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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

Logistics Viewpoints

In April of 2022, British American Tobacco, headquartered in the UK, agreed to pay $508 million in fines for selling their products to North Korea. Secondly, one core supply chain application is a transportation management system. It is important to know the total landed cost inclusive of transportation and tariff costs.

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Made in “I Really Don’t Know”

Talking Logistics

As first reported by Fairfax Media , a factory in North Korea has been making high-priced surf and snow gear for Australian surfwear company Rip Curl since at least 2014, with the garments labeled “Made in China.” We do not approve or authorise any production of Rip Curl products out of North Korea.”

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This Week in Logistics News (September 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

The kids are back at school, we have air conditioning again, and North Korea tested a nuclear bomb yesterday. “If Moving on to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week… Mercedes-Benz and Matternet unveil vans that launch delivery drones (TechCrunch). I’m rooting for love.

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What Supply Chain Risks Must Supply Chain Execs Keep Top of Mind?

GlobalTranz

Also, risks can range from working with entities outside of a given company, such as third-party logistics providers ( 3PLs ), to changes in the expected movements of a product, otherwise known as scope change risks. This also includes supply chains who are not directly transporting goods to and from other countries.

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Sorry, I’m Not Sure: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2018

Talking Logistics

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.

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

Talking Logistics

This is not only true for financial investments, but also for supply chain and logistics predictions. Like I said last year, making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target: sometimes you get lucky and hit the mark; other times you miss the bullseye by a mile. Photo By: MAJ Aaron Haney.

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Thoughts on Supply Chain Impacts (After Listening to Trump’s State of the Union)

NC State SCRC

And this is already in an environment where there is a massive shortage of logistics workers and truck drivers ! trillion in “infrastructure” We have had a massive problem with poor infrastructure in our airports, roads, bridges, and other transportation channels for many, many years.