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Supply Chains and Climate Change: Adapt or Die

Enterra Insights

Inevitably, these will interrupt production, increase sourcing costs, and cut into corporate revenue.”[1] It is impossible to anticipate the number of new variables this will throw into orderly supply chain management — other than accepting that particularly intricate supply chains are almost certainly going to start coming apart.”[2]

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Overcoming Supply Chain Challenges in the Beverage Industry 

Logility

Get the insights beverage companies need to meet today’s biggest supply chain challenges. Port congestion, shipping delays, and other supply chain disruptions are affecting industries across all economic sectors, and that includes beverages of all types. Supply Chain Disruptions Affecting the Beverage Industry.

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Peet’s Coffee and the Roasted Bean Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Despite the significant amount of effort involved in going from running a business on Excel spreadsheets to implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP), they are very grateful that their efforts to improve their supply chain agility were underway when the pandemic hit. The company has a sourcing team that vets the beans.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part Two: Climate Risks

Enterra Insights

Journalist Andrew Freedman explains, “Geopolitical risks in the Red Sea and extreme weather in Central America are converging, jostling global supply chains fed by the Suez and Panama Canals.”[1] Footnotes [1] Andrew Freedman, “ Climate change and conflict converge to disrupt supply chains ,” Axios, 24 January 2024. [2]

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Plant-location decisions and potential supply chain risk

Kinaxis

by Melissa Clow This guest post comes to us from Jim Fulcher , Blogger on the Supply Chain Expert Community. Those sources also said the manufacturing facility would require at least 1,000 acres of land. What supply chain risks do you see?

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Winter Alert: Winter Weather Conditions Developing Across Much of the US

GlobalTranz

80 in Rankin County, Mississippi blocked all lanes of the interstate and a semi that slid off the road shut down westbound I-22 in Lee County, Mississippi. Source: NWS. Showers and thunderstorms in the Southeast are predicted to cause icy conditions across the lower Mississippi Valley and up to the Mid-Atlantic.

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Panama Canal Drought: Lower Water Levels, Higher Supply Chain Risk

Resilinc

Currently, in the US, the Mississippi and Ohio River water levels are falling at an alarming rate due to heat and lack of rainfall. Last fall, when the Mississippi River closed sections due to low water levels, it caused $20 billion in economic damage. So, what can supply chain managers do? Schedule a demo today.

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