ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020. 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). higher than 2020. FastMarkets ).

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In our previous published Part One commentary , we summarized the challenges and action taken by industry and global supply chain during the years 2020-2022, along with the key learning. Of added concern, the three largest global economies ( Europe, United States, China ) are expected to stall. percent GDP growth in 2023.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 18, 2020

In a fairly ominous report sent out this week, Morgan Stanely stated that “Global recession in 2020 is now our base case.”. Shipping, especially global shipping, is uniquely vulnerable to recessions and the effects of the downturn of 2008-2009 are still being felt today. What Happens to Shipping. For example, in 2000 it was 4.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A third-party delivery partner transports orders by bike, so some weight and size restrictions apply to the service. In early 2020, Tesco announced they were set to open 25 urban fulfilment centres over the following three years. One of their key investors was Delivery Hero, a leading company in online food delivery in Europe.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Now, October reporting data reinforces global-wide contraction levels in production and new orders, along with manufacturing recession conditions now acknowledged for Europe. Once more, the Covid recovery increases that began in March/April of 2020 are now no longer.(Figure Global Wide Production Activity. The October 2022 J.P.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

The Sustainable Freight Action plan released by California governor Jerry Brown outlines a long-term 2050 vision and guiding principles for California’s future freight transportation system. The most common (and probably an oversimplified) example cited is that butterfly flapping its wings in Africa can cause a hurricane in Europe.

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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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