Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 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.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group announces the general availability of our newest published Research Advisory – 2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains. Best wishes in your 2024 efforts. All rights reserved.

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Unleashed

APRIL 2, 2024

In this issue: The latest in global supply chain news Insights from an ecommerce niche-market pioneer Tips for reducing transportation costs Job opportunities from Sony, Patagonia, and more In supply chain headlines Food & Beverage sector sees continued growth and innovation. Fewer trips = lower transportation costs. Just kidding.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series in providing highlights on reported March 2024, and Q1-2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. This index closed Q1-2024 at 1.8 Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® ended March on an optimistic footing.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. Further, Japan based shipping line Mitsui OSK Lines indicated a belief that this disruption could extend thru the balance of 2024. percent to 4.5

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Unleashed

MARCH 19, 2024

Audit overhead costs such as rent, utilities, insurance, and transport. Soda made safe – Meet Ben Vear We chatted with Ben Vear, former General Manager of Minor Figures turned Co-Founder & CEO of Living Things Soda , to see what life’s like for UK beverage brands in 2024. “Sustainability should be easy and accessible to all.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Green Corridor: Looking for the Green Lining by Timothy Foote, Director Transportation & Network APAC at Asendia and Founder of Susymbio 2023 is soon enough to end, and the transformation to a clean logistics future moves forward. My 2024 predictions for these modes is that ocean shipping transformation will continue.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of reported February 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. The February 2024 reading of 50.3 We view such an indicator as clear evidence that sourcing for lowest cost manufacturing is again apparent among multi-industry supply networks. and has increased 1.4

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

RRD Supply Chain Solutions offers a comprehensive suite of services that includes solution design, print, packaging & labeling, sourcing, configuring, postponement & fulfillment.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Our Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech column has had a brisk start in our 2024 postings, and we have added this supplemental posting. In our initial 2024 posting last week, we highlighted two acquisitions related to supply chain technology providers. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides a monthly highlights of reported January 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® began 2024 with output levels rising for the first time in eight months. The January 2024 reading of 50.0 increased 1.1 percentage points from the 48.9

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

This blog was co-written by Terence Leung and Jen McQuiston Our customers depend on Blue Yonder Transportation Management to achieve customer-centricity and operational resiliency across the globe. This fact drives us to innovate when it comes to our Supply Chain Execution solutions. Those savings and efficiencies have continued to grow.

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Unleashed

MARCH 25, 2024

This is the secret to sustainable growth and higher profits. Consolidation warehousing is a strategy that allows your business to reduce transportation costs and improve customer service by combining shipments from various sources into a single truckload. There are two types of consolidation warehouses: third-party and private.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 17, 2023

Pressure from various stakeholders to make supply chains more sustainable has grown steadily over the last three years and shows no signs of abating. by David Correll and Ken Cottrill The uncertain economic and political outlook might persuade some companies to dial back their efforts to improve the sustainability of their supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights for the recently released Allianz Safety and Shipping Review 2024 Report. Safety and Shipping Review 2024 Report Global commercial and specialty insurance provider Allianz Commercial has released its annual review of trends and developments in global shipping and safety. All rights reserved.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2024

In March 2024, the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation released the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy , which aims to decarbonize and advance zero-emission freight along the United States main shipping corridors. Through the U.S.

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crisp

APRIL 25, 2024

And what’s in store for 2024? Here’s a look at some of the takeaways from recent CPG earnings discussions, the headwinds and tailwinds brands are experiencing, and strategies for staying on course in 2024. Jeff Harmening, CEO General Mills Where does sustainability fit in? How did 2023 look from the CPG C-suite?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Associated Press reports, “Canal authorities attributed the drought to the El Niño weather phenomenon and climate change, and warned it was urgent for Panama to seek new water sources for both the canal’s operations and human consumption. ” How bad have things become?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2024

Why, in 2024 are we still talking about it and what can be done to move in the right direction? Countless companies grapple with the fundamental flaw of disjointed processes, which leaves planning blind to crucial factors such as transportation, warehouse, and labor constraints.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Unveiling the Largest Product Update: In December 2023, Blue Yonder will roll out its most extensive product update ever, marking a pivotal moment in the integration of planning, warehouse, transportation, and commerce solutions to foster seamless interoperability.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Many companies will reconfigure their supply chains to a much more regional approach, whereby production and sourcing are relocated closer to the final consumption markets, i.e. more local and less global. Sustainability Everyone is now ever-more conscious of climate change and the importance of the sustainability agenda.

