonnes of liquid oxygen to India and Portugal assured 20,000 litres of oxygen per week to India along with 5503 vials of Remdesvir. DHL and FEDEX played a major role in inbound logistics and distribution.

India

Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

Now differentials in workers’ pay are disappearing as countries like Brazil, Russia, India, and China (the BRIC countries) grow richer and develop into consumer giants. Love-Hate Relationships Flourishing in Logistics. Near shoring is an alternative, but not for everyone. Just storing data is not a problem.

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Material Handling & Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

million metric tons and aluminum imports by 669,000 tons, according to the Commerce Department. For aluminum, Trump’s options also include a higher tariff, of 23.6%, on five major suppliers including China and Russia. the brokerage said. The aim of the tariffs is to boost U.S. and about 1% of aluminum output.

South Korea

Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. But I was right with some of my other predictions, especially my prediction that we would see a rise in cyber attacks in 2017, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets. per barrel.

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