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Navigating the Supply Chain Crisis

Risk Management Monitor

Extraordinary congestion at critical global ports, decreased availability of key raw materials and component parts, rising freight bills and an increasingly tight job market have all contributed to the need for companies to create an effective logistics risk management program.

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Interpreting Covid-19 as a Disaster

Emergency Planning

Image: US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases In terms of its scope, Covid-19 is like no other disaster that has occurred in the last 100 years, since, in fact, the influenza pandemic of 1918-1920 killed more people than both world wars combined, and contributed to the end of the First World War.

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The Risks that Manufacturing Firms are Facing and the Impact that Follows

Fusion Risk Management

We’ve been living in a compound crisis since the start of the pandemic – we have been experiencing global political instability, war, an increase in cyber and ransomware attacks, labor shortages, shortages of critical commodities, etc.

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Business, Interrupted: Peeling Back the Layers of Supply Chain Resilience

Castellan

While the pandemic certainly has shone a light on supply chain resilience issues, it’s not a new problem for the industry. That was a similar experience for others during the height of the pandemic in 2020 and into 2021 where container shipping was significantly impacted. The More Supply Chains Change, the Same Issues Pop Up.

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Optimizing Your BC Program for the Permanent Hybrid Work Model  

MHA Consulting

Related on MHA Consulting: Home Alone: When Disasters Affect Staff Who Are Working Remotely A Stopgap Measure That Became a Permanent Fixture When the hybrid workplace model first emerged at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was seen as an emergency solution to a crisis situation. Hybrid adds complexity.

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The Ukraine Invasion: What Are the Impacts on Supply Chain Dynamics?

Fusion Risk Management

Logistics Route and Capacity Constraints : Supply chain transportation and freight is already being impacted across the globe. These decisions will have a direct and immediate impact on the cost of logistics and freight-based travel. .

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

As the transport and operation of field hospitals tends to be expensive and logistically challenging, in some cases it may be more efficient to attempt to restore or augment existing hospitals in the area, even if they are significantly damaged. In addition, technology is a potential source of vulnerability as well as a means of reducing it.