The supply chain year of re-modelling, responding and re-routing

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This year began with war still raging in Ukraine, but as 2023 enters its final days it is to the Red Sea that supply chain heads turn after a series of attacks on box ships.

Summing up the theme of the past 12 months, one may quickly pull towards “war”; and it is easy to see why, given that, together with 2022’s Russian invasion of its neighbour and Israel’s all-out assault on Gaza, these headline conflicts are ...