Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 16, 2023

In a mid-January posting , we alerted our readers to reports that Rivian fell short of its 2022 vehicle production goal and that several top executives had departed the company, including the company’s purchasing head. Plans established for 2024 were to increase production capacity to 85,000 vehicles.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2014

Yesterday was the first day of Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Summit. The conference theme is “supply chain will lead in the next decade.” Because of supply chain’s far reaching effects, Gartner is challenging supply chain leaders to drive transformation throughout their organizations.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

According to this report, citing industry research firm B raemar , global ocean container fleet size is forecasted to grow 9 percent in 2023 and 2024 , while container volume growth will moderate in 2023 and rise slightly in 2024. This will be good news in stemming supply chain driven inflation trending.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

According to the April report commentary , the industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J.P. remains unclear.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

How the Supply Chain Crisis is Impacting Businesses and Consumers. 66% of consumers are concerned that supply chain issues will never end ( Chain Store Age ). 82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The flexis capabilities are marketed to manufacturers seeking the ability to more flexibly schedule and sequence customer orders on production assembly lines, along with integrating with existing customer order systems for optimizing production dates based on inventory availability, production sequencing needs and transportation schedules.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2024

Product Announcements In conjunction with this tech provider’s Oracle Cloud World, London event, and this tech provider’s spring applications update, there were a number of product announcements, including those related to ERP , supply chain and manufacturing applications process support.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Say you’re a manufacturer , refining your production and capacity planning. If you’re a manufacturer , have you produced enough? For all of this, you need a solution that provides your entire organization with a single source of truth, helping teams align on inventory positioning, financial decisions , and business planning.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 24, 2022

According to Gartner, supply chain organizations expect the level of machine automation in their supply chain processes to double in the next five years. So, what does AI mean to businesses struggling to make a comeback with their supply chain efficiencies in the forefront?

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

That board reportedly made recommendations that included 24 percent wage increases during the period from 2020 thru 2024 with a 14.1 Overall, this pending development could add yet another point of disruption for industry supply chains, with the timing being before the critical holiday fulfillment period that is a mere two months hence.

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