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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

Unrest in Sudan. The global supply chain is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, availability of reasonably priced logistics, and low variability. In March 2023, the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index fell to the lowest level since November 2008. Over four-hundred days of war in Ukraine.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Thirty-one months of supply chain disruption. COVID is far from over and food instability, coupled with drought, is driving migration from Sudan to Europe. The Russian invasion of Ukraine stretches into a much longer war resulting in serious disruptions to the food, automotive, and semi-conductor supply chains.

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Civil Strife in the Congo Brews Problems in the Coffee Supply Chain

RFgen

Learn more about the struggles the coffee supply chain faces. As anyone in supply chain management understands, any product goes through a complex process that is often on a global scale. For many coffee brands, international issues, including violence, are causing problems in the supply chain.

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Civil Strife in the Congo Brews Problems in the Coffee Supply Chain

RFgen

Learn more about the struggles the coffee supply chain faces. As anyone in supply chain management understands, any product goes through a complex process that is often on a global scale. For many coffee brands, international issues, including violence, are causing problems in the supply chain.

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The Cost of Disaster

Elementum

The damages incurred by the fires in wine country failed to deal a blow across the entire supply chain, with the bulk of the devastation instead concentrated in the destruction of some wineries and several high-value residential and commercial structures. the impact of drought with and without DRR interventions ?

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Where Does Cuba Rank in Logistics?

Talking Logistics

Cuba was ranked 152 out of 160 countries with an LPI Score of 2.18, beating only Somalia, Afghanistan, Sudan, and a handful of other poorly-developed countries. The answer, according to the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) , is near the bottom of the list. Source: Adelante SCM based on World Bank LPI data.

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The Rise of China-Africa Trade: Why Transportation and Logistics Should be Front and Center

BlueYonder

But the impact of these ‘empty moves’ can be mitigated with smart supply chain planning disciplines. Poor infrastructure and lack of funds to develop modern transportation systems hinders efforts at creating efficient supply chains to seamlessly flow goods in and out.

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