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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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2023

That same year, the H5N6 flu strain struck South Korea, which resulted in authorities exterminating about 17 percent of the national flock of chickens and 28 percent of ducks. To avoid a full-on outbreak, all farms within six miles of the affected farm in Tennessee were quarantined. This included about 30 farms.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

C3Nano is a material technology company developing and manufacturing transparent conductive films, the main component in all touch sensors used in phones, tablets, and more. The top trends impacting manufacturing in the next 3 to 5 years. Mike Rogers: Hi, everybody, and welcome to our very first episode of Manufacturing Success.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

C3Nano is a material technology company developing and manufacturing transparent conductive films, the main component in all touch sensors used in phones, tablets, and more. The top trends impacting manufacturing in the next 3 to 5 years. Mike Rogers: Hi, everybody, and welcome to our very first episode of Manufacturing Success.

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Resilinc

JULY 20, 2021

In the decades since, Linton and his teams at IBM, LG, Flex and other companies have driven billions in annual procurement to China and other Asian countries, helping to create the Asia-centric manufacturing supply chains of today. based manufacturers will still need a strong supply base from friendly countries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 10, 2023

The gauge brings together 27 variables that take the temperature of everything from cross-border transportation costs to country-level manufacturing data in the euro area, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the U.K. Akorn Operating Company filed for bankruptcy in 2020 but had continued to manufacture albuterol until last fall.

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QAD

APRIL 14, 2020

Manufacturing in Singapore. Typical manufactured products include electronics, chemicals, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, biomedical products, scientific instruments, telecommunications equipment, processed food and beverages, ship repair and offshore platform construction. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2023

Latest Iteration Last week the Government of South Korea announced plans to foster the globe’s largest concentration of semiconductor supply network capabilities over the coming two decades. Added Thoughts Both South Korea and Japan are being positioned by evolving U.S, based capabilities.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JULY 5, 2022

The index draws on over two dozen metrics reflecting global transportation costs and regional manufacturing surveys across 7 regions: the USA, China, the Euro area, Japan, the UK, South Korea, and Taiwan. GSCPI: A Single Index Measuring End to End Supply Chain Stress. For more details about the index, see their GSCPI page.

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Resilinc

MARCH 7, 2022

Ukrainian neon—refined by Cryoin in Odesa, Ukraine, from Russian crude neon gas—supplies much of semiconductor manufacturers’ neon, especially those manufacturers based in the U.S. for banning export of advanced semiconductors to Russia, and convincing Japan, South Korea, and chip-making leader Taiwan to follow suit.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Slight Rise in Global Wide Production Activity Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® was headlined with back-to-back expansion levels in February. The HSBC India Manufacturing PMI® rose from 56.5 Manufacturing Among the two reported PMI reports relative to U.S.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Major Trends: Volatile Production, Capacity Crisis & The Need for EV Automotive manufacturing is experiencing a huge global transformation compared to the past. Let’s take a look at today’s vehicle production and distribution market and how companies are overcoming these challenges.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights a breaking news development involving Tesla’s existing Nevada based Gigafactory that will be of interest to Automotive EV manufacturers and their supply networks. More to come. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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Logility

MARCH 29, 2022

Manufacturers and shipping companies assumed that because of layoffs, demand would drop. It’s been a whirlwind, as manufacturers have been left scratching their heads about what’s going to happen next. For example, COVID restrictions in Asia shut down auto production because 70% of chip manufacturing happens in Taiwan and South Korea.

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QAD

JULY 2, 2019

Manufacturing in China. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. College graduates now account for nearly half of the workforce, making it harder to fill the lower paying manual jobs that once formed the backbone of the Chinese manufacturing sector. Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. China imported $2.14

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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

The effective shutdown of industrial activity in Wuhan, China — ground zero for the virus – presented particularly difficult problems for manufacturing firms worldwide, many of which had come to depend on materials, components and finished goods made in China. A retailer will have empty shelves.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 12, 2014

by John Westerveld Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Over the next several weeks, I’ll outline these issues and discuss some ideas around how to avoid these practices.

