article thumbnail

10 Disruptive Issues in the Supply Chain

American Global Logistics

Persistent Red Sea Risks Continue to Disrupt Critical Trade Route The ongoing conflict in Yemen has created several shipping risks in the Red Sea. has been working to negotiate a ceasefire in Yemen. Re-shoring involves moving manufacturing or production back to a country from which it was previously outsourced.

article thumbnail

Supply Chain Risk Management in 2024: A Forward Look with Tom Linton

Resilinc

For example, when the conflict started to move outside of Gaza and into the Middle East, Yemen attacked ships in the Red Sea. In manufacturing, you are ‘clear to build’ when you have everything you need to make a product, but if one part is missing (often referred to as a ‘gold screw’), you can’t build.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

January 10, 2024 Update

Freightos

Demand is likely increasing as shippers try both to ship further in advance to accommodate longer transit times and to get orders out of China before manufacturing slows down over the Lunar New Year holiday that starts February 10th. This statement was followed by a China representative to the UN also calling for the attacks to end.

article thumbnail

Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations

ThroughPut

manufacturers do to better understand global supply chain operations when exporting goods abroad? To find the best prices for raw materials and the cheapest places to manufacture goods, the most logical answer is to travel. manufacturers never inquire about discounts on port duties or refunds for certain sales. Ali Hasan R.

article thumbnail

How the Coronavirus is underscoring the relevance of Global Supply Chain throughput: From the Frontlines of Yokohama, Milan, and Southern Florida

ThroughPut

Somehow, though, even with two parents in the medical field, the Oil & Gas industry recruited me first, and I ended up becoming a field operations engineer working across onshore, offshore, and warzone logistics & chemical manufacturing operations. At least that’s how I see it.

Florida 52
article thumbnail

Your Supply Chain to Increase Efficiency and Sustainability

ThroughPut

Manufacturing is a precise process that is hard to systematize and just as hard to monitor. As a result, no manufacturer in history has ever been able to capture 100% of its productivity. Now, thanks to declining costs, it’s viable in complex manufacturing settings as well. Throughput issues are similar. Ali Hasan R.

article thumbnail

Your Supply Chain to Increase Efficiency and Sustainability

ThroughPut

Manufacturing is a precise process that is hard to systematize and just as hard to monitor. As a result, no manufacturer in history has ever been able to capture 100% of its productivity. Now, thanks to declining costs, it’s viable in complex manufacturing settings as well. Throughput issues are similar. Ali Hasan R.