No supply chain is 100% crisis-proof. This is demonstrated by the consequences of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. In February 2022, the political situation between the two countries had escalated to such an extent that Russia invaded Ukraine militarily. This is currently causing not only terrible humanitarian problems, but also economic consequences that are being felt in Europe and the United States, among other places. More and more global supply chains are in danger of collapsing, both because of the military-related loss of Ukrainian business partners and because of international sanctions against Russia and Russian companies.
Continually, globalization has increased dependencies in world trade. Bottlenecked trade routes in particular are critical for maintaining global supply chains. The recently congested trade routes therefore require an effective risk management. With customs and lately also maritime port data, ABRAMS world trade wiki enables supply chain resilience even under pressure.
Networking is playing an increasingly important role in world trade. To stay on top of these dynamic developments and identify opportunities, it is important to monitor import, export and shipping trends. You can gain knowledge from a variety of sources, but trade data analysis is the key tool to make the right decisions.
Many parts of the globe continue to witness unprecedented social and political unrest, natural catastrophes and force majeur like the Covid-19 pandemic. Thus, Supply Chain risk management has become a more critical process for firms to safeguard their long-term success.
WHO statement of a pandemic and its legal implications
Update: March 12, 2020
As of 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the outbreak of a pandemic. In the interactive web based dashboard of the Johns Hopkins University one can see this global spread. With the status of pandemic, companies can get much stronger rights under relevant clauses in contracts between companies.