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Elementum

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The move comes in response to a petition last year from solar panel manufacturers Suniva and SolarWorld. panel manufacturers were being harmed by imports and recommended a 35 percent tariff against foreign panel manufacturers. Manufacturing only comprises a small portion (about 14 percent ) of all jobs in the solar industry.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2022

Samsung already has a presence in the area in what is described as the largest fab facility outside of the company’s South Korea corporate headquarters. Increased tensions among China and the U.S., the implications of the ongoing Ukraine conflict for national defense considerations, have prompted the U.S. has to do so as well.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2023

South Korea recently announced plans to foster the globe’s largest concentration of semiconductor supply network capabilities over the coming two decades. Thus far, semiconductor and battery manufacturing regionalization are tracking way ahead on this prediction. based fabrication capabilities.

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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

AUGUST 10, 2023

July is typically a month in which Chinese suppliers and manufacturers have ramped up production levels to support global-wide back-to-school and other holiday related demand for products that peak in the November and December surge period. reflects broader weakness in the entire chain of global manufacturing.”

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

South Korea based LG Chem announced this week a planned $3.2 Supply Chain Matters highlights an additional strategic sourcing announcement involving the future production of electric powered autos and vehicles in North America. Announcement.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

market entry to that of Japanese automakers on the 1970’s and South Korea based makers in the 1990’s. Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares reportedly likened the potential U.S. Tesla CEO Elon Musk himself recently acknowledged at an investor gathering that China based auto producers are now the “ most competitive ” in the world.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights published reports indicating that leading semiconductor fab and device manufacturer TSMC is eyeing a second fab production presence in the U.S. based fabrication facility. In June, U.S. has to do so as well.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2023

The alternative supply chain or “ Altasian” is defined as countries consisting of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, the Philippines , Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh. One example indicated was that U.S. One example indicated was that U.S. The report further indicates that India with 1.4

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 21, 2024

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has specifically indicated that the plans for Columbus, Ohio complex include being: “ t he largest AI chip manufacturing site in the world.” There are further plans for added investment in an advanced lithography innovation hub at Intel’s existing Oregon facility. It’s not going to come back in three to five years.”

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

The July numbers signal a continued downturn in global manufacturing conditions with output and new order rates reportedly falling at faster rates. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Manufacturing production reportedly decreased for the second consecutive month.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Ford was faced with this sourcing decision after South Korea based LG Chem brought a trade secret dispute with rival SK Innovation before the International Trade Commission last year. domestic manufacturing presence because of the need to both access the significant potential of the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The trade partnership includes the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as well as Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand – accounting for the vast majority of Asia Pacific regional economic output.

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Resilinc

MARCH 29, 2022

Some corporations, including Tesla, have planned to shut down production in Shanghai, while other large manufacturers—including Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.—anticipated anticipated no interruptions. Average recovery time for these suppliers is 3 weeks.

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 15, 2018

This year will also see athletes from around the globe gather in Pyeongchang, South Korea to go for gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics. LogiMed is a focused conference for supply chain VPs and directors from medical device and diagnostics manufacturers. I know this to be fact because I am a January people.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 2, 2018

Firms expressed discomfort as euro-area manufacturing growth accelerated to a record in December, capping a solid year for industry. Global growth also got a boost from a solid reading in China’s manufacturing sector. Car manufacturers are among those who have ramped up supply or felt the pressure of demand.

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Resilinc

JUNE 22, 2021

The report authors advocate rebuilding “our small and medium-sized business manufacturing base.” And to staff this rebuilt American manufacturing sector, they advocate reversing what they call “decades of focusing on labor as a cost to be controlled [rather than] an asset to be invested in.”. supply chains and manufacturing.”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

They would go to a Tier 1 manufacturer and ask them to identify the Tier 2 suppliers for the parts that went into a specific component. You could ask, what if there was an earthquake in South Korea? The other risk management software supplier’s methodology was based on surveys.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In the Asian market, the Jeju Island in South Korea recently announced that tourists will be able to hop on a UAM or air taxi to shuttle to major tourist spots using coastal routes between three heavily frequented locations in Jeju by 2025. Here are a few highlights from Ann’s presentation: Compliance is a challenge.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 9, 2022

based high tech, and other related industry supply and manufacturing networks. based semiconductor research, development, manufacturing, and workforce development. That includes $39 billion in manufacturing incentives, $13.2 based chip manufacturing facilities in addition to two major facilities in the state of Texas.

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