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An Optimized, Frictionless Commerce Platform Solves Five Supply Chain Challenges

What are the toughest challenges now disrupting supply chains, and how can frictionless applications solve them?

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Stop Relying on Excess Inventory as an Insurance Policy

For some supply chain managers, the upheavals of recent years have justified their entrenched approach of relying on excess inventory as an insurance policy. They’ve learned the hard way that old methods don’t cut it anymore.

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Airlines Face a Shortage of New Boeing, Airbus Jets

The shortfall is affecting planning at carriers including American Airlines and United Airlines, as persistent supply-chain problems and regulatory concerns rattle the business.

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Ocean Carriers Cancel Asia-Europe, U.S. Sailings

The spate of cancellations in October marks a sharp reversal from a few months ago, when shipping lines commanded premium prices and booked record profits.

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EU Agrees Windfall Tax on Energy Firms

The plan includes a levy on fossil fuel firms' surplus profits and a levy on excess revenues made from surging electricity costs. The cash raised is expected to go to families and businesses.

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Hong Kong Will Keep Reopening Unless New Variant Emerges, Lo Says

Hong Kong will stick with its push to reopen to the world unless a dangerous new virus variant emerges, while stressing the financial hub has an obligation to protect mainland China from major COVID-19 outbreaks.

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Crisis in Food Supply Chains: What’s Cooking Up the Global Disruptions?

The food industry as a whole has met widespread challenges.

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Ian’s Aftermath Even Harder to Fix With Supply Chain in Tatters

The difficult job of rebuilding communities pummeled by Hurricane Ian is expected to be made even worse by a problem that’s lingered since the early days of the pandemic: snarled supply chains.

A flooded trailer park following Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida, on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Hurricane Ian, one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the U.S., weakened to a tropical storm but continues to dump rain on the state as it makes its way up the U.S. Southeast. Photo: Bloomberg

U.S. Goods-Trade Gap Narrows to Smallest Since October 2021

The shortfall shrank 3.2% to $87.3 billion last month, Commerce Department data showed Sept. 28, suggesting a tailwind for economic growth in the third quarter.

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A Thoroughly Flexible Attitude in the Warehouse Will Attract and Retain Workers

Flexibility in the workforce isn't going away; it’s where the trends are headed. Warehouse managers need to pay heed.

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Volkswagen Warns of Production Shift From Germany Over Gas Shortage

Europe’s biggest carmaker, said that relocation of production capacity for some component makers is among options in the medium term if gas shortages last much beyond this winter.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Carries Lessons for Pharma Supply Chains, Says Pfizer Executive

Jim Cafone, a senior vice president of supply chain at Pfizer, says the rapid and successful rollout of the doses shows companies now will “need to really rethink how you configure your supply chain.”

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