Editorial
I have been following extreme weather
conditions in USA coastal areas for past few
weeks.As of last week, Hurricane IRMA’s retail
impact is estimated to be at USD 2.8 billion
mostly in geographical areas of Florida and
Texas of USA as reported by global business
weather intelligence experts Planalytics. Cowen
retail analyst reported that they are hopeful that
retailers have been using weather forecasting
to pre-position inventory needs and accelerate
inventory flow in distribution centers. Although
hurricane could be devastating in one geography
of world but this is needless to say that the
impact is being felt across global supply chain.
Extreme weather conditions in any part of world
influences commodity prices, supplier deliveries,
employment and for sure touches every link
on global trade chain in adverse way. it is thus
needed that predictive weather intelligence be
included as an agenda in managing global and
local supply chains of all organizations.
Kanchan R. Vora
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Director SCLG
Kanchan R. Vora
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Ali Al Jallaf
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Ravi Subramanyam
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Anthony Romero
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