Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights a published report indicating that PC maker Hewlett Packard is modifying supply sourcing akin to China Plus and nearshoring sourcing actions. That would include alternatives to China under the umbrella of either China Plus or de-risking sourcing changes.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Consumers, activists, and investors increasingly want to know the products they buy are sourced sustainably and ethically. They are demanding more supply chain transparency. What is supply chain transparency? ” You might be thinking, “That sounds like supply chain visibility. .”

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

Supply chain cyberattacks jumped 51% in 2021. The Covid pandemic continues to slow down global economies and supply chains. The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles.

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 4, 2016

by Alexa Cheater On the heels of the United Nations Paris Climate Change Conference , now seemed like an appropriate time to revisit an often talked about supply chain topic. The impact of climate change on your supply chain operations. The same can be true for evaluating different transportation options.

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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. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® ended March on an optimistic footing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 25, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Storm article and permission to publish here provided by Bryce Boothby. The supply chain has experienced some instantaneous changes – for both B2C and B2B. But you must act and there are Supply Chain do’s and don’ts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

KION acquired Dematic and Egemin Automation in 2016, forming KION Supply Chain Solutions that operates under the Dematic brand. KION is a publicly-traded company and reports on the Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) segment. Robotics and automation are key innovations for the future of supply chain.”.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

5 Megatrends Shaping Supply Chain Innovations. In these times of global turmoil, there are five (5) important megatrends shaping supply chain innovations in the coming years, namely in e-fulfillment, sourcing, food and agriculture, labour intensive operations, and halal supply chain management.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 20, 2018

Natural gas is a suitable source of energy to fuel the need for heat and the power, making it an influential player on the market. The current top seven exporters of LNG in the world are Qatar, Australia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Indonesia, Algeria and Russia. SHIFT IN THE ENERGY SUPPLY. NATURAL GAS. FUEL FOR FUTURE.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides a further installment in our global supply chain assessment in the highlights on reported December 2023, Q3-2023, and full year global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Declines in the manufacturing sector were noted for Myanmar , Thailand , and Malaysia.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and perspectives on reported July 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Further indicated were signs of weakness occurring in China , Japan , Malaysia, South Korea , Taiwan and Vietnam. Source: S&P Global and Other Sources.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Captain Vivek Sood (Managing Director, Global Supply Chain Group): 10 years ago, I would’ve said, “Wait till your plans are so rigid, that people start to work around the plans.” Rakuten wanted to be like Amazon but realized there was better money to be made through outsourcing of supply chain. There’s no need to wait.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 13, 2015

Global supply chain footprints will continue to expand. No question the global supply chain is still going strong. So while globalization hasn’t gone away, people are re-thinking global supply chain outsourcing, particularly as wages and risks are both rising in global emerging countries. The solution?

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o9 Solutions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

In our previous blog , we outlined the reality that APO users are missing out on significant strategic and competitive advantages because of their continuing reliance on outdated, on-premise technologies to do supply chain planning. An even greater benefit of a cloud solution is the holy grail of supply chain planning.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic The Asian Institute of Management conducted a study across orgainsations in Asia to identify crucial skills and competencies required by supply chain managers and leaders in Asia. Supply Chain Competency: Focuses on core competencies to optimize operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 30, 2022

Lizet Tymon, the senior supply chain management director at Jabil. Lizet Tymon, the senior supply chain management director at Jabil, has an interesting story to tell about how she advanced from being one of hundreds of managers at Jabil to being a senior director at this Fortune 500 company. Jabil is a big company.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2016

Tim is a global supply chain executive originally from Australia, who has been studying the evolution of the Trans Pacific Partnership closely, and is writing a book on the subject. So if the TPP is approved, then this creates a different, but equally as critical challenge for supply chain leaders.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 17, 2018

initiative set to encourage commercial investment and an upgrade to the transport infrastructure imminent, there may be no time like the present for enterprises in the ASEAN region to expand ecommerce operations into this fast-developing nation. SOURCE: Statista. With the Thai government’s Thailand 4.0 billion (US).

