Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

They stocked up again after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed up the price of raw materials such as energy and wheat. without any extra packaging. Eliminating or reducing packaging has become increasingly important for the company to maintain its dominance, reduce costs and reach its goals related to its climate impact.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

In these times of global turmoil, there are five (5) important megatrends shaping supply chain innovations in the coming years, namely in e-fulfillment, sourcing, food and agriculture, labour intensive operations, and halal supply chain management. From global to local and regional sourcing. Marco Tieman – CEO, LBB International.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. Shipping items back and forth creates needless greenhouse gas emissions, and only 54% of all packaging gets recycled.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2022

The ongoing pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions, along with the Russia-Ukraine war, limited available supplies of cocoa, edible oil, and other food ingredients. According to a FedEx spokesperson, adding more robotics to its operations could help improve the safety and efficiency of FedEx package handling operations globally.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 8, 2023

The reasons are myriad: Fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; inflation causing high food prices; continued repercussions from the Covid-19 pandemic; regional conflicts; climate change; and extreme weather events. And then it moves through this whole chain of events, of being processed and packaged and stored.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

Reportedly, since Russia’ s invasion of Ukraine , global CEO s are confronting a world of extraordinary volatility and uncertainty, forcing many to reassess their growth assumptions and put strategic plans on hold. The noted overall theme from this survey were indications that recession. cyberattacks. Inflation are top of mind concerns.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Rogers pointed out three sources of food supply chain woes: war, COVID-19, and climate change. The war in Ukraine caused oil and fertilizer prices to surge as the availability of Russia resources decreased. Packaging constraints. During the farm-to-fork journey, most food products eventually require packaging.

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QAD

APRIL 27, 2023

I sat down with Kenneth Zins, Henry Schein vice president of global sourcing, to take a look at trends, discuss where best to focus a team’s energy, and share approaches for navigating the inevitable challenges ahead. So there’s a balance that we look to achieve to make sure we’re delivering the full package to the customer.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Clogged ports, a shortage of raw ingredients, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, fires, and floods have all served to challenge the smooth flow of goods. Denbury, an independent energy company, sources CO 2 from Jackson Dome, a natural carbon source field in Mississippi. Feeling far from bubbly? Key Takeaways.

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American Global Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The ongoing wars in Ukraine and Israel/Gaza continue to disrupt trade, inflation drives consumer behavior shifts, and extreme weather events. Geopolitical instability necessitates diversified sourcing and alternative routes. This means diversifying sourcing and employing dynamic planning tools.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 9, 2024

However, in the face of international trade policy change and global tax reforms, massive disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, increasing China-US tensions, shipping delays, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) pressures, companies in many sectors are being forced to shift to segmented ‘supply networks.’

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The company has faced sourcing constraints as a result of the war in Ukraine, higher material and transportation costs, and consumers’ decreased willingness to accept price increases due to inflation. Besides costs and transportation inefficiencies, McCormick is still working to resolve raw material and packaging supply issues.

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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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QAD

JANUARY 24, 2023

With a war raging in the Ukraine, ongoing COVID restrictions in China, and the holistic repercussions that are still being felt from the pandemic, the traditional supply chain is quickly undergoing a digitization revolution for more visibility and control.

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Exiger Perspectives

MARCH 8, 2023

Spearheaded by the Russian invasion of Ukraine , governmental and international bodies, fronted by the Office of Foreign Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), European Union (EU) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , hammered Russia with an unprecedented volume of sanctions in the hope of thwarting Russian aggression towards Ukraine.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

We interpret that to be the sourcing of products among retailers and manufacturers within countries of lowest cost manufacturing that has occurred in this same period. The WSJ quoted Ted Doheny, the CEO of packaging company Sealed Air Corp. political leaders, and what that implies for future trading relationships.

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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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SCMDOJO

JULY 29, 2022

The demand is subjected to change due to many factors drastically, including pandemics (COVID-19), war (Russia-Ukraine war), and last but not least technological advancements. Author : Emad Atef – CSCA, MBA (Candidate), Procurement and Sourcing Manager. Please follow Emad on LinkedIn to appreciate his contribution. References.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

To increase revenues despite declining package volumes, shipping giants UPS and FedEx have announced plans to raise rates by an average of 6.9%. and China over the fate of Taiwan are a source of immense pressure on the geopolitical and economic fronts. Despite Declining Volumes, UPS and FedEx Increase Rates.

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QAD

JULY 5, 2022

Packaging Materials. The war in the Ukraine has impacted multiple markets like grain and basic agricultural commodities. One interesting factor here is not simply to get consumers products the next day but the need to redeploy inventories from different warehouses and DC’s to match the source location. Transportation Issues.

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Proxima

JULY 26, 2023

Post pandemic/ Suez Canal/ Ukraine, resilience is the word on everyone’s lips, including within the IT community, where supply and demand aftershocks are still being felt in 2023. The disruption caused was felt across all industries as customer-specific knowledge was lost at short notice with minimal opportunity for knowledge transfer.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 24, 2019

Because supply cannot meet demand of organic foods, retailers, feed companies, and packaged food manufacturers are importing organic foods from India, Ukraine, Turkey, Romania, etc. For distributors, it helps to expand international sourcing and avoid risk related to changing supply or demand.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 11, 2016

By consolidating at the source, several shipments can be combined into one, thereby reducing the number of shipments even before the shipments arrive at the Logistics Service Provider (LSP). A TMS with inventory allocation enables shippers to monitor shipments down to the package level. Tajikistan. Tanzania, United Republic of.

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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. reduce emissions as well as costs by detecting and mitigating risk of wastage through enhancing operational efficiency.

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RFgen

MARCH 22, 2023

Meanwhile, turmoil in Ukraine is here to stay for the time being. Sustainable practices, such as reducing waste and utilizing eco-friendly packaging , appeals to customers and leads to long-term cost savings and operational efficiency. Businesses must adapt to keep goods flowing.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 20, 2014

Ian Moran, Global Gas Model Team Manager at Wood Mackenzie, explains: “When we were building our Global Gas Model we looked at many different mathematical programming software packages. Europe imports around one third of its gas requirement from Russia with about half of it transiting through Ukraine. Source images: Wood Mackenzie.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

We’ve also seen geopolitical instability, with Russia and Ukraine, and how suddenly, because of sanctions you couldn’t move goods into Russia, or get your goods out of Russia very easily. 11B to support semiconductor technology and advance packaging R. it’s such a huge cost. in grants to accelerate the U. This is a $3.5B

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Elementum

AUGUST 31, 2022

We’ve also seen geopolitical instability, with Russia and Ukraine, and how suddenly, because of sanctions you couldn’t move goods into Russia, or get your goods out of Russia very easily. 11B to support semiconductor technology and advance packaging R. it’s such a huge cost. in grants to accelerate the U. This is a $3.5B

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