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Locus Listed as Representative Vendor in 2022 GartnerĀ® Market Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Tools

Locus

It gives us immense pleasure to announce that Locus has been listed as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 GartnerĀ® Market Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Tools. There is also the question of rising uncertainty caused by unpredictable events on supply chain performance. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. All rights reserved.

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Managing Supply Chain Disruptions in the Middle East

Locus

Fluctuations in oil prices and oil supply disruptions are majorly caused by political events, supply pipeline issues or weather problems. For example: high or low product demand, excess inventory holding, product distribution. Being an unanticipated event, they found it very difficult to find alternate suppliers for their products.

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Decarbonise UK Freight Transport Sector

Logistics Business Magazine

Operating over three years, the UK Research & Innovation funded DUKFT Network, a collection of over forty academic, policy and industry organisation, undertook six research projects and two stakeholder events exploring how to mobilise investment that can enable UK freight decarbonisation whilst managing risk and maximising opportunity.

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Introducing a Cryptocurrency for the Food Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

Its purpose is to serve as compensation for the multiple nodes within a network that are keeping copies of transactional data generated by supply chains. From OriginTrailā€™s perspective, Trace isnā€™t even the main event. But the tokens arenā€™t all being created for the same purpose.

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CSCMP State of Logistics Report Update: 3PLs, Shippers Navigate a Rebalancing of Supply and Demand

Penske Move Ahead

Transportation costsā€”driven by increases in all modes and nodesā€”were up by 21.7%. The only exceptions are warehousing and distribution center capacity, where rates per square foot hover at all-time highs and available space is at all-time lows due to the momentum of e-commerce and the glut of inventory. According to the report, U.S.

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Active Supply Chain Design: A Key Imperative for De Risking Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Risk events that happen in one part of the supply chain can cause a disruptive effect that is amplified multi-fold given the complex connectivity of labor, raw materials, and capacity. Inflation, pandemics, railway strikes, adverse weather events ā€“ the supply chain disruptions keep on coming. are most exposed to risk?

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Building the Future of Logistics, Going Past the Hype

Bringg

These include the following: ā€œInnovation Trigger – A breakthrough, public demonstration, product launch or other event generates significant press and industry interest;ā€. Tools and methodologies are increasingly stable as they enter their second and third generations. Carrier/Supplier Appointment Scheduling.