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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

In March 2023, the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index fell to the lowest level since November 2008. As consumer spending fell, the days of escalating ocean freight and extreme shipping variability eased this year. Build in-market sourcing. Rationalize global strategies to focus on building markets based on in-market sourcing.

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High freight costs for importers means higher price tags for consumers

Freightos

A Freightos survey of 300+ companies sheds light on how importers have been navigating supply chain disruptions. You might not think about shipping containers and ocean freight when you click “buy” on your Amazon order, but there’s a direct connection between the two. What’s changed in a year? A brief background on the “disruptions.”.

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Will inflation rage the longest in the UK?

Taulia

We surveyed 550 senior stakeholders at companies with revenues of more than $750 million USD across the USA, UK, Germany, and Singapore. However, since we conducted our survey in November, the situation has developed, and there are green shoots that could serve as the basis for some optimism.

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How Consumer Behavior is Changing

Enterra Insights

He drew that conclusion from recent surveys and an interview with Shalabh Shalabh, Chief Growth Officer at LatentView Analytics. AI can evaluate multiple data sources, such as internal company data and publicly available information like anonymized mobile or text data. Changing consumer behavior. ” Those trends are: 1.

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The Industrial Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis

Logistics Bureau

When leading economists start talking about a drop in manufacturing comparable to the start of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, you can be sure that the world’s leading industries are in for a torrid few months. The US and many Western producers source most of their APIs from China. Pharmaceuticals.

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

Source: Dictionary.com. ” Currently working on a series of surveys to help clients answer these two questions, I struggle with the current state. The supply chain is vertically integrated and global shipping almost 2 million units daily. During the year, I go to a lot of conferences. How do they buy from you?”

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Managing Supplier Risk: A Lesson from Parnell and Peanuts

EcoVadis

The sentence comes as a result of the late 2008-2009 salmonella outbreak linked back to PCA plants in Texas and Georgia. The 2008-2009 outbreak was no minor outbreak (and even if it had been, should that matter?). But could have increased supplier oversight prevented the disastrous 2008-2009 outbreak? Trust but verify.”.