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SAP Tells their Customers, ‘Keep the Core Clean!”

Logistics Viewpoints

The same advice that prevails for their ERP – keep the core clean – is good advice for Cloud-based supply chain implementations. But, the supply chain team did not want to wait five years to implement EWM. But, the supply chain team did not want to wait five years to implement EWM.

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Rio Tinto Strikes Rail Deal for Huge Iron Ore Mine in Guinea

Supply Chain Brain

Rio said it had struck a deal with Guinea and the Winning Consortium Simandou to develop the 600 kilometers of rail lines needed to transport the iron ore.

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A Reflection on Supply Chain Digitization Trends in the Metal Industry

o9 Solutions

There is not a single day without the metals industry making the headlines: from the Guinea coup to price volatility, to the semiconductor crisis impacting the automotive industry and consequently reducing the demand for metal manufacturers. The supply chain planning function is at the heart of these challenges.

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China Restricts Exports on Two Chip Metals, Raising Supply Chain Concerns

Exiger Perspectives

The New Trade Controls Will Likely Prompt Companies to Identify Alternative Sourcing Methods China’s move to restrict exports of two metals used in chipmaking and other goods poses a new threat to global supply chains, and makers of consumer electronics, solar cells, and semiconductors could see disruptions soon.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 22, 2021)

Talking Logistics

We already have a guinea pig and a hamster as pets. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 22, 2021). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 22, 2021) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. What happens when you add a rabbit to the mix?

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Travel Bans and Stockpiling Can Cripple the Ebola Response Supply Chain

MIT Supply Chain

These measures have merit, but they could also severely disrupt the supply chains that deliver the workers and supplies that are critical to fighting the Ebola virus. Many public officials are calling for travel bans from countries most affected by the disease: Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Travel Bans.

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Aluminum and silicon shortages causing price volatility

Resilinc

That’s the prognosis from experts—including those at Resilinc—about the chaos that is swamping global supply chains and undercutting the economic recovery. At the same time, Chinese imports of bauxite from Guinea, the world’s largest supplier, were threatened by political unrest there.