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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

Unrest in Sudan. Abandon the processes focused on multiple layers of meetings to improve collaboration of organizations that are not aligned, but focused on transactional data. Over four-hundred days of war in Ukraine. Growing tensions between China and trading partners. History is a poor guide for the future.

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Civil Strife in the Congo Brews Problems in the Coffee Supply Chain

RFgen

Nestle Suspends Imports from South Sudan. The Swiss brand Nestle has put a temporary suspension on coffee imports from South Sudan for its Nespresso product. Recently, the civil conflict in nearby Central Equatoria has stretched into South Sudan. million into procuring resources from South Sudan and training coffee farmers.

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Civil Strife in the Congo Brews Problems in the Coffee Supply Chain

RFgen

Nestle Suspends Imports from South Sudan. The Swiss brand Nestle has put a temporary suspension on coffee imports from South Sudan for its Nespresso product. Recently, the civil conflict in nearby Central Equatoria has stretched into South Sudan. million into procuring resources from South Sudan and training coffee farmers.

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Where Does Cuba Rank in Logistics?

Talking Logistics

This announcement follows a meeting between President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro this past weekend at the Summit of the Americas, the first meeting between the leaders of both countries in almost 60 years. Being the son of Cuban immigrants, people always ask me what I think about these developments.

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The Future of Global Food Security

Enterra Insights

In the past half-decade, armed conflicts escalated across the world: Syria, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Myanmar. Transforming food systems that were designed to tackle problems of the last century into ones that meet 21st-century needs will be key. Poverty was falling, lifespans increasing. Then suddenly, wham!

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2023 Sanctions Trends

Exiger Perspectives

Examples include using machine learning and AI-enabled software to reduce false positives, and leveraging trained resources provided by trusted third parties to effectively and sustainably manage sanctions risk and enable other internal financial crime teams to meet their own obligations.

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S.E.C. Approval of Conflict Minerals Rules: a landmark in supply chain disclosure requirements

EcoVadis

Countries covered by the new rules in addition to the DRC include South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. It is worth mentioning that other minerals could be designated by the U.S. Secretary of State as conflict minerals in the future.