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The Supply Chain Crisis Is About to Get a Lot Worse
PHOTOGRAPH: PAUL LINSE/GETTY IMAGES A seemingly endless supply chain crunch has fueled interest in tech that promises to track problems or predict where new ones might occur. THE SUPPLY CHAIN is in chaos—and it’s getting worse. Air freight warehouses at Shanghai...
TRUCKING RATES EXPECTED TO INCREASE NATIONALLY
On Tuesday, this week, the price of diesel fuel on the CME commodity exchange rose 21.98 cents per gallon, which is the largest single-day increase since early June 2008. The US Department of Energy reports that the national average price of diesel at the pump jumped...
Supply chain planning: A look at what to expect and consider in 2022
By: CCH® Tagetik Interested in what 2022 will bring for your supply chain? Gain insight into what supply and demand planning professionals can expect – and should consider this year. Supply chains saw massive shifts in 2020 and 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic and its...
Understand the Supply Chain Crisis
With the havoc at ports showing no signs of abating and prices for a vast array of goods still rising, the world is absorbing a troubling realization: Time alone will not solve the Great Supply Chain Disruption. It will require investment, technology and a...
Maintaining Profit When Prices Are Rising
Dr. Al Bates has released this quarter's Profit Improvement Report. Over time supplier prices follow a one-way street; they increase. Whether the price increases are small or large, they represent a major profit opportunity for distributors. Unfortunately, that...
Could Aluminum Stockpiles Disappear by 2024?
Trafigura Thinks So Booming demand to drive inventories towards zero, trader says Aluminum prices are closing in on a record amid supply curbs Piles of aluminum ingots. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg By Mark Burton, Jack Farchy, and Archie Hunter February 12,...
North American Cross-Border Vaccine Mandates Impact Trucker Availability
January 15, 2022 Saturday, January 15, 2022, Canadian federal law was implemented requiring all U.S. truck drivers entering Canada show proof of full vaccination. Unvaccinated Canadian truckers who are returning from the U.S. will also be required to quarantine for 14...
Assessing the risks to plastics manufacturers of higher energy prices
Assessing the risks of higher energy prices Rising energy prices not only push materials prices higher, but also they push up the cost of running our factories. Resin prices do not follow every wrinkle in the oil market. But, over time, the correlation is quite...
The Great Supply Chain Disruption: Why it continues in 2022
HIS Markit Supply chain disruptions will continue to roil the global economy in 2022, with new challenges for companies and adding to inflation—now a hot-button political issue. IHS Markit analyzes how and why the impacts will persist in manufacturing, shipping and...
Supply Chain Solutions: Addressing the trucking crunch
In recent months, images of congested ports have filled the news and prompted calls to action. As ports expanded their hours to reduce the backlog of ships waiting to be unloaded, a less visible bottleneck entered the spotlight. A lack of truck drivers and equipment...
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