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My Vision for Supply Chain 2020? Deep Integration!

Arkieva

The question was how I imagine the Supply Chain in 2020. The financial crisis of 2008-2009 has given a major push to do more with less. Excess capacities in one region are dumped in another region and are disrupting market shares. This will ensure we keep moving to the next level as we’re marching to 2020.

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Toyota’s CEO Leadership Change and An Accelerated EV Supply Network Strategy

Supply Chain Matters

Background Since 2020, Toyota has maintained its recognition as the world’s top selling auto maker. The company has now tapped Koji Sato who has led the Toyota’s Lexus luxury car division since 2020. The question remains as to whether there is enough cost affordable capacity to meet these industry timetables.

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Weathering the Next Recession

synchrono

In February of 2009, The Economist even published a piece called The Collapse of Manufacturing. The auto industry, like many other manufacturing sectors, was awash in excess capacity. The MAPI Foundation predicts a pretty substantial growth in manufacturing output at least through 2020. Demand-Driven Manufacturing can help.

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August 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices- Declining Momentum Accelerating

Supply Chain Matters

The August report cited new order intakes declining for the second consecutive month with indications that excess capacity may be building among the global manufacturing sector. South Korea has now become a concern as well as that regions manufacturing activity is now at a contraction level not seen since 2020. . . United States.

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Lights out: China’s energy woes hamper supply chains

Resilinc

But mining companies are facing serious headwinds: a series of mining accidents and Premier Xi Jinping’s 2020 pledge to cut coal usage as part of the country’s response to climate change. Some rate increases have been allowed in the last weeks, but it’s unclear how much generation capacity can be increased given the coal shortages.

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How the Semiconductor Shortage Could Have Been Averted

QAD

The origin of this most recent semiconductor shortage began in early 2020 as automotive assembly plants and the supply chain shut down due to COVID-19. The chip manufacturers began shifting their manufacturing capacity to these other industry sectors who were now begging for supply. In addition to 6.2.1.7,

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November 2022 PMI Indices Point to Further Global Wide Production Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

Global business optimism was reported as being at one of its lowest level since the Covid-19 pandemic began in early 2020. Morgan indicated, in part: “ The November PMI’s point to an intensification of the global manufacturing downturn, as the output index fell to a new low since June 2020. manufacturing performance since June 2020.