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Good-bye siloed, functional planner. Hello storm chasing network planner.

Kinaxis

2015 – Nepal earthquake, 7.8 It would be easy to talk climate change and the causes behind them but that would be irrelevant to this discussion. Let’s just look at some events: 2017 – Hurricane Irma (plus others). 2016 – Hurricane Matthew (plus others). 2014 – California wildfires (150 homes destroyed, massive power outages.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: Finally, Gap Inc. gets.

Supply Chains Rock

Curiously, the European Union is still a work in progress, yet Macau and Nepal are covered. The company called FiftyOne doesnt, ring a bell, but no matter, they seen to be playing the role of 3PL. If any readers have worked with them before please comment. No matter, yours truly is covered in Switzerland.

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Digitizing the COVID Vaccine: India’s Got This Figured Out

NC State SCRC

The manufacturing capacity for vaccines in India is massive: The Serum Institute produces 50M vaccines per month in a single plant, and can produce 1.5B They are also supplying Brazil and South Africa commercially with vaccines.

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In Chains: How to Approach Human Trafficking in your Supply Chain

Elementum

Malaysia, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, and Thailand were among the worst countries for human trafficking violations, with Nepal, Indonesia and Iran mentioned as frequent violators as well.

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Cyber Attacks Are Major Risk in New Global Resilience Ranking

Material Handling & Logistics

Haiti is the bottom-ranked country followed by Venezuela and Nepal—also the same order as last year. Looking at the rankings Switzerland again holds the top spot in overall resilience in the index, followed by Luxembourg and Sweden—all the same as last year.

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Supply Chain Secrets Going Global – But Where Should we Share Them?

Logistics Bureau

So far, a visit to Nepal is already in the plan, and I’ve received the following suggestions as a result of my outreach activity : India – Mumbai and Bangalore. My favorite thing about touring is the new towns and new faces every day.”. Dustin Lynch, Singer-Songwriter. New Zealand – Auckland, Hamilton. Germany – Hamburg.

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SCRC Meeting Themes Emphasize That Building a Supply Chain Risk Capability is a Multi-Dimensional Journey

Supply Chain View from the Field

For instance, he pointed out that we were 3/4 of the way through the day after the Nepal earthquake, and no one in the room had received any word of the net impact of the earthquake on their supply chains, even though most people had supply chains that extended through Asia!