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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This year the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26) was held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021. “Even with all new Glasgow pledges for 2030, we will emit roughly twice as much in 2030 as required for 1.5 degrees Celsius,” states the Climate Action Tracker.

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The Evolving ‘New Normal’

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Much has been said and written about supply chains and how it’s broken down globally since the onset of the pandemic. Shortage of commodities, raw materials, electronic components, computer chips, ships, lorries etc. Shortage of commodities, raw materials, electronic components, computer chips, ships, lorries etc.

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2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Prediction One

Supply Chain Matters

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares samples of individual prediction snapshots that will be included in our Annual 2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory publishing later this month.

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System dynamics

Supply Chain Movement

In view of the current global chaos in supply chains, what knobs are still left for companies to ‘twiddle’ right now? In the United Kingdom, there are reports of empty retail shelves and long queues at petrol stations due to the driver shortage exacerbated by Brexit. Martijn Lofvers, Chief Trendwatcher Supply Chain Media.

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‘Safety stock’ held by UK Manufacturers up by a third to counter supply chain disruptions

Unleashed

The amount of stock held by UK SME manufacturers has shot up since the start of the pandemic, according to new research. Our planning for 2023-25 sees us ensuring flexibility in our supply chain to scale up quickly and hold additional weeks of cover to compensate for demand peaks.”. 10 Trends in Supply Chain Management in 2022.

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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of reported February 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Slight Rise in Global Wide Production Activity Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Supply chain stresses seem to have faded somewhat, at least on aggregate.”

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The BoxC Story with Chad Schofield

The Logistics of Logistics

Chad is the Co-founder and Chief Digital Officer of BoxC , a logistics startup out of 500 Startups Batch 6 that simplifies the complexity of international parcel shipping by bringing together logistics and compliance resources from around the world into a single platform. It’s frictionless. It’s flexible.

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