Supply Chain Matters

MAY 25, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s reports that the German economy has officially slid into recession, and along with that, ongoing manufacturing recessionary conditions as-well. A dependence on natural gas supplies from Russia has been buffered by imported LNG supplies from the U.S. and other generative regions.

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Procurement Academy

MARCH 24, 2022

Over 250,000 US companies, and over 160,000 European companies, have direct or indirect suppliers in Russia and Ukraine. Energy : Russia was the second-largest global exporter of oil and has been supplying over 30% of Europe’s gas. Many of these materials are crucial for electronics manufacturing, including Lithium-Ion batteries.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides our commentary and perspectives on published monthly global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The August S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI™ again fell to a two-year low of 51.5, The August 2022 J.P.

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 27, 2023

What’s on the road ahead for consumer goods manufacturing? Here are some trends affecting the consumer goods manufacturing industry today: Consumer Goods Manufacturing Trends Challenges remain on the road ahead, but the ride is getting smoother. Supply chain woes. Geopolitical instability. No, it’s not over yet.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In order for logistics, procurement and distribution to align with the general advancements of the industry itself, these critical areas must give in to a more comprehensive transformation. Essentially, automotive isn’t now just a manufacturing entity. It all starts with a bolder approach to planning.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The August numbers once again signal a continued downturn in global manufacturing conditions as output and new order rates continue to fall. From our lens, the August data further reflects ongoing shifts in production sourcing within specific industry sectors. That stated, global output levels fell for the third consecutive month.

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QAD

AUGUST 16, 2022

Unpredictability is undoubtedly the major issue manufacturers face when dealing with fragmented supply chains. As the supply chain breaks, manufacturers must find new suppliers and new transport routes and find them rapidly, so that production doesn’t come to a halt. So, how can manufacturers respond to these challenges?

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

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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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

resigned from their jobs in durable goods manufacturing. The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. Reroute orders to other warehouses and manufacturing locations. In February alone, 22,000 people in the U.S. It’s a global problem.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides monthly highlight commentary and perspectives on published October 2022 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Now, October reporting data reinforces global-wide contraction levels in production and new orders, along with manufacturing recession conditions now acknowledged for Europe.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights recent manufacturing milestones achieved by electric auto and truck maker Tesla. Manufacturing output amounted to 305,407 vehicles. The post Added Manufacturing Milestones for Tesla first appeared on The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group / Supply Chain Management.

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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. . based manufacturing facilities had soared by over 116 percent. Prediction Background.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

One recent escalation has been to ban the sale of EU goods inside Russia which is rather a throw-back to Cold War days when the same rule applied to iconic western branded goods like Coke and Wrangler jeans. Now it is a different matter as Russia is a little bit more important, if you allow me to adopt some BBC understating diction.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Just as manufacturers and distributors were starting to climb out of the ‘COVID hole’, they’ve been knocked back in. Even companies without a direct supplier connection in Russia or Ukraine will experience debilitating disruption across industries from energy to agriculture.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 6, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights March and Q1-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating added headwinds and challenges in the months to come. Source: JP Morgan and S&P Global, March 2022. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. United States.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The world is rightfully concerned about Russia’s ruthless and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Russia is a commodities powerhouse and a key supplier of energy to Europe. Such an escalation, however, would place Russia, and the world, in a very dangerous place. ”[1]. ”[6]. . ”[6].

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2023

Resilinc’s customers use the service to plan purchasing strategies, identify cost arbitrage opportunities, leverage pricing negotiations, and gain competitive advantages. 1 Manufacturing Disruptions The biggest news in CommodityWatch AI ’s 2022 data is that Higher Consumption played a much smaller role in 2022 than it did in 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

Last year multiple companies needed to urgently relocate their employees and their families from Russia and Ukraine. We can use this same method to represent customer orders, suppliers, manufacturing sites, warehouses, transportation assets, and all other agents that you have in your company’s value chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Wei, the CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) addressing a tech symposium last week, indicated that an endemic shortage of relatively low-cost semiconductor devices, ranging in cost from 50 cents to $10 dollars, continues to dog global automotive manufacturers in their ongoing volume manufacturing needs.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

