Category Archives: Supply Chains

The CIPS Risk Index

I had not run into this but it is interesting.

Understand the risks to which your supply chains are exposed with the CIPS Risk Index – powered by Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) – to gain an informed perspective on risk in the global supply environment.

Source: The CIPS Risk Index – Global Retrospective & Quarterly Report – Supply Chain 24/7 Paper

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Container carriers must address poor quality of service

Alliances are leading to poorer perceived service to shippers.  It’s more evidence that ocean carriers need to pay attention to the entire supply chain and the overall performance.

American Shipper

Source: GSF: Container carriers must address poor quality of service | AS Daily Newsletter | AS Daily | American Shipper

Re-Wiring Global Supply Chains

Is reshoring going on?  A study by Morris Cohen and a colleague.

Offshoring, reshoring, nearshoring – manufacturing and supply chains around the world are undergoing some seismic locational shifts, many of which the conventional wisdom did not see coming, and for reasons that may surprise you.

Source: The Re-Wiring of Global Supply Chains – Supply Chain 24/7