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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Supply Chain Matters

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMIĀ® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , halted a consecutive five-months of contraction levels to that of no-change. The S&P Global US Manufacturing PMIĀ® had a February value of 47.3,

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Securing aerospace and defense-critical supply chains

Resilinc

Like the July 2021 report by the bipartisan House Armed Services Committeeā€™s Defense Critical Supply Chains Task Force, the DOD report includes a wide array of recommendations to shore up the resiliency of supply chains critical to the defense industrial base (DIB). A vivid example: drones.

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Ivalua Continues Momentum with Record Annual Sales and Customer Acquisition

ivalua

February 17, 2021 ā€“ Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced another record year in 2020. Empowering Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders Across the Globe. Ivalua was again positioned as a Leader by Gartner in the 2020 ā€œMagic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites. Redwood City, CA.

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Driving domestic production of critical materials and rare earth elements

Resilinc

Not only are these minerals necessary for a wide range of products and industrial processes, they are also essential for a transition to low-carbon energy sources (along with rare earth elements). manufacturers decided to source REEs from foreign countries. On March 31, President Biden ordered the U.S. Warning that the U.S.

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Regionalize for resilience

Resilinc

While supply chains are starting to stabilize, Resilinc hopes the pandemic’s lessons will lead procurement and supply chain managers to shift to more regionalized sourcing models. and global OEMs have optimized and globalized sourcing and procurement to reduce labor and other input costs. does not produce.

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Logistics Imperatives to Manage Uncertainty and Disruptions in 2022: Part 2

BlueYonder

In their 2021 State of Supply Chain Execution Report, as mentioned in part 1, Blue Yonder and Reuters Events found that 63% of retailers and manufacturers have been affected by the availability of labor over the past year. Continued labor shortage and lack of legislation are leading to overworked labor and high turnover.

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Three Logistics Imperatives for Managing Uncertainty in 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

As I write this in the fourth quarter of 2021, thereā€™s just no telling what the new year will bring in terms of emerging logistics challenges. Certainly no company could have foreseen the shutdown of the global economy in the early months of 2020 ā€” or the continuing effects of COVID-19, such as port closures, throughout 2021.