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Developing Agile Procurement Strategies: Thriving Amid Global Trade Disruptions

Logistics Viewpoints

Theyre feeling the heat most, as sudden trade policy curveballs throw procurement plans into chaos. Traditional procurement, with its long-term contracts and rigid supplier ties, just isnt cutting it anymore. Traditional procurement, with its long-term contracts and rigid supplier ties, just isnt cutting it anymore.

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Is Nearshoring the Solution to Rising Transportation Costs?

Logistics Bureau

The explosion in globalisation, and corresponding reduction in transport availability over the last decade or so, have together kiboshed some of the factors which once fueled a steady growth in offshore manufacture and procurement. Indirectly, the rest of the world benefits too.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

In Asia, Vietnam and Bangladesh are more important sourcing locations. The supply plan will include the procurement plan for their raw material supplies (Tier 2) needed for their finished goods suppliers (Tier 1). To achieve this, VF has invested in their logistics infrastructure. There will be no emails or spreadsheets.

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DHS Adds 37 Entities to Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List

Exiger Perspectives

Thirty-six percent of the shipments were shipped by entitles based in Vietnam. Strained Logistics Networks : Redirection of goods to alternative suppliers or regions. Cost Impacts : Increased expenses due to rerouted logistics and compliance measures. What Comes Next?

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Air Cargo Market's VAS - Last-Mile Delivery

Cathy Roberson

Belgium’s Liege Airport has also become an e-commerce hub due to Chinese logistics provider and subsidiary of Alibaba, Cainiao, picking it as its European hub. ViaEurope is a logistics tech services provider specializing in end-to-end cross-border e-commerce solutions. If interested in joining chats, click here.

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Risk Management in Global Ocean Context

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

It appears that operational and procurement risks for beneficial cargo owners or shippers, in the short term, are minimal. Written by logistics leaders who are practitioners in their respective companies, it aims to stimulate thinking on how shippers or BCO’s could view business continuity and risk in the current environment.

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Freight Market Intelligence: Data is crucial, but context is king

Freightos

In this article, Eytan Buchman, Freightos’ CMO, discusses the importance of data and context in global freight and logistics. But let’s get back to global freight data Global logistics has always had a dual relationship with data. On the one hand, it’s mission critical. While this isn’t news to me, the importance it took on was.

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