Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Global Production Continues to Contract Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® ended 2023 on a noted lackluster footing. Manufacturing production reportedly contracted at a slightly quicker pace in December, dashing hopes for a point of stabilization. The December reading of 49.0

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2024

Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech kicks off our 2024 series with two acquisition announcements related to multiple supply chain providers. The company was one of the first to deploy MIP solvers in daily and weekly planning applications and pioneered integrated transportation routing algorithms with network design.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group highlights a 2024 prediction of added labor activism continuing across industry supply chains in 2024. Manufacturing Employment Impacts Across Europe and the United Kingdom , a significant period of production contraction has led to added manufacturing job losses.

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QAD

MAY 23, 2023

Early adopters of environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives should be patting themselves on the back. ESG activity, initially driven by consumer demand and a general desire to do better, has grown into a massive movement that’s captured the attention of customers, investors and governments worldwide.

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American Global Logistics

MARCH 5, 2024

Volatility and uncertainty in the logistics industry have dominated the news in 2024. As of late February 2024, CMA CGM is now shipping cargo through the Red Sea trade route. The Canal Authority likely won’t see meaningful relief until the rainy season starts in May 2024. One sign of a return to stability comes from CMA CGM.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 24, 2023

Faced with economic uncertainties, transportation industry leaders are focused on building supply chain resiliency. No matter which way you look at it, 2023 is off to a challenging start for much of the transportation industry. In the industry that’s always moving, here are the 11 headlines you need to know. 19 and Dec.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2024

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024, companies including Hyundai, Nikola , and Bosch presented their most recent fuel cells and hydrogen technology innovations, indicating a potential comeback for this environmentally friendly energy choice. government initiative last year aimed at developing hydrogen infrastructure in the country.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to launch immediate investigations into the incident. This incident and its repercussions are further raising added concerns relative to Boeing’s planned 2024 monthly production and airline delivery plans for the 737 MAX aircraft.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

Governments and companies taking part will pay countries with tropical and subtropical forests for emissions reductions, a move it hopes will help reduce and eventually end deforestation. Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund is financing the project. And these retailers could certainly use some help.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Reports had indicated that that the government of Canada agreed to subsidies of upwards of C$13 billion over a ten year period in order to land this investment. It turns out that Ontario province and the Canadian government have pledged a total of C$28.2

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 27, 2020

We saw the greatest impact in Europe during the initial phase of lockdowns with the closing of some manufacturing. Competition for capacity to move PPE was high with both businesses and governments concentrating on supplying critical equipment. The market has been impacted at varying levels.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

In early April 2022, economists at Goldman Sachs indicated that supply chain resilience was a top-of-mind topic for manufacturers and retailers and observed that three main strategies were being undertaken. That would include alternatives to China under the umbrella of either China Plus or de-risking sourcing changes.

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ModusLink Corporation

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Carrier rates are declining across the board, and Seatrade Maritime News reported an “expected trough of freight rates to mid-2023 from 2024 with a lower demand forecast and a higher than expected effective capacity increase due to the unwinding of congestion. Carriers Will Lower Rates But Keep Many Others.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2020

” On the transportation and supply chain front, one trend in the U.S. Michael McGarry, chairman and CEO of PPG, reports, “Data from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) reveals that underinvestment in U.S. ”[4]. that must be reversed is failure to address crumbling infrastructure.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With the closing of the third quarter, the numbers once again signal added contraction in global manufacturing output as product demand levels weaken. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. This index has now remained below the 50.0

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BlueYonder

MAY 13, 2024

Each year, Blue Yonder releases the findings of its annual Supply Chain Executives Survey* in conjunction with ICON, the premier conference for supply chain leaders in manufacturing, logistics and retail. Inflation is driving up supply chain costs, including the price of transportation, materials, labor, and inventory.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 9, 2016

Manufacturing Renaissance Brings Back Jobs. One reason has to do with a trend affecting businesses across America: bringing manufacturing back to the United States. With all of the variables needed to successfully manufacture goods overseas, many organizations are finding that not only can U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

More recently, the massive scale of China’s solar-manufacturing operations has become an advantage, as it attracts talent, research money and ecosystems of suppliers. More recently, the massive scale of China’s solar-manufacturing operations has become an advantage, as it attracts talent, research money and ecosystems of suppliers.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Phase 2 of the Federal Government’s greenhouse gas mandates are now in effect, and trailer manufacturers are the first ones affected. Got some trailers that need replacing? Prices for new ones are probably going to jump up soon. Truck and engine makers will have new mandates beginning in 2021.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 12, 2023

government. The goal of the CSCR is to support the enduring resilience of critical supply chains in America as part of a long-term, government-wide strategy to foster supply chain resilience. Healthcare Supply Chains: The Defense Production Act Title III To manufacture more essential medicines within U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

They testified that Robinette had, from the outbreak of the war, been “ardent and influential in opposing traitors and their schemes to destroy the Government.” Infor, because of Infor Nexus transportation and visibility solution, has excellent data on global shipping. 1864, Robinette was pardoned for the remainder of the term.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Since neon gas is used to produce semiconductor chips, both governments and businesses are seeing prices increase. Consultancy UK).

