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Exiger Has Taken the Supply Chain Risk Market by Storm

Logistics Viewpoints

These solutions use natural language processing, for example, to read online publications and other data sources, make sense of what they read, contextualize the data into information, and report supply chain disruptions caused by weather, geopolitical events and other hazards in near real-time. First, it is done through surveys.

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Sustainability and Visibility Climbing Supply Chain Agenda, Says Survey

Logistics Business Magazine

With allegations surfacing in the UK of factories paying half the minimum wage or ignoring physical distancing precautions during lockdown, the research found that organisations in the UK did see the correlation between improving visibility and creating sustainable supply chains with business growth.

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Navigating the Loading Bay’s Hidden Risks

Logistics Business Magazine

One survey found that 64% of businesses across materials handling, distribution, or fulfilment had forgone business worth more than 25% of their revenue in 2022 because of staffing issues. Those who are not happy or engaged in their work are at higher risk of making a mistake or experiencing mental health problems. Recruitment challenges.

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How manufacturers and distributors can address supply chain management challenges

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Several surveys have reported how SCM in recent years has moved from being a cost center to one responsible for offering superior customer experience and delivering competitive advantage. It seems that manufacturers found it much quicker and cheaper to increase inventories than build regional factories.

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What is Supply Chain Resiliency?

Logistics Viewpoints

Your organization’s ability to anticipate disruption, adapt to events, and build resiliency is rooted in how you maintain operational continuity. A wide range of events could prevent your supply chain from operating normally, but not all events have an equal impact.

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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

Change can creep imperceptibly, so sometimes it takes a major event to wake us up. A year later their survey revealed that companies were more likely to have increased inventory than originally planned and less likely to have made other planned changes to suppliers and networks.

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The Industrial Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis

Logistics Bureau

The trigger for this alarming state of affairs was the December outbreak of the COVID-19 Coronavirus epidemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan, which prompted authorities to lock down major cities, close factories, and severely limit the movement of individuals. Pinpointing the Industries Hit the Hardest. Pharmaceuticals.