Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 10, 2024

Background Throughout 2022 and 2023, we have highlighted for readers the various indications of Apple’s unfolding China Plus sourcing moves. That culminated in our research arm’s published December 2023 Supply Chain Matters update, Apple’s Unfolding China Plus Sourcing Strategy for iPhone Production.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Everything from contrast dye, to tubing, to medical devices with embedded semiconductor chips would suddenly become difficult to source. Buying organizations use this technology to monitor and analyze supplier risk events in real-time. A customer of the risk solutions begins by listing key suppliers.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022. All rights reserved.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2016

In the meantime, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: EU Approves FedEx Acquisition of TNT Express ( WSJ – sub. INTTRA Collaborates with JDA Software for Streamlined Transportation Management. LoJack SCI and TransVoyant Partner to Deliver Supply Chain Risk Alerting.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Many-to-many can also refer to many participants in a network accessing many, many sources of event data critical to supply chain operations through a public cloud network. But even in more normal times, a supply plan usually can’t be fully executed. COVID of course taught companies the need for agility.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Founded in 2015, the Sayari platform integrates global corporate and supply chain data to surface risk insights for investigations, analytics, and supply chain risk management. Data that is captured can be utilized in supply chain risk management compliance and other business process decision-making.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Supply Chain Risk Management Provider Avetta Acquired Stockholm based private equity firm EQT has reportedly agreed to acquire supply chain risk management software technology and managed services provider Avetta from existing private equity owners Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe ( WCAS ).

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

But in terms of transportation, the impacts won’t just be on fuel prices. FourKites , a provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions, has a big data set around transportation. While rising gas prices drive up the price of transportation, rising natural gas prices also affect global supply chains.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 24, 2023

To improve supply chain efficiency and avoid disruptions to supply chain operations , proper supply chain management involves continuous monitoring and improvement to reduce risk significantly. Let’s dive into how today’s ecommerce businesses approach supply chain risk management.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2024

Onshoring and nearshoring will become increasingly popular to shrink supply chains globally. Businesses need the flexibility to sense real-time changes to pivot sourcing, production, and logistics accordingly. Next, let’s address supply chain risk management in the 2024 supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 22, 2021

Cassidy ( @WillB_Cassidy ), Senior Editor at The Journal of Commerce , writes, “US shippers and transportation providers need to start preparing now for a potentially destructive 2021 hurricane season along the East and Gulf coasts, according to digital freight marketplace Convoy. ”[4].

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This has been especially the case over the last two plus years with the onset of the global-wide Covid-19 pandemic and with consequent and unprecedented supply and transportation network disruptions. The supply chain supporting the delivery of equipment is the de-facto facilitator of this business model.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

August is usually a quiet month for supply chain and logistics news, but not this year, especially the past couple of weeks. Freight Companies Scramble to Reroute Goods in Wake of Harvey (WSJ – sub. LevaData to Transform Strategic Sourcing for Global Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 5, 2019

Supply chains are fragile systems. We see this all the time with weather storms and the havoc they create on transportation and distribution operations. Toss a little sand into their gears and they grind to a halt. border agents to immigration duties slowed the flow of commercial traffic at several border crossings.”.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2022

In our Part Two look back commentary , we observed efforts and activities by businesses directed at restoring more direct control of supply network materials sourcing. Mid-Year Global Transportation Assessment. That is because so many products and/or services are predicated on global supply network movements.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2023

Two previous related news items related to supply chain management focused technology included a report that Alibaba Cloud infrastructure unit will cut its workforce , and that the ongoing U.S. freight and logistics industry recession continues with hopeful signs of recovery in the second half of this year.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2019

Managing trade documentation. Managing supply chain risk. Managing demand and supply planning. Managing inventory. Managing freight transportation. Managing product returns. Tracking payment information, such as purchase orders. Sharing information with customers.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

This trend is also better known as the evolution of halal or when applied to an organisation: the corporate halal maturity.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

2023 Prediction Three: More Direct Control in Strategic or Tactical Multi-tiered Direct Materials Sourcing will Continue to be a Prominent Element of Business Strategy for Chief Supply Chain or Chief Procurement Officer Efforts. . A published Future of Freight study sponsored by Deloitte in September 2022 indicated that U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the occurrence of multi-day disruptions occurring among key U.S. The most significant news in global transportation and logistics circles late last week and this week are U.S. West Coast ports as a result of new job actions among frustrated dockworkers, as labor contract negotiations become tense.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

We indicated in our commentary that August usually represents the global supply chain ramp-up for supporting Q3 and Q 4 holiday spending on consumer goods, gifts and seasonal merchandise. The second half of the year has traditionally been the busiest period in material, transportation and logistics flows.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Global Supply Chain Pressures Index (GSPI) continued a moderate trending decline and reflected a fifth consecutive easing of monthly pressures. Interestingly, Transportation Utilization is the outlier here, as both utilization metrics in the index were up significantly in September. ”.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 33rd Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. Ocean Transport. This report provides a snapshot of the U.S.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

There are two things Boeing and Airbus have in common, utilization of lean manufacturing system and strategic sourcing concept. However, the overall implementation of strategic sourcing is a bit different between the two companies. In order to compensate a long waiting time, Adidas uses air freight or courier service.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2023

In Part Two of this blog series , we provided highlights our third prediction, that supply chain management teams will continue to exercise more direct control of direct materials sourcing, and these efforts will be a prominent element of business strategy for CSCO ’s and CPO ’s this year. Prediction Background.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2023

The WSJ , citing sources familiar with the negotiations, indicated that dockworkers have initially sought to double their wages over the six year period of a new contract. Beyond shipping and rail, employees among airlines, air freight carriers and logistics firms are also seeking recognition for the contributions made.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

That said, there are several high-level trends and factors that will impact supply chain and logistics strategies and operations in 2016: Oil Prices : Just a few years ago, there was plenty of talk about oil prices potentially reaching $300 per barrel and the impact it would have on supply chain and logistics networks and processes (e.g.,

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

In light of these risks, developing a flexible supply chain is the best strategy for success, but what does that mean exactly and how can companies get there? That was the central question Matt Castle, Director of Air Freight Services at C.H. Robinson , and I addressed in a recent episode of Talking Logistics.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Source: Evan, Flikr. “I I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. SophiaTX Open Source Platform to Integrate SAP, Blockchain. Maersk and IBM Unveil First Industry-Wide Cross-Border Supply Chain Solution on Blockchain.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This start-up was founded by Matt McKinney and Shaosu Liu, both of whom had backgrounds at Uber Freight and decided to tackle the massive problem of building a new structure for the legacy freight payment system that supports the global supply chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

Federal Maritime Commission Chairma n Daniel Maffei indicated at a Journal of Commerce conference held this week that: “ Many shippers really want us to do something about the rapid inflation of rates and decline in reliability in the ocean freight system.” ” Modified U.S. Trade Policy.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

Regarding claims that the supply chain would have recovered by now: “ I’ve never seen it so chaotic, honestly, from an execution point of view, whether its construction, sourcing, manufacturing, shifting supply chains or freight. Everything is a little out of sync right now. ”.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions. Managed Services: The “Stretch Armstrong” of Logistics. Process Industry Moving Up the Supply Chain Maturity Curve.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 11, 2013

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