Requis

MAY 22, 2020

He is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and US federal agencies, and a speaker with focus on the fields of strategic sourcing, supply market intelligence, and supplier development. In the 1990s, purchasing managers were focusing on how to beat up their suppliers in order to buy cheaper. Analytics is key.

Data 52

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Costco has reintroduced purchase limits. American Eagle, Walmart invest in direct shipping to avoid congestion. Over 80% of oil output in Gulf of Mexico still offline a week after Ida. US ports see shipping logjams extending through mid-2022. Walmart, meanwhile, has begun chartering its own ships.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Global trade has eased as warehouse inventories of retailers and manufacturers remain elevated,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said. Amazon has started increasing the free shipping minimum to $35 for non-Prime members in some markets, according to notices on its website, as the company looks for more ways to cut costs.

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Elementum

MAY 27, 2015

manufactured goods over the next decade. But Walmart is not alone in its move towards “reshoring” jobs, moving factories back stateside after a decade-long exodus to cheaper manufacturing facilities in places like Southeast Asia. Manufacturing technology is improving in the U.S., Making Waves. may be beneficial.

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RFgen

MARCH 28, 2016

Health is a primary concern for consumers who purchase meal supplements and other nutritional products. Many of these items advertise their all-natural ingredients and simple manufacturing processes to attract the eye of people wanting to live a healthy lifestyle. Consumers want to trust the labeling on supplements. Supplement Recalls.

Industrial 52

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RFgen

MARCH 28, 2016

Health is a primary concern for consumers who purchase meal supplements and other nutritional products. Many of these items advertise their all-natural ingredients and simple manufacturing processes to attract the eye of people wanting to live a healthy lifestyle. Consumers want to trust the labeling on supplements. Supplement Recalls.

Industrial 52

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Freightera

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Deglobalization will accelerate, and reshoring and localization of manufacturing will continue 2023 has seen a severe freight recession, especially in North America, with significant overcapacity and declining rates for ocean shipping as well. Circular economies will increasingly be sustainable, and local economies as well.

Sustainability 40

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ToolsGroup

MAY 18, 2022

Data also shows that half of US states are experiencing out-of-stock rates between 40% and 50%: Image source: Flipboard. This made it incredibly difficult for manufacturers to accurately gauge the market size for production. Image source: Sturgis Journal. The CDC typically receives reports of 2-4 infant infections per year.

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QAD

APRIL 4, 2023

QAD has bolstered our cloud offerings with new adaptive manufacturing and supply chain capabilities that enhance user productivity and support informed and intelligent decision-making. QAD Process Intelligence also covers operational scenarios that ultimately improve finances, such as shipping and maintenance.

Manufacturing Procurement 95

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. He can lead your company through the complex procuretech industry because of his specialization on procurement technology.

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QAD

JUNE 13, 2023

It’s no secret that putting all of your eggs in one basket probably isn’t the best idea, but that’s exactly what manufacturers around the world have been doing for years in offshoring production to China. That includes front-end forecasting and planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics and import/export.

Supply Chain Planning Software 89

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Locus Robotics

JULY 5, 2019

With e-Commerce sales approaching and soon surpassing 10% of total retail sales and growing, how and where purchases get made are forever changed. Online purchases will only become more a part of everyday life. e-Commerce operators cannot find enough workers to ship what they sell.

Warehousing 40

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Few, if any, analysts are predicting fair winds and following seas for supply chains this year. Recently, Thibaud Molin , a partner at the KYU, told reporters at a press conference, “The world has entered a zone of uncertainty.”[1] “China reported only 5.2% It is expected to further decelerate to around 4.5%

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Talking Logistics

MAY 29, 2015

Descartes Reports Fiscal 2016 First Quarter Financial Results. Robinson Celebrates 25 Years of Business in Mexico. Last November, JDA Software and IBM announced a “new integrated offering [that] will provide retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers with intelligent sourcing, fulfillment and order management capabilities.”

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RFgen

AUGUST 7, 2022

company’s peanut plant in New Mexico. The total cost of this recall is believed to have exceeded $1 billion after lawsuits. In surveys by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), 58% of respondents’ companies had been affected by a product recall in the last five years. Calculating the Cost of a Food Recall.

