Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
This shortage is the culmination of various ongoing issues – geopolitical tensions related to the Russia-Ukraine war, the rapid shift in consumer buying behavior and container freight availability. The deepening power crisis has already taken 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in North America and Europe.
The Logistics of Logistics
JUNE 23, 2022
Now, it’s also important to realize that produce grown in North America may not be subject to lockdowns in Shanghai, but there’s another factor at play. With Russia exporting many critical commodities, Deloitte explained, there are insufficient raw materials for supply and manufacturing use.
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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 Matters
JUNE 17, 2022
This survey of a reported 750 CEO’s and other C-Suite executives was conducted in May 2022, among executives based in North America , Latin America , Asia and Europe. The noted overall theme from this survey were indications that recession. cyberattacks. Inflation are top of mind concerns.
Supply Chain Matters
MARCH 23, 2022
Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. Upwards of 3,000 rail workers reportedly returned to work yesterday to resume rail operations across North America after a breakdown in labor settlement talks occurred last Saturday.
Supply Chain Matters
MARCH 3, 2022
Data published at the end of February indicates that for movement of ocean container shipping transit from Asia to North America , the average time had declined to 106 days, upwards of 15.1 The Flexport Ocean Timeliness Indicator tracks average ocean container shipping transit times.
SCMDOJO
MAY 13, 2022
This coupled with rising geopolitical tensions driven by the Russia / Ukraine conflict as well as China’s ongoing COVID challenges are expected to create further shortages of commodities and goods, leading to further price increases and disruptions to the supply networks. To combat runaway inflation, which reached 7.9%
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