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights for readers added indications that China Plus materials supply or production strategies are garnering increased attention from businesses large and small. billion in population will be the linchpin of an alternative sourced Asian supply network. One example indicated was that U.S.

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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. Supply chain stresses seem to have faded somewhat, at least on aggregate.” Contrasting Reporting for U.S. Manufacturing Among the two reported PMI reports relative to U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 9, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights for readers a published report noting how various manufacturers are seeking and establishing added resiliency and control of component and production networks. That would include alternatives to China under the umbrella of China Plus sourcing. We pointed out that in 2022, more U.S.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 11, 2015

You could either build a new plant in the Philippines or alternate short runs in your existing plants in Malaysia. Short production runs challenge operational efficiency with more frequent changeovers, added time lags, and higher transport costs. In Malaysia, you could parcel the large shipments between multiple plants or lines.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. For discount retailers like Burlington, the supply chain is often a competitive advantage — and thus a secret recipe for success.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

If you were to tell me that your company had never looked at its supply chain costs and sought to deliver reductions, I would be mightily surprised. On the other hand, if you told me your company hasn’t been able to sustain any progress in supply chain cost reduction, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2014

It’s no revelation that supply chains are increasing in complexity, but in emerging markets the degree of complexity can still surprise. Take, for example the fresh produce supply chain. The activities of these trading partners add significant complexity to the supply chain.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 21, 2022

We need to keep recognizing the necessity of reducing our reliance on gasoline-powered transportation as we mark Earth Day in April. By suspending global transport and enforcing resident lockdowns due to the pandemic, the environment was able to briefly reset. Innovation in the e-transportation industry.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 27, 2022

However, that initial online connection immediately increases the chances that the customer will make a purchase, which again extends the demands for transportation and shipping. Shippers need to understand these fees, also available in full detail here , and how they emphasize the value of a single source of truth for shipping data.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 27, 2022

However, that initial online connection immediately increases the chances that the customer will make a purchase, which again extends the demands for transportation and shipping. Shippers need to understand these fees, also available in full detail here , and how they emphasize the value of a single source of truth for shipping data. .

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 13, 2016

If you were to tell me that your company had never looked at its supply chain costs and sought to deliver reductions, I’d be mightily surprised. On the other hand, if you told me your company hasn’t been able to sustain any progress in supply chain cost reduction, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Angenette has more than 24 years of experience in quality assurance, quality control, Lean Six Sigma, and supply chain. So, as we all know, internal teams and their supply chains are more dispersed than ever. And then the final thing I’ll talk about is remote management of global supply chains. Yeah, sure.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Journalist Andrew Freedman explains, “Geopolitical risks in the Red Sea and extreme weather in Central America are converging, jostling global supply chains fed by the Suez and Panama Canals.”[3] Even so, global supply chains have been impacted. What alternative sources of supply are available for the essential resources?

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Global Maritime Routes and Chokepoints Maritime routes are a few kilometers wide corridors that connect economic regions and cross land transportation gaps. Major routes also involve the transport of raw commodities, including petroleum, grains, minerals, and food items. They form a continuum. Gibraltar and Suez during World War II).

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NC State SCRC

JULY 28, 2019

Low-cost country (LCC) sourcing is now a commonplace strategy for shrinking bottom line labor and material costs in most consumer products industries, including apparel, footwear, toys, and other manufactured products. This includes, but is not limited to, the proper disposal of hazardous waste.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 26, 2021

We’ll begin with a look at which of the larger, most well-known companies have already shifted some of their supply chain activity away from China, are in the process currently, or have announced plans to do so. For those SMEs that wait, though, sourcing costs might become an even more significant factor in the pullback from China.

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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. Further reported was that supplier delivery performance levels deteriorated for the first time attributed to trucking and transportation delays. level reported for December.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 11, 2016

Supply Chain Movement and software vendor Eyefreight have developed this checklist to provide to pinpoint the key drivers of Freight Spend Management. To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. Lao People's Democratic Republic.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Such huge pressure on sales is also dragging the supply chain department(s) towards an ever-higher service level. Mindmap Supply Chain Execution 24/7. To ensure successful supply chain execution, the company must take these external developments into account: Plan. Choose country. Afghanistan. Åland Islands.

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