RISK MANAGEMENT
63.1 % Air freight rates , capacity and disruption
48.7 % Ground transportation and trucking shortages
42.6 % Ocean freight disruptions and capacity shortage
24.6 % Warehousing congestion
7.2 % Rail transport restrictions
7.7 %
Other
Mitigating the challenges in logistics When it comes to mitigating the challenges presented by COVID-19 , the most common way to keep supply chains running , avoiding expensive shutdowns and undelivered customer orders was to pay premium rates ( 37.4 per cent ) “ in order to have critical air cargo shipments uplifted from origin points , as air cargo capacity rapidly decreased from March 2020 due to international travel restrictions .”
An example of this which DHL Resilience360 ( now Everstream Analytics ) goes on to explain is “ a China-based supplier of automotive components used in exterior trims of cars manufactured by Mazda had to shift production to Mexico and then airlift
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