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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain resilience is crucial for ensuring the continuity of business operations, the delivery of essential goods and services, and the protection of public safety and national security. The port’s closure could have significant economic and environmental impacts, as well as implications for national security and defense.

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Securing aerospace and defense-critical supply chains

Resilinc

There are few industries where security requirements are as rigorous and intensive as in aerospace and defense. While the DOD doesn’t specifically mention America’s hemispheric neighbors, some policymakers agree with Resilinc CEO, Bindiya Vakil, and her co-authors Tom Linton and Dale Rogers who advocate for the U.S. As the U.S.

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The workforce challenges in today's Supply Chain and Logistics

Prophetic Technology

Industries are experiencing competition to secure warehouse labour and are in the race to win an available skilled workforce. 68 from various industries, encompassing pharmaceuticals, computer and electronics, food, tobacco, beverage, and retail, representing many Canada, USA, México and even South America.

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Hollywood’s Top 10 Supply Chain Disaster Movies

Resilinc

Deep Impact (1998) In Deep Impact , a comet strikes the earth, creating a mega-tsunami that devastates the Atlantic coasts of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. An attack on a symbol of political power like the White House would likely lead to increased security measures globally.

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Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The main destinations of vehicle exports were Europe, Middle East and Africa and South America. This can both secure flows and time to market. Leveraging innovative solutions and technology such as augmented traceability with smart containers also enhances security and transparency.

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4 Questions to Ask to Take Your Supply Chain to the Next Level

Talking Logistics

Are you able to secure the capacity you need? His leadership responsibilities include marketing strategy, execution, and operations oversight for North America, South America, Europe, Asia, India and Australia. Many shippers immediately assume reliability issues fall on the carrier—and sometimes they do.

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EV segment will likely depend on China for many years

Resilinc

And just as petroleum resources shaped the geopolitics of the last 100 years, control of the battery minerals needed to electrify transport and decarbonize energy utilities has become a critical national security issue for the 21st Century. Since declaring in June 2021 that China’s dominance of critical minerals supply chains threatened U.S.

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