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Toilet Paper Shortages, Empty Shelves, and Panic Buying: Just How Bad Did the Grocery Supply Chain Perform in 2020?

Logistics Viewpoints

To say that the pandemic made 2020 a very challenging year would be a gross understatement. For companies trying to predict demand in March of 2020 as the world was descending into lockdown and everything was being turned upside down, what happened in March of 2019 had little to no relevance. 2020 was different.

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Hannover Messe Postponed Until July 2020

Logistics Business Magazine

Hannover Messe is the latest big event to fall victim to the coronavirus precautions, though the event will still go ahead at the later date of July 13-17, 2020. “Your admission ticket will of course continue to remain valid. . “Your admission ticket will of course continue to remain valid.

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How the Food and Beverage Industry can Transform Itself for the 21st Century

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Since the first quarter of 2020, there have been more black swan events than could ever have been expected. First, of course, was the Coronavirus pandemic, then the Texas winter storm, and finally, a ship that blocked the Suez Canal for six days. For the food industry, these have all created major disruptions.

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Prior to 2020, they were paying around ten cents a mask. During 2020, Cooper was paying up to a $1.50 2020 it was just a scramble for PPE,” Dr. Runkle explained. “We Buying organizations use this technology to monitor and analyze supplier risk events in real-time. Of course it would! I have 1000s of them.

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3 Supply Chain Trends to Keep an Eye on in 2020

AIMMS

2020 seemed a world away just a few years ago and yet, here we are. This promises to be a very eventful year. Besides the risk of extreme weather and other climate-related events, supply chain professionals are bracing for more trade uncertainty this year. What’s on the horizon for supply chain professionals?

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Air Cargo Demand Down 3.3% in January 2020

Airfreight Logistics

in January 2020, compared to the same period in 2019. There was optimism that an easing of US-China trade tensions would give the sector a boost in 2020. The course of future events is unclear, but this is a sector that has proven its resilience time and again,” said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO.

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Newsletter II, June 2020

World Food Programme Logistics

A monitoring event in White Nile State in Sudan, where the UNHCR team with project-implementing partner Forests National Corporation (FNC) measured the growth of seedlings in spring 2020. making long journeys to fetch firewood, exposing them to sexual harassment, exploitation or other violence.