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Supply Chain Impacts from Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Logistics Viewpoints

Its largest export markets are Russia, China, Germany, Poland, and Italy. International shipping has faired well so far. According to the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC), Ukraine’s top exports (2019) are agricultural commodities such as wheat, corn, and seed oils; iron ore, and iron.

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3 Reasons to Outsource Fulfillment with Nathan Lugo-Montanez

The Logistics of Logistics

France, Belgium, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Italy and Spain Learn More About 3 Reasons to Outsource Fulfillment Nathan on LinkedIn STACI-US on LinkedIn STACI-US Episode Sponsor: Tusk Logistics Tusk Logistics is a national network of the best regional parcel carriers that puts Shippers first, with lower costs, reliable service, and proactive support.

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Achieving Maturity in Risk Management Takes Years

Logistics Viewpoints

AGCO has 240 suppliers in Italy. 184 were located in the high-risk zone in Northern Italy. The goods are then shipped to the Port of Long Beach, unloaded, and then trucked to a factory in Fresno. By 100 infections PPM, restrictions are in place.” We were able to predict the Italian shut down seven days before it occurred.”.

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Overcoming complex logistics in building better cities

DELMIA Quintiq

Whether it is shipping pipes to Egypt for irrigation projects or support trusses to build bridges in Italy, the logistics puzzles of the materials industry are varied and complex. We talked about production planning in building better cities , but what about logistics?

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Supply Chain Disruption and the Looming Shortages

Logistics Viewpoints

This includes wineries in California, Italy, France, and others. As a result, suppliers cut and shipped trees that normally would have been given another year to grow. And this does not just apply to hops. For wineries, the drought and wildfires have resulted, in some cases, in a fully lost harvest to make wine.

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Warby Parker vs Luxottica: Supply Chain Disintermediation in the Eyewear Industry

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Based in Italy, Luxottica has a monopoly-like position in the global eyewear industry. Luxottica maintains a warehouse in Atlanta and ships roughly 470k units of inventory each week - 300k to retail locations and 170k as wholesale to independent opticians and department stores. The King of Eyewear: Luxottica.

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The coronavirus supply chain

Supply Chain Movement

The media coverage of supply chain has increased exponentially as a result of the coronavirus epidemic in China, South Korea and Italy. All companies that produce and ship tangible goods are currently working hard to assess the impact of the outbreak on their own supply chains.