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Energy Crisis in Asia and Europe: The Supply Chain Impact

Resilinc

Asia Energy Crisis Currently, both China and Pakistan are suffering a major energy crunch from dwindling energy supplies and high global gas prices. Pakistan is also highly dependent on imported natural gas: imported LNG accounts for a third of Pakistan’s yearly power output ( Reuters ). tons and Nigeria exported 1.5M

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

Supply chain and logistics consultant, educator, and podcast host Rob O’Byrne has over 40 years of supply chain experience. He has been helping companies design more profitable supply chains for over 25 years, most of them as founder and CEO of Logistics Bureau. It’s embarrassing to say, but I’ve been in logistics since 1975.

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What is a Sourcing Agency and How does it work?

SCMDOJO

In the global world of businesses, companies often seek help from sourcing agencies to figure out how to get the things they need. But what’s a sourcing agency or sourcing agent and how does it make buying things easier? Let’s explore this world of sourcing agencies and understand what they do.

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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

The company is also stopping production in Ecuador, Venezuela, Belarus and Pakistan by April 2014 (these countries scored low in a World Bank report that assessed countries on accountability, corruption, violence, and other metrics). appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Supply Chain Management in Apparel Industry

SCMDOJO

For the production, the appropriate raw material is sourced or produced based on the details provided by the fashion designers in the previous step. This is a huge step that requires the extensive support of groundbreaking logistics that helps distribute the clothing to appropriate locations across the country or countries.

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As Inventories and Capacity Expansion Grew Too Quickly in 2022, Customers are Forcing Suppliers to Bear the Brunt of Optimistic Forecasts

NC State SCRC

Walmart will pay more for domestic sources, but will not be burdened with the inventory and purchasing FOB. Many of these commitments were made based on verbal guarantees or assurances made between buyers and sellers at the outset, which many large brands are now reneging on.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

In just the first two months of the war, over 4 million tons of wheat have been taken off the global market , with the largest importers of Ukrainian wheat—Egypt, Indonesia, Turkey, Pakistan, and Morocco—facing potentially significant food shortages later in the year. How Gravity Supply Chain solutions uses Spire AIS data.