QAD

JANUARY 4, 2022

Supply chains are more fragile than ever, shipping and trucking backlogs have hit multiple industries endangering holiday celebrations and causing general shortages, and the lack of certain products (read: semiconductor chips ) are crippling industries. International and domestic shipping disruptions. Automotive.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

Procurement. Procurement can also have RPA do dynamic searches of websites to source or conduct market research for future buys and tenders. Procurement can also have RPA do dynamic searches of websites to source or conduct market research for future buys and tenders. Purchase Order Management.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2018

Over the next two years, manufacturers are set to invest more than $250 billion in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and the use of technology to improve manufacturing will only increase. Let us take a closer look at some the advanced manufacturing technologies set to define the state of manufacturing throughout 2018.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Global Trade Authority Rob Garrison, CEO and Co-Founder of Mercado Labs, shares insights from over 30 years of supply chain experience working with a variety of Fortune 500 companies. Here, he explains what caused current global supply chain disruptions, and shares the five steps needed to overcome today’s supply chain issues.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. Spring 2020-February 2021. The question is, “Why?”

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Since early 2020, global trade has been buffeted by waves of increased customer demand, supply chain challenges, and constant uncertainty and volatility. Since early 2020, the supply chain ramifications of COVID have been a rollercoaster for businesses of all shapes and sizes. But then global freight kicked in. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

After the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , I took the time to recharge and took a month off from writing. The fall ritual precedes the dropping of the ball on Times Square to ring in 2020. The number one question that I am asked today by manufacturers across all industries is “How can I improve customer service?”

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Vanguard Software

APRIL 2, 2021

Throughout 2020, manufacturing supply chains took a hit because of constraints around the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, year-over-year output dropped nearly 20%. Since then, there has been a dramatic recovery, although November 2020 figures are still 3.7% Local Manufacturing Will Grow. MicroVention Case Study.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. based manufacturing facilities had soared by over 116 percent. Background.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 20, 2020

COVID-19 and the Future of China Sourcing and Manufacture. But global dependence on Chinese manufacturing is mind-boggling…. But global dependence on Chinese manufacturing is mind-boggling…. Alternative Manufacturing Hubs: Asia’s Promise. Labour lacking skills in high-tech manufacturing.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The consequences of the coronavirus outbreak are being felt throughout the global economy, with stock markets tumbling and companies beginning to to worry about their supply chains. Global supply chains are being affected. Air freight is already down 50% and we are seeing a backlog of shipping on the Yangtze River.”[3]

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight the latest quantitative data related to global manufacturing PMI activity levels for April. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Declined. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Declined. in March, and the lowest level recorded since August 2020.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. Source E2open Shipping Index). As companies grappled with growing and achieving global scale, the organizations became larger. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. Sourcing was both a cost as well as landed cost decision factor.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Sales in the e-commerce sector globally, grew to $4.9 trillion in 2020, and is projected to grow to $7.4 Parallelly, expectations around the overall purchasing experience have also grown steeper. Aside from route planning and optimisation, some other avenues worth exploring include: Sustainable Sourcing of Goods.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 5, 2020

The repercussions for global trade, and shipping in particular, have also been significant. Shipping Impact from COVID-19. Shipping by sea to either the U.S. Shipping by sea to either the U.S. There are a variety of ways that a continued pandemic will impact supply chains and shipping. Looking Forward.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. Source E2open Shipping Index). As companies grappled with growing and achieving global scale, the organizations became larger. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance.

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Intro to 2020 Supply Chain Management Trends. The new year is upon us, and with the end of 2019 we reach the end of the decade – and the beginning of 2020. Throughout the last decade, the main trends were digitization and globalization. 2020 supply chain management trends will further these shifts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

When I started my business in 2012, I frequently wrote about the future using the moniker of Supply Chain 2020. At that time, Supply Chain 2020 seemed so far away. I then want to illustrate the point by sharing some client experiences in 2020. (I The first story is about a large regional food manufacturer. The answer?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Prior to 2020, they were paying around ten cents a mask. During 2020, Cooper was paying up to a $1.50 2020 it was just a scramble for PPE,” Dr. Runkle explained. “We Everything from contrast dye, to tubing, to medical devices with embedded semiconductor chips would suddenly become difficult to source.

