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Trump Tariff Blitz Unleashes Delayed Shock to Global Economy

Supply Chain Brain

Still, there were some shocks, such as a punitive 39% rate for imports from Switzerland, and an increase on some Canadian goods to 35%. Switzerland, by contrast, was hit hard with a tariff of 39% on its products. The months of negotiations, marked by Trump’s social-media threats against U.S.

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Swiss Leaders Rush to Salvage Talks with U.S. as Tariff Deadline Nears

Supply Chain Brain

Once that day came, though, Switzerlands government was shocked to find itself with one of the highest tariff rates of any nation, set to take effect on August 7. “We has with Switzerland, which is largely driven by Switzerlands status as the worlds biggest hub for gold refining. tariffs in the world.

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U.S.-Swiss Trade Deal Likely to Contain Assurances on Pharma Levy

Supply Chain Brain

and Switzerland contains a provision that the European country will receive preferred treatment in the ongoing national-security investigations to avoid tariffs on pharma exports, according to people familiar with the matter. Switzerland is among several countries trying to negotiate a bilateral trade deal with the U.S.

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My Take: Metrics that Matter

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the course of the last week, I had a Linkedin comment from Dubai, questions from a team from the Philippines, and an inquiry from Switzerland. While Joe is trying to balance the feedback from Filipe and Frank, he is often asked to change his metric targets by his CFO named Lou. Achieving Balance in Metrics. 3) Outside in.

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Side-stepping the Pitfalls of a Digital Strategy for 2022

Supply Chain Shaman

How do we design work systems to align organizations and ensure that there is the right balance of reward systems with metrics? Is there a need to redesign metrics to move from a functional and traditional function to drive goal alignment? In the design of the digital program, spend time on metrics and reward systems.

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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the wheelchair division, Marcel Hug of Switzerland won the men’s race at 1:17:06 and Susannah Scaroni of the US won the women’s race with a time of 1:41:45. But I believe that more efficient packaging is the area with the greatest potential to improve sustainability metrics within the warehouse. minutes per mile.

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Sales and Operations Alignment: Often The Missing Link

Supply Chain Shaman

It was a beautiful spring day in March in Basel, Switzerland. When I asked Shane, during my recent trip to Basel, Switzerland, to tell me how he orchestrated the transition, he replied, “There were two immediate actions. I pushed aside Shane’s motorbike helmet and jacket to take a seat in his crowded office.