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Global Wide Manufacturing Output Strengthens in March 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Global Manufacturing Output Levels Strengthen Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMIĀ® ended March on an optimistic footing. Of further significance was the March report indication that the rate of growth in global manufacturing output has accelerated to a 21-month high.

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People and Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Muslim (majority) countries in Asia (such as Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia) and several countries in the Middle East are moving to stage 3: the halal supply chain. In other words, halal requires an organisation of the supply chain instead of just the factory: from source all the way up to point of consumer purchase.

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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction ā€“ A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In extreme cases, firms simply state that a product comes from one country when, in actual fact, it was manufactured in a country that is impacted by the higher tariff being imposed. Ensuring that any approach is fully compliant in order to avoid having to relocate production or supply sources often takes up a lot of internal resources.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Continues Downward Trajectory at the Close of 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels. Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMIĀ® which began 2022 at an expansion value of 54.2, Morgan Manufacturing PMIĀ® which began 2022 at an expansion value of 54.2, Sources; S&P Global and ISM, 2022. has fallen 5.6 has fallen 5.6

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

I was on the phone with Australia, China, Indonesia ā€“ really everywhere – trying to negotiate directly with suppliers. Everything from contrast dye, to tubing, to medical devices with embedded semiconductor chips would suddenly become difficult to source. Many of their suppliers were using the same sub-tier manufacturers.

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September and Q3 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Enter Contraction Trending

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides our monthly highlights commentary and perspectives on published monthly global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Now, with September and full Q3 reporting available, global manufacturing activity has officially fallen below the 50.0 Global Wide Production Activity. represented a 0.5

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January 2023 PMI Reporting Points to Some Signs of Global Wide Easing

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides monthly highlight commentary and perspectives on published January 2023 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Our previous posting in this series of global wide manufacturing PMI highlights was in early January summarizing both December and Q4-2022 reported indices data. increased 0.4