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Risk Management in Global Ocean Context

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

It appears that operational and procurement risks for beneficial cargo owners or shippers, in the short term, are minimal. The areas that will be deliberated in future articles are ocean shipping market landscape, freight procurement, reliability & visibility and the competitive landscape.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

In Asia, Vietnam and Bangladesh are more important sourcing locations. They are looking to take their global end-to-end demand for both wholesale and retail operations, flow that into the o9 solution, and then build one demand plan across their entire supply base. “We There will be no emails or spreadsheets.

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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

While China is less popular than it once was as a destination for outsourced manufacturing, you can still find partners there that will save you money on manufacturing, assembly, packaging, and other labor-intensive parts of your supply chain.

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Mitigating the Impact of the Coronavirus on Supply Chains with Machine Learning and Real-Time Visibility

BlueYonder

Lucky are the companies that can shift production to other countries like Mexico or Vietnam. This is where real-time visibility, AI, and machine learning (ML) come into the picture. The third is exports to China. At the same time, the collected data helps us to prepare for a similar crisis in the future.

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What Should Supply Chain Management Teams Anticipate in 2023 and Beyond- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

This is likely to include select areas of added business and supply chain digital transformation, but in more managed and focused scope. Procurement and supply management leaders will be expected to provide both leadership for supply resiliency and added value, but also supply network cost reductions.

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Transforming Global Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Improve supply chain visibility. Journalist James Burman writes, “If you want to get ready for the future, connecting your entire supply chain is the first step. … To get more visibility and control of the entire process, you want to collect data from suppliers and distributors to a single dashboard.

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Malaysia offers sourcing opportunities but with ESG concerns

Resilinc

But China has been Malaysia’s largest trading partner for more than a decade, and the two countries are tightening trade ties through the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ( RCEP ) that also includes Japan, Vietnam, Australia and 10 other Asian nations.