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Revolutionizing Freight Forwarding Using Tech with Lionel van der Walt

The Logistics of Logistics

He began his career in the South African Air Force and later spent more than a decade with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), where he held various leadership positions in South Africa, Spain, and the United States, including President of Cargo Network Services Corp., IATA’s U.S. cargo subsidiary.

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OMG: Does Omicron Mean the Supply Chain Will Suffer from Long-Haul Covid?

Enterra Insights

It only took days following the announcement out of South Africa that a new coronavirus had been detected for that variant pop-up around the globe. In South Africa, where the Omicron variant was first detected, only 25% of the population is vaccinated. The Omicron Virus. ”[3].

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Preparing Your Supply Chain for 2023 – 4 Areas of Focus

Logility

We’ve already seen an example of this in late 2022, when the Biden administration acted to block the strike of thousands of railroad workers across the United States – an event that could have been catastrophic for U.S. Germany, South Africa, and South Korea were abundant in 2022. industry and the economy.

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Understanding the Salaries in Supply Chain Management

SCMDOJO

Let’s explore the salary ranges region-wise: United States of America: In the United States of America, the average salary of supply chain management is $92,441 per year or $44.44 Entry-level positions start at $55,000 per year while most experienced workers make up to $157,750 per year. .

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What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage + 7 Ways Consumers and Companies are Coping

ToolsGroup

And things have only gotten worse: As of May 8th, the state of Tennessee hit out-of-stocks of 54.7%, with eight metro areas facing shortages of 50% or more. In total, approximately 40% of retailers in the United States are out of stock as of mid-May. That’s a 9% increase in the last month alone.

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EV segment will likely depend on China for many years

Resilinc

To mitigate China’s dominant position in mining and refining lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, manganese, rare earth elements and other critical green-energy minerals, the United States and some of its allies are subsidizing domestic investment and setting up new barriers to trade and investment with China.

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White paper: Are the weakest link in your supply chain?

Supply Chain Movement

South Africa. South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands. United Arab Emirates. United Kingdom. United States. United States Minor Outlying Islands. Saint Vincent and The Grenadines. San Marino. Sao Tome and Principe. Saudi Arabia. Seychelles. Sierra Leone. Solomon Islands.