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Key Takeaways from the BGSA Conference with Ben Gordon

The Logistics of Logistics

Cambridge Capital was founded in 2009 as the investment affiliate of BG Strategic Advisors (www.bgsa.com), the advisor of choice for a large, growing number of supply chain CEOs. Many logistics, transportation, warehousing, and freight tech companies have experienced explosive growth. The second key takeaway is the growth of ecommerce.

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August 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices- Declining Momentum Accelerating

Supply Chain Matters

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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Re-thinking the Strategic National Stockpile

NC State SCRC

During this testimony, I shared some of the insights I developed working with the Joint Acquisition Task Force as a pro bono consultant, during March – June 2020, during the throes of the PPE and healthcare supply shortages. For instance, the supply of N95 masks in the SNS consisted of inventory acquired during the 2009 SARS epidemic.

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Disruption in China Ripples Across Global Supply Chains in April 2022

Supply Chain Matters

in March, and the lowest level recorded since August 2020. The report specifically indicated: “ Average purchase prices rose to one of the greatest extents during the past 11 years, leading to the joint-steepest increase in output charges since the series began in October 2009.”. . This index fell to a value of 52.2,

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What is the Hyperconnected Era & “The Internet Of Things” and What does it Have to Do with Manufacturing & Logistics?

GlobalTranz

By 2020 there will be 50 billion networked devices. Ashton talked in depth about IoT to the RFIDJournal.com in 2009″ “Today computers – and, therefore, the internet – are almost wholly dependent on human beings for information. there will be nearly 26 billion devices on the Internet of Things by 2020.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Continue to Stabilize in March and Q1-2023

Supply Chain Matters

A specific statement that caught our attention indicated: “ Supply chains continued to recover from the immense pressure experienced through much of the past three-and-one-half years, as average vendor lead times shortened to the greatest extent since May 2009.” China’s expansion was noted as marginal by the end of Q1.

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What is a Dark Store? Benefits for the Retail and Grocery Industry

Locus Robotics

In 2020, grocery and retail stores had to rethink how they fulfilled increasing online orders and handled the reduction of in-store shoppers. billion from 2020-2024. . In the UK, Tesco opened its first dark store in 2009, but here in the US, grocery and retail stores have only recently started to make the move.