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Turkey Earthquake: Key Industries, Exports, and Sites Impacted

Resilinc

magnitude earthquake struck near Nurdagi, Gaziantep, Turkey. Turkey wasn’t the only country impacted by this severe disaster, either. struck near Uzunbag, Turkey ( The New York Times ). magnitude quake struck near Yesilyurt, Turkey ( The New York Times ). On February 6 th , 2023, a 7.8 Then, on February 27 th , a third 5.6-magnitude

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Supply Chain Ripple Effects of Russia’s War in Ukraine

Alloy

Russia’s war in Ukraine has captured the attention of the entire world. The devastation experienced by Ukraine and its people has prompted the western world to levy sanctions on Russia, the idea being to put so much pressure on Russia’s economy that they will pack up their military and go home. Long-term Supply Chain Implications.

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

In this, the first of our supply chain news posts, you’ll find updates on the following current stories in global supply chain and logistics operations: The Ukraine war and its impact on global supply chains. The grain blockaded in Ukraine. Ukraine War and its Supply Chain Impact. A growing global warehouse capacity crunch.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

Satirist Funk Turkey used lyrics.rip to scrape the Genius Lyrics Database and made a Markov Chain write Metallica lyrics. The company has faced sourcing constraints as a result of the war in Ukraine, higher material and transportation costs, and consumers’ decreased willingness to accept price increases due to inflation.

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Can Blockchain Technology Prevent Organic Fraud?

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

In 2017, the Washington Post reported that millions of pounds of “USDA Organic” soybeans and corn imported through Turkey appear to have been fraudulent. [1] Because supply cannot meet demand of organic foods, retailers, feed companies, and packaged food manufacturers are importing organic foods from India, Ukraine, Turkey, Romania, etc.

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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

There appears to be considerable upheaval in Europe as a result of the political unrest between Russia and Ukraine. In The Netherlands, cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris is closing its factory in Bergen op Zoom and AkzoNobel has decided to phase out its production of organic peroxides in Deventer by the end of 2016.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

These two innovations opened up the possibility of a diversified global manufacturing system in which products, including the parts that would be assembled into more advanced products elsewhere, could be made in the most cost-effective regions. The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83