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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Just recently in Sri Lanka, the rising global fuel costs for oil precipitated the bankruptcy of a once thriving economy. Like Sri Lanka and many other countries in the world, these fossil fuel power sources must be imported. It is completely understandable why this is happening.

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One belt, one road, and one very blurry supply chain benefit

DELMIA Quintiq

Would a multi-user logistics center qualify? While the countries, developers, and the construction companies test the waters and work through the application processes, the shippers and their logistics partners need to consider how to weave those new facilities and links into the fabric of their supply logistics networks.

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Coronavirus Pandemic: How 20Cube is making things easier for customers

20Cube Logistics

Coronavirus outbreak has gripped the world and its set to impact the logistics supply chain in a big way. Even though the world has come to a standstill but at 20Cube Logistics, we are in business through our virtual offices and ensuring that our customers’ freight operations are not being impacted.

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March 27, 2024 Update

Freightos

Judah produces the Freightos Group’s FBX Weekly Freight Update and other research on what’s happening in the industry from shipper behaviors to the latest in logistics technology and digitization.

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Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The logistics industry globally is more competitive, volatile, uncertain and interconnected than ever. Collaborating with the right supply chain technology provider gives stakeholders a crystal-clear picture of the logistics ecosystem. Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems. Data security is crucial.

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Strikes and protests disrupt supply chains, globally

Resilinc

In Sri Lanka, a popular uprising chased the president from the country last week. For supply chain managers, the labor actions of greatest concern are in transport and logistics. At the same time, street blockades and trucker strikes are exacerbating those desabastecimientos in population centers such as Panama City.

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

Executives in a new survey, 2018 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, are divided about whether a new pact would help Mexico (24.3%); hurt Mexico (21.8%); or leave trade unchanged (25.7%). Logistics executives are unconcerned, for now, that emerging markets economies will be harmed by Brexit, the UK’s departure from the European Union.