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5 Steps to Address the Rising Geopolitical Risks to Your Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Shift in the centers of gravity of the demand: As of the beginning of April 2022, about four million Ukrainians have left the country for neighboring countries such as Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Moldova. This has resulted in massive spikes in demand for basic necessities in these countries. This further adds to lead times.

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Fit for Growth 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Venue: Rin Grand Hotel, Bucharest, Romania. In cooperation with the companies Dräxlmaier and Stabi lus, the Association for Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Logistics (BME) is organizing the first German-Romanian Supplier Dialogue Fit for Growth on 24 November 2016 in Bucharest, Romania. Fit for Growth 2016. URL: www.bme.de/en/all-events/fit-for-growth/.

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Packaging Manufacturing Predictions Post-Pandemic

QAD

And in Germany, Romania and Switzerland – the three lowest e-commerce countries in Europe – e-commerce increased by 28, 25 and 18% respectively. . Sustainability will challenge the supply chain with new materials, sources and logistics. Online spending represented 21.3% It hit 33% in July 2020. We All Work from Anywhere.

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The Supply Chain Response to India’s Second Wave of Covid!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Some of the others countries who helped us in this time of grave crisis included Bhutan, Ireland, Romania , Portugal, Hong Kong and Thailand. The USISPF through donations from its member companies also sourced 1,00, 000 portable oxygen concentrators for home and hospital use.

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Can Blockchain Technology Prevent Organic Fraud?

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Because supply cannot meet demand of organic foods, retailers, feed companies, and packaged food manufacturers are importing organic foods from India, Ukraine, Turkey, Romania, etc. For distributors, it helps to expand international sourcing and avoid risk related to changing supply or demand.

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Anita Arts: “A supply chain manager can no longer sit in an ivory tower

Supply Chain Movement

The British company is owner of Unitymedia KabelBW (Germany), UPC (The Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary and Romania), VTR (Chile) and Liberty (Puerto Rico). Furthermore, if the Competition Commission and the European Commission approve, Ziggo will soon be added to this list.

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Supplier Quality Management: What it is, 5 Key Metrics to Know & a 4 Step Supplier Evaluation Process

GlobalTranz

The US quality guru Joseph Moses Juran (born 1904 in Romania ) divides the supplier quality assurance process into nine steps: definition of the product’s quality requirements, evaluation of alternative suppliers. 5 Key Metrics to Use for Scoring Supplier Quality Management (From LNS Research ).