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Stord

MAY 8, 2024

It's important to partner and select the right technology partners that can take on the role of many disparate systems - this will ensure a less complex architecture and a source of truth. Growth will always be an essential driver of success, in 2024 and beyond. How to do that smartly, quickly and cost-effectively?

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QAD

MAY 23, 2023

Product Sustainability Begins in the Field and Factory Sustainability has become a priority for businesses of all shapes and sizes and across every industry. With statistics like these, it’s clear that ethical sourcing isn’t just important from a legislative and trade compliance perspective, but is simply the right thing to do.

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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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American Global Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The VUCA Reality of Global Supply Chains The year 2024 has already thrown its fair share of curveballs at supply chains. Geopolitical instability necessitates diversified sourcing and alternative routes. And more frequent, severe weather events demand agile planning and flexible transportation options. Ambiguity fuels the fire.

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Freightera

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Freightera’s CEO, Eric Beckwitt Gives His Predictions on The Trends in Sustainability in 2024. Although interest rates are widely predicted to fall in 2024, and the freight recession may end, the multi-decade trend of moving manufacturing overseas, especially to China, may be largely over.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

But one source mentioned the unlucky nature of the number “13” is a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party in Valhalla. Failure to reach an accord by October 31 would mean that levies on $10 billion of exports between the EU and US would automatically come back into force at the start of 2024.

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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. Hydrogen is a key element in Hyundai’s blueprint for sustainability.

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ThroughPut

MAY 21, 2024

PALO ALTO, CA, May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ThroughPut Inc. , Our customers will now have a unified common operating picture for a single source of truth for all their perishable inventory, enabling them to reduce risk, increase safety, and unlock new growth opportunities. Mutual customers introduced ThroughPut.AI

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Synovos

JULY 24, 2023

The approach also supports six of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and lays the foundation for the Company’s long-term vision to 2050. The four key goals are in the areas of advancing sustainability, championing education and innovation, empowering people, and doing business in a responsible way.

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QAD

APRIL 6, 2021

E-commerce in the US is forecasted to reach 24% by 2024. The push for sustainability continues in all manufacturing sectors and the impact on the packaging industry could be huge. Sustainability will challenge the supply chain with new materials, sources and logistics. Sustainability is in. It hit 33% in July 2020.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Commenting on the outlook for 2024, Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence noted in part: “ Given current order book trends, the overall picture from the survey is one of supply exceeding demand for many goods, which points to downside risks to production, employment and prices as we head into 2024.”

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

Reportedly, capital raised in this latest round to accelerate product innovation, including insights and tracking related to ESG and sustainability risks across a company’s extended supply chain. The company’s technology aims to provide a holistic approach to transport management. while securing a $5.4

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Data source: eMarketer. or the ability to order groceries while waiting at the doctor’s office, MCommerce sales are expected to exceed 400 billion US dollars in 2024. Image source: Bring Me the News. The following image represents the supply and demand shocks that could lead to those losses: Image source: Kearney.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

In addition, Spinnaker SCA’s offerings will augment Publicis Sapient’s capabilities around advanced AI/ML analytics, supply chain digital twins, data solutions, warehouse management, transportation management and expanded digital sustain services. All rights reserved.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 28, 2024

Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) within different segments of the Food Industry, including transportation and logistics, production planning, quality control, and others has kicked off revolutionary transformations. billion in 2024. billion in 2024. It is growing at 38.30% CAGR and is expected to touch USD 48.99

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

With Advanced Supply Chain Analytics : Advanced analytics can foresee such supply shortages by analyzing patterns, trends, and external factors, allowing the company to source alternative suppliers or adjust production schedules in advance. This can lead to delays, increased costs, and inefficient use of resources.

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