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Disaster recovery: Prepared for the worst?

Automotive Logistics

Data feeds, many of them free, provide rich, real-time information on weather, seismic activity, traffic congestion, aircraft and shipping movements, and many other sources of risk and disruption. Natural disasters such as Hurricane Harvey have prompted carmakers to rethink their single-sourcing policies to avoid supply chain disruption.

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Automotive Logistics

Other carmakers are also facing additional downtime while switching to WLTP and, according to emergency logistics provider Evolution Time Critical, tier one suppliers are expediting shipments using premium freight in order to meet the rising demand for components that enable reduced emissions and greater efficiency under the new standards.