Resilinc

MARCH 12, 2024

In 2023—if it wasn’t already—geopolitics became top of mind for every procurement professional. With the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas War, and the crisis in the Red Sea, the shockwaves these conflicts sent throughout their nations and the world have been felt everywhere—especially in the supply chain.

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Exiger Perspectives

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Houthis have spent the last year protesting Israel’s war in Gaza by attacking vessels in and around the Red Sea, seeking to disrupt maritime trade through the Suez Canal. action, particularly using such advanced weapon systems, likely foreshadows worsening conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iran. It implies U.S.

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Freightos

MAY 31, 2022

World trade is built on a foundation of global shipping. In the two years prior to starting Freightos, I witnessed, as CEO of a company called Lightech, how international shipping is offline, opaque and inefficient, adding cost and uncertainty to cross-border trade. Hagag Towers, North Tower, Floor 24, Haarba 28, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Supply Chain Matters alerts clients and readers to a potential replay of the 2021 disruption in global shipping and cascading supply chain disruption as a result of recent events. Teams have vivid memories of the grounding accident of the mega container ship Ever Given as this ship was attempting to transit the Suez Canal toward Europe.

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Freightos

MARCH 6, 2024

Judah Levine March 6, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 1% to $4,754/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 1% to $6,652/FEU.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 26, 2020

Also, globalization presents another hydra-headed challenge for your procurement network. This both reduces the risk of error and improves speed to create a smoother shipping process. A successful demand plan can significantly cut costs due to out-of-stocks, overstocks, and expedited shipping.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

One relates to the rising geo-political tensions across the Middle East region that could lead to further hostilities involving multiple nations beyond Israel and Hamas or Russia and Ukraine. The other is the related increased terrorist attacks on global wide shipping occurring in the Red Sea region that is ongoing.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 28, 2024

2] Journalist Camille Rustici adds, “[Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping is fallout from the] resumption of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Starbucks said that it faced boycotts in the Middle East and elsewhere because of its perceived support for Israel.” company seeing backlash from the war in recent months.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides readers with a further update on the ongoing Red Sea shipping disruption including added context and implications. Background Just before the Christmas holiday, Supply Chain Matters alerted our readers to rather troubling signs for another global-wide shipping disruption.

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