Supply Chains

SMEs In The Face Of Crisis: A Publication Of Our Esteemed Partners From Estonia

SMEs in the Face of Crisis: A Publication of our Esteemed Partners from Estonia

Our BePrepared project partners from Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia, Susanne Durst, Lidia Davies, and Wolfgang Dieter Gerstlberger, have recently published a chapter titled SMEs in the Face of Crisis: The Supply Chain Risk Management Perspective in the book Increasing Supply Chain Performance in Digital Society (DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9715-6.ch010). This book chapter was prepared in …

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Why The Digital Transformation In Supply Chains Should Be About People Over Tech

Why the Digital Transformation in Supply Chains Should be About People Over Tech

Digital transformation is often seen as the panacea for many things inside a business, including supply chains. However, this is far from the truth. The digital transformation of business led by Industry 4.0 technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is complex by nature. Therefore, even though they can tremendously benefit businesses, the successful …

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Shanghai: World’s Biggest Port Is Returning To Normal, But Supply Chains Will Get Worse Before They Get Better

Shanghai: world’s biggest port is returning to normal, but supply chains will get worse before they get better

, and , Shanghai is slowly emerging from a gruelling COVID lockdown that has the city since March. Although Shanghai’s port, which of China’s shipping volumes, has been operating throughout, it at severely reduced capacity. Many shipments have either been cancelled, postponed or rerouted to other Chinese mega-ports such as Ningbo-Zhousan. With the city due …

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Importance Of Digitalization To Improve Supply Chains: Helping Businesses Navigate Through Supply Chain Disruptions

The Importance of Supply Chain Digitization to Avoid disruptions

The supply chain is facing disruptions and hurdles from multiple sources, including labor shortages, limited or scarce resources, and increased consumer demands. Digitization of the supply chain brings all parties together to create a smoother and more efficient process. Like other industries, logistics is poised for a shakeup from digital transformation. leverages technology like big …

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Supply Chains In 2022: Shortages Will Continue, But For Some Sellers The Problem Will Be Too Much Stock

Supply chains in 2022: shortages will continue, but for some sellers the problem will be too much stock

, and , Everything was about shortages in 2021. COVID vaccine shortages at the start of the year were replaced by we would struggle to buy turkeys, toys or electronic gizmos to put under the Christmas tree. For most of the year, supermarket shelves, car showrooms and even petrol stations were emptier than usual. Some …

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