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Southern California Wildfires and Windstorm 

Exiger Perspectives

The Santa Ana winds, combined with dry conditions, triggered widespread fires in Los Angeles County, the Inland Empire, Orange County, and Ventura County. Californias role as a vital nexus for transportation, technology, and industrial machinery places manufacturing supply chains at significant risk from the ongoing wildfires.

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How Artificial Intelligence Benefits Logistics and Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Government laws, increased transportation costs, and worldwide calamities like pandemics are just a few factors contributing to the complexity of the global supply chain. To maximise operations, procurement must be made aware of the effects that data problems will have later.

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Unease Remains in U.S. East and Gulf Coast Labor Talks

Supply Chain Matters

While multi-industry logistics, transportation and customer fulfilment teams might have languished with a sigh of relief, they are likely to be aware that this new contract is not a done deal yet. West Coast Port of Los Angeles reported 27 percent higher container volumes processed in the period from July to September.

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When Designing the Right Manufacturing Plant, Small Can Be Beautiful

Supply Chain Brain

What it doesn’t necessarily mean is simply transporting those Chinese mega-factories to another hemisphere. It might mean setting up plants in Mexico or elsewhere in Latin America, aa means of cutting transit time and responding more quickly to changing patterns of demand. It could even entail some degree of domestic production.

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Cyberattack on Supplier Causes Empty Shelves at Whole Foods

Supply Chain Brain

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US East and Gulf Coast Dockworkers Reach Tentative Deal with USMX

Supply Chain Matters

There is a sigh of relief among global transportation and logistics teams on the news that the labor union representing U.S. A second labor strike would have had the impact of between $1 billion to $5 billion in lost daily activity, individual port backups and supporting logistics and transport operations.

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Survey: Consumers Are Reviewing Food Labels More Closely as Grocery Prices Rise

Supply Chain Brain

Global Supply Chain Management Port of Los Angeles Completes Construction of Berths 177-182 Global Gateways Amazon’s Jassy Says AI Will Reduce Company’s Workforce Artificial Intelligence Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant? consumers, conducted for QR code company, GS1 US , found that 33% of U.S.