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Vanguard Software

APRIL 2, 2021

Throughout 2020, manufacturing supply chains took a hit because of constraints around the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, year-over-year output dropped nearly 20%. Since then, there has been a dramatic recovery, although November 2020 figures are still 3.7% Local Manufacturing Will Grow.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Shipping container shortage article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at Argentus. The massive global shipping squeeze. In their story about the shipping shortage, the CBC quoted shipping analyst Alan Murphy, who detailed how this changing demand has massively disrupted the global shipping market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2022

As more consumers flock to e-commerce, purchasing big & bulky goods such as furniture, appliances, and wholesale electronics online is becoming more common. A Statista study found that in 2020, the furniture and appliance e-commerce global market volume was $383.2B. On-site delivery experience and cost.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 3, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight quantitative data related to global and regional supply chain production activity levels in May 2022, as depicted by the reported PMI indices. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Again Decline. This index tends to be weighted more toward large state-owned manufacturers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

Well, according to Czinger, a Los Angeles-based boutique hypercar manufacturer, that is about to be a possibility. Empty shipping containers stack up at US port depots. Spices and condiments are equally affected by the tumultuous global economy as any other product. That being said, would you go over 280 MPH in a car?

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2021

The department educates students to succeed in careers such as procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and customer service. Students graduate with foundational knowledge across all areas of SCM, positioning them to work in multiple capacities for the top global companies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Supply Chain Performance over the Period of March 2020 to July 2022. Supply chain leaders self-assessment of performance during the pandemic period of March 2020-through July 2022. Business continuity continues to be a risk for many retailers and manufacturers. Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong.

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Proxima

JUNE 5, 2023

The global supply chain crisis is over. It was a frenetic period from March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, followed by a series of events from the Suez Canal blockage to Russia’s war on Ukraine, that scrambled supply chains and ratcheted up costs. As the supply chain crisis ends, it’s time to pivot to cost.

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

Organizations must use every means at their disposal to keep goods moving while at the same time preventing their most important resource – their talent – from jumping ship at an alarming pace. resigned from their jobs in durable goods manufacturing. It’s a global problem. Roughly 25% of workers plan to change jobs in 2022.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 21, 2020

The short answer is that it is indeed possible to re-shore manufacturing but it will take a change in government policies as well as sizeable state incentives to private enterprise to turn the ship around. Can Australian Manufacturing be Brought Back Home from China? Only time will tell. Why China Became Australia’s Factory.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

Containers are piling up in ports, international shipping has been hammered, Western companies are battling to source products from traditional suppliers, and disruptions are being experienced throughout the global supply chain. COVID-19 Impact on Shipping. COVID-19 Impact on Procurement. A Case in Point: Apple.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Global Wide Production Activity. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog unveils a summarized overview of our annual prediction themes for industry and global supply chains for the year 2023 and beyond. Upwards of over 100 container ships were queued across the Pacific Ocean seeking to be processed by the major U.S.

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Logility

MARCH 16, 2023

What does all of this mean for manufacturers and distributors? Logility NDO enables you to improve your resiliency by continuously assessing tough tradeoffs between sourcing and distribution options, lead times, and logistics costs. More and more manufacturers will aim to control costs by casting a wider net for suppliers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

In a recent report, IEA indicated that global battery and mineral supply chains need to expand ten-fold to meet projected critical minerals needs by 2030. The report concludes the industry needs to build 50 more lithium mines, 60 more nickel mines and 17 more cobalt mines by 2030 to meet global net carbon emissions goals.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights two additional indices of global and US supply chain volatility relative to July 2022 global supply chain activity levels. In a prior published Supply Chain Matters commentary, we provided highlights of the various July 2022 PMI indices across select global supply chain regions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. We have heard that there is a focus on near-shoring, reshoring, and local manufacturing. in 2020 to 25.6 % in 2021, reaching a market size of $553 billion.

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