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NC State SCRC

MAY 6, 2024

Indeed, the field has also exploded into an entire software industry devoted to a number of various areas, including Manufacturing Planning and Control, OPM, warehouse management systems, transportation management systems, retail assortment planning, and a variety of other areas that are now evaluated annually by Gartner.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Background Within our research arm’s previously published industry and global supply chains predictions advisory published at the start of this year, we predicted that manufacturers would up their efforts this year in restoring more direct control and added resiliency in their direct materials component and outsourced manufacturing strategies.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

” One of the responsibilities with the council has been tasked is to complete a comprehensive review of the supply chain by the end of 2024. As noted above, the Council will complete the first quadrennial supply chain review by December 31, 2024. Creating a smart manufacturing plan. Creating a smart manufacturing plan.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Starting in 2024, Amazon will require suppliers to share their emissions data , set emissions goals, and report on their progress, the e-commerce giant said in its recently released sustainability report. Consumers, investors, regulators, and governments are pushing firms for more progress and transparency.

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Elementum

AUGUST 11, 2016

The global trucking industry is currently facing two great challenges for sustainability: to transport a significantly higher volume of goods, and to further develop new means of delivery concepts. Trucking is the main means for freight transportation in the United States. A Nikola Motors model, designed to compete with Tesla's Semi.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2023

According to GEP, the April numbers show that while global demand for raw materials, commodities, and components remains subdued, it is much improved from the trough in December 2022, indicating some stability in the face of consistently high interest rates and a global manufacturing sector under intense pressure. has pledged $3.4

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Resilinc

JULY 11, 2023

The complaint was filed under The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act ( SCDDA )—a defining environment, social, and governance (ESG) act that aims to make German organizations responsible for human rights throughout their global supply chains. The SCDDA, on the other hand, has a broader scope.

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Resilinc

APRIL 4, 2023

The most extreme sanctions have impacted supply and manufacturing capabilities across the Energy, Aerospace, Transportation, Chemicals, Metals, and Automotive industries. These sanctions include one of Russia’s largest arms manufactures, a submarine developer, an aviation company, a missel designer, and infantry fighting vehicle.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 24, 2022

At the same time, global spending on IIoT Platforms is predicted to grow from $1.67B in 2018 to $12.44B in 2024, attaining a 40% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in seven years. AI can also analyze workplace safety data and inform manufacturers about any possible risks. Scouting for the Needle in the Supply Chain Haystack.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

And with passenger travel not expected to recover until 2024 , proactive solutions are needed to avoid current and upcoming disruptions. Even if your company is not directly connected to distributing or manufacturing a vaccine, the time to start planning alternative modes or routes is now. Final thoughts.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares samples of individual prediction snapshots that will be included in our Annual 2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory publishing later this month. government trade data, the value of U.S.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 30, 2023

With the virus running rampant, members of factory management teams, too, can become thin on the ground, placing manufacturing companies under severe strain. As a proportion of total transportation costs for a given product, the last mile can generate up to 40%. Hunt Transport Services Inc.’s s acquisition of Mass Movement Inc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2024

could design and manufacture the advanced computer chips that power everything from lawnmowers to supercomputers on its own soil, instead of having to outsource production to Asia. Unspun’s Vega machine makes clothes on-demand, eliminating the traditional cut-and-sew process of textile manufacturing altogether. Intel wins $19.5

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Resilinc

JANUARY 15, 2024

The latest updates on shipping delays in the Red Sea in January 2024, including which businesses and industries have been impacted. Which industries and companies are currently impacted in January 2024? This disruption affects various industries, including suppliers for global retailers and car manufacturers.

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Resilinc

MARCH 12, 2024

In this blog, we uncover the top geopolitical supply chain risks of 2024 so you can proactively prepare your supply chain. US-China Tensions and Critical Minerals US-China tensions have heightened and will continue to be a risk in 2024. Graphite is crucial to electric vehicles and semiconductor manufacturing.

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