Food 52

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Vinculum

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Cross-border eCommerce is to grow 1 trillion dollars by the end of 2020 from previous years as per the report from the global consulting firm Accenture and AliResearch. The B2C affair is gradually overlapping the B2B segment as customers are willing to purchase products directly from foreign manufacturers and retailers.

Price Reduction 52

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively.

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EMERGE App

MARCH 4, 2020

Since you’re in complete control of your prices, it stands to reason that you can control the minimum volume they purchase. You can get your average order size by manually going through your past sales orders or have your accounting or inventory management software generate the report for you. This works out to be $200 per box.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

“I need you to go down to Mexico right away. Our manufacturing lines are going to stop. And they were dealing with Invoices and issues from every site around the world, not just the one in Mexico. We got on the phone with the Supply Chain team in Mexico to try to get our arms around the problem and develop an action plan.

Pricing Training 42

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 20, 2022

After the passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, the FMC is looking to test the limits of its new regulatory capabilities. The FMC, newly empowered after the June passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, is preparing to begin investigations into complaints against ocean carriers per the new law.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

According to a published report by The New York Times , ( Paid subscription or metered view ) GlobalFoundries will dedicate a portion of its production capacity specifically to produce semiconductor devices for General Motors needs. According to the report, GlobalFoundries now aims to submit a proposal to the U.S. East and Gulf Ports.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Craig also conducts client compliance and business process improvement analyses to reduce costs, increase efficiencies, and promote risk mitigation. The ITAR controls the manufacture, export, and brokering of defense articles and defense services. You can’t just take the shipping clerk and make him an empowered official and go on.

Supply Chain Network Software 52

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Craig also conducts client compliance and business process improvement analyses to reduce costs, increase efficiencies, and promote risk mitigation. The ITAR controls the manufacture, export, and brokering of defense articles and defense services. You can’t just take the shipping clerk and make him an empowered official and go on.

Supply Chain Network Software 52

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 9, 2024

Prediction Background In our prior 2023 predictions published a year ago, we included two separate predictions related to how supply management and their strategic sourcing teams would encounter an added focus on business strategy alignment. Added Evidence Data According to U.S. government trade data, the value of U.S.

Predictive Analytics Software 52

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Vinculum

MAY 5, 2022

It provides in-depth information on the cost structure, gross margin, manufacturing set-up, network connection, selling price, actual value, service delivery, size, and share, and the entire development process in the broader term. The report talks about the regional or mapping analysis. Pharmaceuticals. Consumer Electronics.

Forecasting Software 52

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6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

“It sort of depends upon what we are purchasing from the supplier as to the approach we should take…” Commodity Strategic The first level, for components or typical commodity type products, we will at least want to perform a supplier evaluation of some sort. with a backup plan as part of contingency planning.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 27, 2020

As business continue to open, ship, or start receiving goods, demand is reintroduced to corridors that have been quiet for months. BLS’s July report cited 8,100 jobs came back to the trucking industry in June, yet there was still a net loss of 84,600 for-hire trucking jobs year over year. Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI).

Forecasting 9

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3PL Insights

OCTOBER 20, 2020

In this phase, the tariffs on imports from China were reduced or suspended in return of China agreeing to purchase $200 billion of U.S. Due to reduced shipping between countries, it is unclear if China will uphold this deal. The purpose of these is to spark trade negotiations with automotive manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 15, 2024

is making investments to enhance domestic sourcing and production within noted strategic and economic industry sectors. Over the next three to five years, China is expected to account for almost half of all new capacity coming online to manufacture certain legacy semiconductor wafers.” percent to 25 percent in 2024.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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Resilinc

APRIL 27, 2021

While the pandemic has given procurement managers fresh ammunition to advocate for greater resiliency within their corporate supply chains, geopolitical experts and a bipartisan coalition of legislators argue that the U.S. There are high risks in depending so heavily on East Asian manufacturers, even if they are close U.S.

Pharmaceutical 75

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