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Shanghai Lockdown Could Be the Start of More Supply Chain Challenges

DRI Drive

After two years of relatively successful pandemic policies in China, a record number of new COVID-19 cases has led to a major lockdown in the city of Shanghai, leading to compounding supply chain problems that could have a global impact.

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Foresight

Emergency Planning

Everyday risk factors are different when floods, transportation crashes, landslides, toxic spills, structural collapses occur against a background of asymmetric warfare, armed insurgency, fighting or rampant terrorism. Moreover, the Coronavirus pandemic has been widely used as a pretext for curtailing human rights.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Chapter 2, “Mutual Aid: Grassroots Model for Justice and Equity in Emergency Management” by Miriam Belblidia and Chenier Kliebert, describes successful lessons of a Mutual Aid Response Network (MARN) involving over 5,000 participants in a grassroots response to COVOID-19 pandemic and a record-breaking Gulf Coast hurricane season 2020.

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The “Other” Pandemic – COVID-19 Phishing

NexusTek

READ TIME: 6 MIN March 18, 2020 The Other Pandemic COVID-19 Phishing Cybercrime is an ongoing issue today, even in a state of a global pandemic. If you have had any conversations, watched television, or been outside your home then you are aware of the latest pandemic, the COVID-19.

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Economic Impact of Russia Sanctions

Fusion Risk Management

The impact of this will be directly felt on consumers in the form of higher gas prices, larger costs to heat their homes, and greater costs for other types of transportation. For example, aircrafts that would normally transport goods by flying over Russian airspace will have to re-route and fly longer distances.

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How the supply chain can be impacted in a disaster

CCEM Strategies

Transportation is considered critical infrastructure for communities and their economies. The supply chain - how goods and services are transported along routes and channels - is like the main artery of a community. Trees blown over by storms can cause disruption and damage to major routes for days—sometimes even weeks or months.

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Business, Interrupted: Supply Chain Lessons Learned

Castellan

Until complications compounded during the coronavirus pandemic, it’s not something most consumers thought much about. Boltz’s move into her new role was a step outside of her comfort zone and it was compounded by the pandemic. “In Are we using the right modes of transportation? The supply chain. DOWNLOAD NOW.