China Based Manufacturers Remain Impacted by Extended Population Lockdowns. The report, citing two informed sources, specifically indicates that between 30 percent and 50 percent of Foxconn’s and Jabil’s planned production output in August were affected by electrical power rationing. percent according to this same source.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

Downside risks that include monetary policy miscalculations, an uncertain outcome to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and further supply network disruptions as a result of more far-reaching spread of Covid variant infection rates across China. Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J. a 30-month low.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2022

By now our Supply Chain Matters readers have already viewed headlines of yet another COVID-19 variant induced lockdown of certain manufacturing and port facilities in China. Impacted are manufacturing clusters located in Shenzhen and Changchun city areas which have been placed on minimum one-week lockdowns as of this past weekend.

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Elementum

AUGUST 29, 2022

Communication Breakdowns The supply chain can spread across countless parties–from growers to pickers, stockists to manufacturers, and raw food producers to brand packaging plants–and that’s before a product gets anywhere near a shelf.

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Proxima

AUGUST 25, 2022

When Chinese manufacturing cities come to a hard stop on short notice, there are serious consequences for global supply chains, with delays spilling over at local ports, nearby alternative outlets, and into destination ports, causing volatility and confusion right across the market.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides another update on ongoing strategic sourcing and operational developments occurring among electric vehicle focused supply and production networks. Included in this update are Tesla , Rivian Automotive and Mercedes Vans , along with recycling technology start-up efforts.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights select June and Q2-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating increased headwinds and challenges in the months to come. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. Global Wide Production Activity. Select Regional Highlights.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Lessons Learned from a Career in Procurement As part of our weekly Supply Chain Leadership, I interviewed Howard Richman, who I am co-authoring a new book with (“Procurement Confidential”). At Mars, procurement (commercial as it was called) was one of the most highly regarded of the professions.

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Logility

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Prior to the pandemic, efficiency meant just-in-time manufacturing, but disruptions exposed the flaw in this approach. Between them, Ukraine and Russia account for approximately one-third of global wheat production. Technology leapt to the forefront as visibility into the entire supply chain became essential.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 8, 2022

Good for someone that wants to buy Halloween candy for 75% off the day after Halloween, but not so great for the candy manufacturer or retailer.”[5] She explains, “Dark chocolate can store up to two years from the manufactured date. ”[6]. .” ”[6]. How to Mitigate the Effects of the Shortage.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight the latest quantitative data related to global manufacturing PMI activity levels for April. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Declined. The Global Manufacturing Output sub-index reportedly dropped to a contraction value of 48.5 According to the J.P. value, up from 53.1

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Put simply, a supply chain consists of various components — raw materials, transportation, manufacturing, goods, etc. That means, geopolitical events, such as the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, climate emergencies, inflation, and so forth, can be taken into consideration. What is a Supply Chain and How Does AI Affect it?

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Resilinc

AUGUST 15, 2023

All these modern products are manufactured using the key commodities germanium and gallium. Unfortunately, China has just issued critical restrictions on these commodities, creating a cause for concern for many businesses and manufacturers in the high-tech and semiconductor space. Do you know what these products have in common?

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 3, 2022

Once again the data collectively provides evidence that disruptions remain occurring among industry supply chains, compounded by the manufacturing, logistics and transportation disruptions occurring in China. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Again Decline. This index tends to be weighted more toward large state-owned manufacturers.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 22, 2022

There are additionally the usual downside caveats that include further imposition of sanctions or consumer and business boycotts related to Russia. The OECD report reinforces that both Ukraine and Russia are large producers and exporters of key energy, minerals and basic food commodities.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has brought forward an increased threat of geo-political tensions, a global energy shock along with incremental shortages of agricultural products such as grain and key raw materials such as titanium. Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J.P. seen as a likely alternative.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Background Within our research arm’s previously published industry and global supply chains predictions advisory published at the start of this year, we predicted that manufacturers would up their efforts this year in restoring more direct control and added resiliency in their direct materials component and outsourced manufacturing strategies.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

Reportedly, since Russia’ s invasion of Ukraine , global CEO s are confronting a world of extraordinary volatility and uncertainty, forcing many to reassess their growth assumptions and put strategic plans on hold. The noted overall theme from this survey were indications that recession. cyberattacks. Inflation are top of mind concerns.

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