QAD

MAY 23, 2023

This sounds simple enough, but we all know it’s a very complex issue and that’s partially because ESG concerns touch every part of the value chain, from the field or mine where raw materials are sourced to the packaging and transport modes used to bring your finished product to market.

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Synovos

MARCH 11, 2024

“I don’t think they had the infrastructure to manage MRO themselves,” says James Kimmel, a US-based site operations manager for the global provider of outsourced storeroom management and procurement services. Take the surge in energy prices and inflation since the onset of war in Ukraine, for example.

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Resilinc

APRIL 5, 2022

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—and China’s tacit support—the imperative to re-design supply chains has sharpened. would have to “relocate chip packaging, materials supplies, tool sources and much more from across Asia and Europe,” Shih wrote. “I To attain true domestic self-sufficiency in semiconductors, the U.S.

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Resilinc

MAY 31, 2022

Electrical machinery and electronics is Malaysia’s largest export category, and the nation of 33 million people is an important source of assembly, test, and packaging (ATP) for the semiconductor industry. They’re pushing back against what they call “adverse propaganda” and bringing discrimination cases to the World Trade Organization.

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Elementum

JUNE 30, 2022

Over the last 2 years, Supply Chain teams have been struggling to procure and manufacture enough inventory. Global supply constraints have come from (1) supply-side disruptions like China’s Zero-COVID policy and the Russia / Ukraine conflict and (2) from demand pressure as federal stimulus flooded the market with extra cash in 2020 and 2021.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The sudden demand for residential deliveries overloaded last-mile delivery networks and resulted in increases in such surcharges as residential, additional handling, large and oversize packages, and the introduction of COVID surcharges — which, by the way, are still in existence today but renamed demand surcharges or non-seasonal peak surcharges.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

This report notes: “ Add to that the more recent up-ending of the world’s supply chains by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war and a consensus has emerged that the world must do globalisation differently. The WSJ quoted Ted Doheny, the CEO of packaging company Sealed Air Corp. We will have to show our productivity gains.”

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 25, 2022

COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, and inflation provide modern examples of largescale factors outside of a company’s control that impact its supply chain and transportation spend. A freight spend analysis should cover procurement costs and utilize technology to collect transportation data. View the Case Study ) .

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

What’s more, increasingly frequent disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic to semiconductor shortages, the Suez Canal crisis, and the Ukraine war have bared the fragility of supply chains around the world. Finally, decision intelligence can help select alternate suppliers to ensure more sustainable procurement of material.

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