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3 Capabilities You Need Now to Address Supply Variability

Logility

What do the port of Long Beach, California and the Suez Canal have in common? Water is one obvious answer to that question, but a supply chain professional might say, “recent headline-grabbing sources of supply variability that have disrupted global supply networks.” If it’s not COVID, it’s something else.

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Real-Time Visibility: The Key to Navigating Port Congestion

BlueYonder

Similarly, big consumer product companies have the brand power and resources to explore costly strategies like shifting production, reformulating products and enlisting backup suppliers. At the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach alone, this impacts approximately 60,000 containers with cargo worth more than USD 2.6

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. Source E2open Shipping Index). He genuinely cared for the organization and prided himself on forging clever strategies. We started the conversation with sourcing. Sourcing Decisions Via Spreadsheet. What to do?

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Another China Based Lockdown and Supply Network Disruption- Implications and Call to Action

Supply Chain Matters

West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Andrade goes on to make the case for CEO ’s to seriously consider assessments for moving manufacturing to domestic or near-shored sourcing locations. Supply chain must instead be positioned as a component of overall business strategy and continuity. Call to Action.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. Source E2open Shipping Index). He genuinely cared for the organization and prided himself on forging clever strategies. We started the conversation with sourcing. Sourcing Decisions Via Spreadsheet. What to do?

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Supply Chains Take Notice: Humans Have Made History — Not in a Good Way

Enterra Insights

Stan Finney , secretary general of the International Union of Geological Sciences and a professor in the department of geological sciences at the California State University at Long Beach, observes, “There’s no doubt that humans have impacted the Earth system dramatically and we’re facing incredible consequences today.

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When it Comes to Ocean Shipping, We Have to See Beyond Today’s Squalls and Plan for the Long Term

Logistics Viewpoints

How do I get shipment X out of Long Beach? But the fact of the matter is, industry leaders who want to avoid crashing their business on the shoals need to balance the daily hand-to-hand combat with some serious, long-term planning. Can I stack two more levels of containers on every chassis? Which industries will survive?