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The 2022 Chlorine Shortage: Another Year of Poolmageddon

ToolsGroup

A combo of pandemic-related increased demand, and the tragic destruction of a key chlorine manufacturer have led to 2022’s swimming pool chlorine shortage. Covid-19 had its fair share of global supply chain victims , and chlorine is no exception. Demand for chlorine skyrocketed. The cause of this tragedy? The result?

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Building the Future of Your Supply Chain

QAD

QAD Explore 2019, the company’s premier customer conference connecting its global community of leading manufacturers, recently took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was a pleasure to attend. Among others, this year’s Explore featured informative sessions dedicated to the game-changing evolution of the modern supply chain.

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What About Them Apples?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today hurricane Nate’s north winds are pushing against the bayous of Louisiana. In offices across the United Sates, demand planners are scratching their heads. Shifting demand and rising prices for cotton and orange juice. Higher spikes for lumber and building supplies. They do not sense. The reason?

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Hurricane season 2024: how to prepare your supply chain

Resilinc

Discover why experts predict robust storms and how to safeguard your supply chain. The 2024 hurricane season is expected to be extremely active, with multiple forecasts predicting above-average activity, increasing the potential for supply chain disruptions. Hurricanes can significantly disrupt supply chains in several ways. #1

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Making Sense of the Post-Pandemic Economy… Will We Ever Return to “Normal”?

NC State SCRC

What is becoming increasingly clear is that the US economy will not go back to a “normal” pre-pandemic state, but that we have set off a number of triggers that have changed the way we work and operate supply chains permanently. When there is a sudden surge in demand, and supply cannot keep up… well – you guessed it.

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The North American Battery Supply Chain is Getting Amped Up!

QAD

Discussions of new plants and regionalizing supply chains in North America were at a level I have never heard before in any industry. The speed of this shift in the supply chain will have an outsized impact on the winners and losers among North American battery manufacturers and their suppliers in the years ahead.

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How to Fulfill Orders When You Don’t Have Enough Product to Meet Demand

MIT Supply Chain

The global shortage of semiconductor chips that is disrupting supply chains in the automotive and consumer electronics industries is forcing chipmakers to decide which customers’ orders to fulfill when product is in short supply. This is one approach to the problem? This is one approach to the problem?—?but