NC State SCRC

JUNE 11, 2023

Between October 2020 and February 2021, members of the NASPO network were invited to participate in a research project to understand the array of state procurement strategies deployed during COVID-19. Prior to the arrival of COVID-19 in the United States in February 2020, the SNS’s medical assets amounted to approximately $8 billion.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Background Since 2020, Toyota has maintained its recognition as the world’s top selling auto maker. This is a company that has forged to way in the development and sales of gasoline and electric hybrid powered vehicles, including the Prius model line-up, and subsequently broader model line-ups as well. million vehicles globally.

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QAD

APRIL 21, 2020

This pandemic has sent the entire automotive industry into a state of uncertainty , prompting automotive companies worldwide to take drastic actions to bolster balance sheets and maintain financial and strategic flexibility. million units in 2020, down 13.8% Automotive Companies are Taking Action. million units.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 9, 2020

”[1] How far in advance should companies and governments have seen the pandemic coming. ” Companies would have done well had they heeded the advice. During a pandemic the ability to shift to alternative sources could prove crucial. Supply chain vulnerability shouldn’t have been hard to spot.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 13, 2020

The housing bubble pop and the subsequent recession in 2008/2009 caused a demand-side slowdown that was novel for most folks, but retail spending only slowed by about 10% and unemployment topped out around 8.5%. This will become a focus area in the back half of 2020 and into 2021. Increases in Safety Stocks for the foreseeable future.

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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2023

From 2009 to 2020, packaging waste in the EU increased by 20% , reaching 79 million tons in 2020. Source: Europen Confronting the Challenge: A Strategic Approach Toward Sustainable Packaging Navigating the implications of the revised PPWR will require a strategic and systematic approach. Implement Changes.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

From our lens, Taiwan remains the continued shocker, experiencing a third consecutive monthly decline and noted as equivalent to levels seen in May 2020 during the initial Covid-19 outbreak. South Korea has now become a concern as well as that regions manufacturing activity is now at a contraction level not seen since 2020. . .

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

However, we discern some added signs excess inventories and of production sourcing shifts. The separate S&P Global PMI® Commodity Price and Supply Indicators index noted that the Global Supply Shortages Index dipped to a 30-month low while The Global Price Pressures Index dropped further in March and at the slowest pace since June 2020.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

The latter has been reinforced by the April GSPI Index from the New York Federal Reserve , and now, the reported May GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index which indicated that “ for the first time since June 2020, global chain capacity is now underutilized, indicating a shift to a buyers’ market.

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Supply Chain Trend

MAY 17, 2022

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. On top of this, there is significant potential in planning automation, as only 7% of companies have started to adopt autonomous end-to-end planning.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

New Study Shows a Rise in US Company Inventories. SupplyChainDigest benchmark study of about 100 companies reveals an increase in US company inventories since the recession. “In But most companies cut away at that inventory ruthlessly, so that inventory was back on the longer term trend line by early 2010.”.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the number of jobs in logistics will grow by 26% between 2010 and 2020, according to Crandall. The Deloitte study inquired about the level of satisfaction companies currently have with their employees’ leadership skills. Companies admire that trait. Pero is finding.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 5, 2015

In the past few months, several companies have announced their plans to begin production of electric and autonomous vehicles. Source: SupplyChain247. Source: TheVerge. Recently, Google launched its self-driving prototype which it has been developing since 2009. Source: PC-Tablet. Source: Auto News.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Once more, the Covid recovery increases that began in March/April of 2020 are now no longer.(Figure New order inflows reportedly contracted at the fastest pace since May 2020. representing the lowest value of this index since May 2020, and a 0.7 Figure below). The October reported value of 49.4 percentage points from the 49.8

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Three years later, he stayed with his $300-a-barrel prediction, but shifted the timeframe to 2020 (see the CBS News article, Another $300 Oil Prediction — and Why This One Matters ). Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). as of this morning — a lower price than 5 years ago!

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2022

When the pandemic started in 2020, no one could foresee the impacts of the global supply chain disturbances would last this long. As most of the common pain points and challenges from 2020 continued to be still relevant in 2021, many retailers accelerated their search for next-generation planning capabilities.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 29, 2021

By bringing together several technologies that have matured separately over the last decade, it is becoming a system of intelligence, seamlessly integrating the following capabilities: • Integration and harmonization of data from internal and external sources, with transactional data self-cleansed and planning parameters self-maintained.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2023

In Part Two of this blog series , we provided highlights our third prediction, that supply chain management teams will continue to exercise more direct control of direct materials sourcing, and these efforts will be a prominent element of business strategy for CSCO ’s and CPO ’s this year. Parcel Segment. Prediction Implications.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 12, 2015

Sustainability has been on the company’s agenda for nearly two decades and its Sustainable Living Plan strongly drives business today. A commitment to halving its environmental impact by reducing greenhouse gases, water use, waste packaging and increasing sustainable sourcing has a huge impact on the supply chain.

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

million more men than women will come of age by 2020, which is roughly the population of Canada. million more men than women will come of age by 2020, which is roughly the population of Canada. The holiday eventually morphed into one of the biggest sources of revenue for Chinese companies. Huawei , smartphone maker.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

View the full post or view the snippet below: I was talking to a director of demand planning for a big chemical company at a trade show a few months ago. Balancing the supply chain triangle of cash, cost, and service is usually the tipping scale between companies with or without improved supply chain processes.

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ShipBob

APRIL 17, 2020

Even during the Great Recession of 2008-2009, ecommerce wasn’t what it is today. Aired on March 25, 2020. Other questions brought up during the webinar include: If you’re currently manufacturing overseas, are there ways to source manufacturers in the US quickly? Aired on April 1, 2020. Aired on April 8, 2020.

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Arena Solutions

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The adoption of cloud-based software has transformed the way many companies budget, prioritize, and perform. Since 2009, cloud computing spending has been reported to grow 4.5 We have reached the tipping point where most companies now rely on the Cloud for most of their core business solutions as well.

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