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Blockchain & Supply Chain Visibility: Will Blockchain Finally Eliminate Supply Chain Black Swans?

GlobalTranz

Supply chain risk is at the forefront of supply chain executives’ minds. Proper risk management can help supply chains navigate the complexities of post-hurricane recovery and increase productivity. Supply chain black swans occur without warning, and recovery can last months.

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Drugmakers Face Puerto Rico Factory Challenges with Shattered Infrastructure

Material Handling & Logistics

Many are still trying to locate employees and find ways to move products and supplies around often-impassable roads. Drugmakers rode out Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, but keeping plants running while the devastated island picks up the pieces is likely to be tougher. This is an existential risk we face as a nation.”.

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Capacity Crunch Factors: What Causes a Capacity Crunch?

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Now, the shipping and transportation industry faces unprecedented capacity problems, and the upcoming ELD implementation deadline will exacerbate the issue. driver shortage has been a major topic in supply chain circles for years, but it is always stayed in the background. Unfortunately, drivers may not be available.

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Types of Risks Impacting Supply Chains in 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

To look at what risks will affect the supply chain in 2018, Rob Savitsky of AIR Worldwide ( a member of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Supply Chain Exchange program), wrote a blog for MIT discussing three broad categories of supply chain risk. Natural Catastrophes.

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Disaster Logistics: The Nature of Disaster Recovery Planning

GlobalTranz

Puerto Rico and the islands, unfortunately, were not so fortuitous. Transporting hazardous chemicals in the wake of a disaster is also a concern. Of course, the modern supply chain ties into all of this, as well. This is the time when strong supply chain partnerships and relationships come in handy.

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Why the Great Driver Shortage Is Now Top of Mind for Shippers & a Driver of a Capacity Crunch

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At the same time, carriers have turned to leaner operations to keep costs down, and the transportation industry is ready to implode with a capacity crunch that lasts well into 2018 and may only get worse from there. Now, the driver shortage is more than just a slight hiccup in the industry. However, Hurricane Irma quickly disrupted that plan.

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LTL Carrier Profile: UPS Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

Domestic Package, International Package, and Supply Chain and Freight. Now, UPS has aggressively grown into freight and other transportation solutions through a series of strategic acquisitions. In 1992, UPS acquired both Haulfast and Carryfast and rebranded to UPS Supply Chain Solutions. Virgin Islands and Guam.