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Collaboration: The New Battle Cry of Supply Chain

Supply Chain Network

If the mantra of the real estate industry is “Location, Location, Location”, the new mantra of supply chain executives is fast becoming “Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration”. In fact, all of the BRIC countries are now in the top 10 economies, with Brazil at 9, Russia at 6, India at 4 and China 2nd.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Signet expects to hold the line on diamond prices despite Russia war. The reality, at least from a US farming perspective, is that the country imports little from Ukraine and Russia. With more sanctions being levied upon Russia, one would think that diamond prices in the US would be surging.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Real-estate services firm CBRE Group Inc. freight railroads have reported strong profits in recent years, helped by higher prices and steady business in transporting everything from automobiles to fertilizer. The companies launched their pilot program about a year ago to autonomously transport goods between Dallas and Houston.

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What Supply Chain Management Should Anticipate in 2024

Supply Chain Matters

There remains questions related to China ’s economy in both consumer spending and a rather challenged and fragile real-estate sector. The global wide transportation and logistics industry output contraction of 2023 taking an added economic toll on services providers and on certain service levels.

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Supply Chain Matters Editorial Commentary- Notions of Rethinking Global Supply Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Matters

The company recently warned that upwards of $8 billion in lost sales may be at stake in the current quarter given the ongoing production, logistics and global transportation disruptions occurring across China right now. While most companies large and small could not conceive let only have a plan for such events, they are now real.