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American Logistics Aid Network Urges Precautions, Preparation For Hurricane Dorian

Thursday, August 29, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
As Hurricane Dorian heads toward the mainland U.S., the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) is urging residents of Florida, the Gulf Coast and other parts of the Southeast to start preparing – and advising the logistics community to get ready to help.

G-7 Mandate: CMA CGM Foregoes the Northern Sea Route

Monday, August 26, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, announced two major decisions certain to have an impact on the future of the maritime industry.

U.S. China Trade Tensions Have Impact on Emerging Markets

Thursday, August 22, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
The August Forecast Flash from Global Insight by IHS Markit contains its fair share of good news and bad news, say economists.

Food Banking May Be Key to Vexing SCM Challenge

Monday, August 19, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
The Global Cold Chain Alliance, a Washington D.C.-based industry association, reports that billions of pounds of food go to waste annually, while one in four people are malnourished.

Trade Wars - Is Vietnam Next?

Monday, August 12, 2019 · Rosemary Coates
Trade war talk about Vietnam began in May, when the U.S. Treasury added Vietnam to a watchlist of countries being monitored for possible currency manipulation and began pressuring the country to lower its trade surplus with the U.S.

Supply Chain Management Has Changed the World Economy

Friday, August 2, 2019 · Michael Gravier
The wave of populist doubling down on protectionism further undercuts competition. The announcement of even more tariffs in the U.S, this time on consumer goods from China, underscores how much we've lost our appetite for competition.

MIT and ASU serve up an online Master’s in supply chain management

Tuesday, July 23, 2019 · Bob Trebilcock
Graduates of the program will receive training at both institutions

Blockchain Remains Top of Mind for Supply Chain Managers, Says SAP

Monday, July 22, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
When the 7th Annual Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit convenes next month at the USC Marshall School of Business, Blockchain will be addressed under the auspices of the conference theme: “Evolution-Revolution-Disruption.”

Global Shipping Business Network May Bring Blockchain One Step Closer to Unified Ocean Cargo Reality

Monday, July 15, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
How close is the ocean cargo industry getting to finally engage in collaborative blockchain strategies? CargoSmart says the day may soon be arriving.

Supply Chain Opportunity Costs about to Explode

Wednesday, July 10, 2019 · Michael Gravier
Thanks to a world dominated by free trade, we take materials sciences and engineering for granted. But protectionism and tariffs' greatest impacts are their opportunity costs.

Supply Chain Managers May Be Challenged by Cleaning up “Dirty Data,” Dun & Bradstreet Survey Reveals

Monday, July 8, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Supply chain managers who fail to update shipper databases are at risk of losing money this year, say Dun & Bradstreet analysts.

G20 Is Over: Now What for Global Supply Chains?

Tuesday, July 2, 2019 · Rosemary Coates
As we have seen in over the past two years, negotiations can fail at any point and U.S. penalty tariffs could be extended. The end of the trade war may come before the U.S. general election in 2020, in order for Trump to claim victory. But in the meantime, U.S. consumers are…

Summer’s Start Features Supply Chain Hightlights

Thursday, June 27, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
As June comes to an end, here is a summary of the month's significant supply chain stories

NextGen Supply Chain: Coming soon to an ecosystem near you

Tuesday, June 25, 2019 · Hiranmay Sarkar
Autonomous supply chains will create a sea change in the way businesses operate

Global Supply Chains At Risk: Rare Earth Elements

Thursday, June 20, 2019 · Rosemary Coates
Rare earth elements are an essential part of most supply chains in the form of raw materials, component parts, or finished goods such as wiring, circuit boards, magnets, electronic consumer goods, clean energy, automotive, and defense equipment.
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