Supply Chain Brain

JULY 30, 2025

Bloomberg Trump Hits India With 25% Tariff, Threatens More Over Russia More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! said profit will fall as much as 36% this year as President Donald Trump’s tariffs reduce earnings by about $2 billion, more than the automaker previously expected.

Expense Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 30, 2025

starting August 1, and threatened an additional penalty over the country’s energy purchases from Russia. starting August 1, and threatened an additional penalty over the country’s energy purchases from Russia. Trump also threatened “secondary sanctions” on nations buying oil from Russia, which had the potential to hit China and India.

Russia

Supply Chain Brain

JULY 23, 2025

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Russia

ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune. Within a week of Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, the benchmark for thermal coal prices reached a record high of $446 per metric ton. Consultancy UK).

Material Savings

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Shell’s current shift to the global supply chain is impacting North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Russia, and China. Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. A Brief History of IT Investments. The reason? Talking numbers worked.

Demand Planning Software

ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

And while each market can be unique, we found a few repeating themes in our own experience and from sources including Gartner and our customers Procter and Gamble (P&G) and Cipla Medpro. Supply chain planning in emerging markets is different. Here’s what we found: 1.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Enterra Insights

JULY 11, 2024

Benson writes, “You’re reading about the horrors of the Israel-Hamas war, and then you’re reading about the horrors of the war between Ukraine and Russia. Missed opportunities are another equal source of extraordinary risk. For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack.

Supply Chain Risk Management

Resilinc

JUNE 21, 2022

Where new copper sources will come from is an issue of major concern geopolitically. Of the three largest new mines cited by Goldman Sach’s Snowdon, one is in Russia. dependent on foreign sources. dependent on foreign sources. But given its location in the east, it’s expected to mostly serve China and India.

Purchasing Skills

Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

to Asia , as well as the European consequences of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict as now driving added index volatility. Also reported was less change in Inventory and Warehousing metrics as costs continue to grow and capacity remains tight. Readers can dive into the data to ascertain specific increases in volatility components.

Supply Chain Planning Software

NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

When I was there, an employee’s base pay came every 4 weeks, and it would go up based on hitting certain metrics – Net Sales and Return on Total Assets. The only metric that mattered was how you were doing vs. the market and the competition – were you getting a lower price than Hershey or Nestle? I’ve never seen a culture like that!

Procurement Analytics

Exiger Perspectives

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

If the senior management team has not ensured that the SCRM program objectives set across the different functional areas are appropriately aligned to optimize performance, teams may have differing views on program goals and the “metrics that matter” The executive sponsor should push to remove silos.

Supply Chain Risk Management

BlueYonder

JULY 19, 2022

The need to update and upgrade supply chains to stay competitive: Often-repeated and often-ignored — supply chains aren’t a cost center, but a source of competitive differentiation. When everyone is looking at the single source of truth — it removes many practical and philosophical hurdles to collaboration. Key Consideration No.

Supply Chain Planning Software

E2open

DECEMBER 8, 2022

New rebate analytics allow channel partners to track key sales and rebate metrics to drive more business, deliver a higher return on brand owner incentive spend, and increase partner satisfaction and compliance. This often results in the wrong focus, policy infringements, and diminished loyalty to the brand owner.

Supply Chain Network Software

Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017. From product concept, sourcing, and ordering to delivery, Gravity helps its clients stay informed every step of the way. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This metric bears continual observation in the coming months. One relates to the rising geo-political tensions across the Middle East region that could lead to further hostilities involving multiple nations beyond Israel and Hamas or Russia and Ukraine.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Others argue the demise of global sourcing; might I add caution? Russia produces 40% of the world’s palladium. Rail freight through Russia increased 40% last year.

Modeling

BlueYonder

JANUARY 3, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, materials shortages, port closures, inflation and other disruptions have only revealed the underlying fragilities of our modern global supply chains — spanning thousands of miles and involving dozens, or even hundreds, of participants — that were always there.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 29, 2021

Russia sent covid assistance in the form of oxygen concentrators and generators. Saudi Arabia shipped 80 Metric tonnes of liquid oxygen to India and Portugal assured 20,000 litres of oxygen per week to India along with 5503 vials of Remdesvir. Belgium too chipped in to offer 9000 doses of Remdesvir.

India

Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

Now differentials in workers’ pay are disappearing as countries like Brazil, Russia, India, and China (the BRIC countries) grow richer and develop into consumer giants. Supply chains have become a major source of competitive differentiation because they are difficult to copy. Near shoring is an alternative, but not for everyone.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Resilinc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

And chances are that few in the procurement field have ever given much thought to whether they were sourcing “high-carbon” steel or aluminum. Under the existing EU Emissions Trading Scheme, large European GHG emitters must purchase carbon allowances—the equivalent of a tax—for every metric ton of carbon-dioxide they emit.

Purchasing Skills

Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Source: Evan, Flikr. “I SophiaTX Open Source Platform to Integrate SAP, Blockchain. And you can’t forget about the other Unpredictables: Iran, Russia, China, and ISIS; all of these entities could have a destabilizing effect on world peace and prosperity. UPS Joins Top Alliance To Create Blockchain Standards For Logistics.

Predictive Analytics Software

Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

No economy or business in the world can be successful without a reliable source of electricity. One of the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine — and the subsequent sanctions against Russia — has been an unsettled energy situation in Europe.

South Korea