The team at Staten Island Yachts took a fascinating look at the world’s supply chain by ranking ports of call by how many twenty-foot cargo containers they ship every year. The answers illuminate the origins of goods from all over the world. They’ve ranked each port of call on the graph by how many containers they ship and color-coded each location by region.
The team at Staten Island Yachts took a fascinating look at the world’s supply chain by ranking ports of call by how many twenty-foot cargo containers they ship every year. The answers illuminate the origins of goods from all over the world. They’ve ranked each port of call on the graph by how many containers they ship and color-coded each location by region.
The World Food Price Index reached to the highest peak in
March 2022 before gradually falling for nine months to December 2022. The question is that what
caused this rush?
There are many factors that contribute to the rising cost of
global food, but disruptions in supply chain and climate change are two most
important drivers for the spike in prices over the most recent years.
The infographic from Brazil Potash explores how these two factors are contributing to the most recent rise in food prices.
Copper is more than just a metal, it is in itself a substance that is used for multitudes of products around us. Due to mass production of various products on a global scale, the demand of copper is only bound to increase. Keeping that in mind, the quality of copper is now more significant than ever.
The modern era continuously requires that materials be used in new ways. Sustainability is critical and what better way to obtain it than using minerals and substances gifted by mother nature? One such substance is cobalt, which can be used for a variety of purposes, especially related to energy generation.
Basically, many countries have two approaches to cobalt. Either it is mined cobalt, or it is refined cobalt. Cobalt can be used directly as excavated from the mines. It can also be refined and combined with other elements to achieve alloys. Due to its flexible nature for energy usage, a lot of automobile companies are seeking cobalt in large amounts.
Gold is and has been one of the most valuable assets for the producers as well as the users for years. Unfortunately, this year, due to the epidemic of coronavirus, the production and supply of this valuable asset got in the way of disruption and, as a result, the entire operation shutdown. Now that the Gold supply chain has been put to a halt, its worth has surpassed every other mineral with the high demands of investors.
China is one of the most affected countries in the world right now. The battle against COVID-19 has put the world as a whole at great risk. Along with a ton of other factors like loss of lives, unemployment, and increased infection rate, the supply chain in e-commerce has also suffered this terrible setback. Many industries all around the world are struggling to keep their businesses running. Some of them have succeeded while the others have ended up in complete hopelessness.
Alteration in strategies to keep the business steady
In this crisis of economy, unhealthy employees have also become a grave danger to the industries. Fortunately, China was able to recover from this massive outbreak, but as suggested by recent reports, it will still take a long period of time for its supply chain to speed up like before.

If you’ve ever swiped a stack of sticky notes from your office, you probably didn’t think twice about the repercussions. While sticky note stealing is pretty tame, stolen office supplies can add up over time. In fact, employee theft costs small businesses about $40 billion every year. While employee theft is most prevalent in retail, it affects all types of businesses.
One survey found that more than half of employees admitted to stealing from their employer. So which supplies are most commonly taken hostage? Pens, pencils, sticky notes, and paper clips top the list but research shows some employees are brazen enough to steal much larger items like chairs. Want to cut down on office supply theft? Read on for our tips.





