Page 12 - Supply Chain

Covid-19 vaccine shortages hit global supply initiative, halting rollouts

Out of 80 nations that received jabs through Covax, 40 are on the brink of running out of doses

Supply chain ramped, adding alternate sources: HUL is prepared for 3rd wave

The firm has expanded its supply chain capacity by 30 per cent

Women now comprise 41% of global supply chain workforce: survey

Every leadership level saw an increase in representation, except the executive level where there has been a slight decline.

US, China trade war costs global value chains 3-5 years of growth, says UN

Report researching the post-pandemic future of global value chains found that trade within those supply lines shrank in absolute terms.

Global supply chain squeeze, soaring costs threaten solar energy boom

The situation suggests slower growth for the zero-emissions solar energy industry at a time world governments are trying to ramp up their efforts to fight climate change

Large steel mills grow larger on improved supply-chain efficiencies: Crisil

Market share gain, deleveraging makes room for capex revival

Holisol Logistics raises capital from Northern Arc Capital

Holisol, India's leading exchange-to-exchange tech-enabled supply chain solutions company, said it has raised USD 3 million from digital debt platform Northern Arc Capital.

Cement players face bouts of weak business as second wave spikes death toll

Only difference now is that industry sales have been 30%, unlike last April, when it hit a zero due to the three-week complete nationwide lockdown, say industry players

US firms face rising costs, labour shortages amid supply chain disruptions

US firms are facing rising costs and labour shortages amid supply chain disruptions, according to a Federal Reserve survey

Supply chain tech startup Locus raises $50 mn from Qualcomm, Tiger Global

Series C funding led by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC; Falcon Edge and a clutch of angels also participate

Flipkart hires 23,000 employees to bolster its supply chain amid pandemic

Flipkart has hired 23,000 people across its supply chain, including delivery executives, in the last three months as the e-commerce marketplace strengthens the supply chain to fast deliver products

Sea change: Global freight industry sails out of the digital dark ages

If suppliers in China fail to pick up freight containers to fill an order for MediaShop, Marcel Schneider gets an alert via a digital freight system, allowing the retailer to reach out and fix it

UST partners with BlueYonder to improve digital services for retailers

Blue Yonder experts will join UST to introduce add-on capabilities for customers, companies say.

Damaged reputation

India's Covid crisis has implications for supply chain and soft power

'India-US ties in medical device industry has immense potential'

The country's Ambassador in Washington Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said, asserting that the US-India partnership in the key sector could provide a robust supply chain for others

India can be key player in global supply chain, says Indra Nooyi

But India has to carefully "think through" what its place would be: Nooyi

Coronavirus curbs in India disrupt supply chains, stoke economy worries

Small businesses are also worried that as workers may return to their villages as cases rise and job prospects worsen.

Cooking, building tech for mammoth firms kept this engineer busy amid Covid

Under Manav Garg's leadership, commodities and direct materials tech firm Eka Software grew 60% in the past 12 months and is on track to cross $100 million in revenue

PLI scheme to make India integral part of global supply chain: Eco Survey

The scheme is expected to create huge employment opportunities, according to the economic survey

India's Covid vaccination mock drill: planning, logistics to be in focus

96,000 vaccinators trained for world's largest immunisation exercise so far. A helpline is being started by states for any vaccine-related queries