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Foreign Adversaries Threaten Critical U.S. Manufacturing Sectors

Exiger Perspectives

Manufacturing Sectors Client Alert Foreign adversaries are increasingly threatening vital domestic industries through current and potential future restrictions on critical mineral exports. government procurement of critical components. Background Nickel and titanium are critical to the aerospace manufacturing sector.

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10 Disruptive Issues in the Supply Chain

American Global Logistics

Persistent Red Sea Risks Continue to Disrupt Critical Trade Route The ongoing conflict in Yemen has created several shipping risks in the Red Sea. has been working to negotiate a ceasefire in Yemen. Consumers have seen their purchasing power eroded. That's a hard-to-prevent risk that could damage or sink ships.

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Your Supply Chain to Increase Efficiency and Sustainability

ThroughPut

Sourcing and procurement departments exist to mitigate this issue, but input bottlenecks remain common. Manufacturing is a precise process that is hard to systematize and just as hard to monitor. As a result, no manufacturer in history has ever been able to capture 100% of its productivity. . — Ali Hasan R.

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Your Supply Chain to Increase Efficiency and Sustainability

ThroughPut

Sourcing and procurement departments exist to mitigate this issue, but input bottlenecks remain common. Manufacturing is a precise process that is hard to systematize and just as hard to monitor. As a result, no manufacturer in history has ever been able to capture 100% of its productivity. . — Ali Hasan R.

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Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations

ThroughPut

This isn’t to say you should avoid international sources for goods. On the contrary, you should be exploring all your procurement options globally, nationally, and locally. manufacturers do to better understand global supply chain operations when exporting goods abroad? The only problem: Most U.S. Secure backup buyers.

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January 10, 2024 Update

Freightos

Judah Levine January 10, 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) increased 60% to $2,713/FEU.

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Top 8 Industries Affected by The Red Sea Crisis in January 2024

Resilinc

struck more than 60 targets at Houthi positions in Yemen, aiming to halt attacks on merchant ships. imposed sanctions on two companies based in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates for their involvement in financing commodity shipments benefiting Yemen’s Houthis. On January 11, the U.S. The next day, the U.S.