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Analysis: Why the Biden Administration is Not Being Honest About Supply Chain Issues

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In politics, it can of course be necessary at times to portray events as relatively simple in order to reach a wider audience. The post Analysis: Why the Biden Administration is Not Being Honest About Supply Chain Issues appeared first on More Than Shipping. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address last week.

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Demand Forecasting in an Inflationary, Supply-Constrained, Semi-Post-Pandemic Environment

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At that time, I wrote about the COVID pandemic, and how similar events occur that elevate the uncertainty of the market. These events make accurate forecasting very difficult. I tend to use time series analysis as an anchor to my forecast, as I suspect many of you do. Review of Prior Impactful Events. Final Word.

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Why This Year’s Contract Negotiation Season is Different for Transpacific Eastbound Traffic

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Of course, each contract is different but usually, this has been the norm for the greater population. Also, the events in the past three years were a huge learning experience for the importers who otherwise haven’t paid this much attention to ocean freight rates and contract negotiations.

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

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Buying organizations use this technology to monitor and analyze supplier risk events in real-time. These are big data platforms that monitor news sources and assorted databases from governments, financial institutions, ESG NGOs, and other sources to detect when a negative event has occurred or may be about to occur. Of course it would!

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The Effects of Global Warming on Ocean Shipping

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Severe weather conditions require flexibility and preparedness, prompting ships to change course or delay voyages to escape the force of nature. Challenge 4: Insurance Challenges The rise of extreme weather events creates dilemmas for the insurance industry.

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Are your L&D programs reaping the outcomes you need?

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But the most successful learning and development teams also understand how to measure the success of each training course and react accordingly. A training needs analysis (TNA) will identify where employee training can make a meaningful contribution towards improving performance. When conducting a TNA: 1.

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How IoT Brings Railway Efficiency to Dutch Rail Network

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IoT World is North America’s largest IoT event where strategists, technologists and implementers connect, putting IoT, AI, 5G and edge into action across industry verticals. For industry participants, data analysis presents an opportunity to optimize railway operations without adding costly infrastructure. “We Book your ticket now. ].