NC State SCRC

JULY 6, 2022

About 50% of all foundries are located in Taiwan with one company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), and another 25% is Samsung, which is also produced in Korea. In addition to the bottlenecks with the contract manufacturing foundries, you also had massive COVID outbreaks in Taiwan in June 2021 t.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 19, 2023

The lack of momentum in China based manufacturing has had a discernable contractionary impact on other regions, especially Taiwan and Malaysia. The latter Taiwan PMI index has been in negative territory for over a year and overall business confidence levels across Malaysia ’s manufacturing sector sunk to levels not recorded since July 2021.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

The basis of our 2022 predictions were our belief that the 2021 predictions theme of Renewal was shifting toward one of Reexamination of business process practices and decision-making needs. Our stated belief was that the multi-industry supply chain challenges of 2021 would not abate and would linger in some cases into 2023.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The June value was two percentage points below the December 2021 end of year value, again reflecting a discernable downward trend. Expectations for future output were noted as dropping to the lowest level since October of 2021. The S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® declined to a contractionary of 49.8 down from 53.0

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The three specific regions of concern are the Eurozone, United Kingdom along with Taiwan. Continued Deterioration in Taiwan The August S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® report was headlined with persistent deterioration in manufacturing conditions with production and new order volumes continuing to show a sharp fall.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan. in 2020 to 25.6 % in 2021, reaching a market size of $553 billion. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor. This was the biggest escalation since the 31.8%

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

In the 2021 analysis, twenty companies met the Supply Chains to Admire Award criteria. Nvidia, PACCAR Inc, Ross Stores, Sleep Number, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) Company, Tempur Sealy, TJX Companies, and Western Digital. The winners include Apple, AbbVie Inc.,

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 14, 2022

The shortage of semiconductors from Taiwan, the stranding of the enormous Ever Given in the Suez Canal, and now the dearth of 40-foot metal containers have sent tsunami-like waves through global production. 3] Peter Atwater, “ The troubling parallels between supply chains and securitisation ,” Financial Times, 31 August 2021. [4]

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Ware2Go

JUNE 20, 2023

In September of 2021, shipping prices between China and LA jumped a staggering 500% YoY due to congestion and lack of shipping containers. According to the UN’s Global Trade Update, “all major trading economies saw imports and exports rise above pre-pandemic levels” in Q4 of 2021.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 6, 2022

percentage points below the December 2021 value. percentage points below the average of Q4-2021. The S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® fell to a level of 54.1 © Copyright 2021, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. This index’s March value fell to an 18-month low of 53.0,

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

Factory orders reportedly increased to the greatest extent since January of 2021, while May data reportedly indicated a sharp and accelerated rate of material purchases. The report narrative indicated that manufacturers in Taiwan “ registered a rapid and accelerated fall in production in May that was the quickest for four months.”

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan. in 2020 to 25.6 % in 2021, reaching a market size of $553 billion. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor.” A chip is not a chip and a foundry is not a foundry.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 25, 2021

Reporting by the BBC, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journa l and others points to a perfect storm of supply chain issues that by January 2021 had forced Daimler, Fiat Chrysler, Ford, Honda, Toyota and other automotive giants to shut down plants or cut back production of many types of vehicles.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2022

An initial surge of interest in 2020 by European executives in re/nearshoring had dissipated by mid-2021. According to surveys conducted by EY in June 2020 and June 2021, the percentage of Eurozone companies considering re/nearshoring dropped from 83% to 23% for nearshoring and 20% for reshoring. in 2021 and 4.1%

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Resilinc

MAY 17, 2022

In recent years, WWA has determined, for example, that climate change made rainfall and flooding worse in Western Europe’s July 2021 floods and Southern Africa’s winter 2022 floods—but not in Vietnam’s fall 2020 floods.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlighted in December of last year a somewhat similar Bloomberg report published in early October 2021 indicating that Apple iPhone13 production targets could be trimmed by as many as 10 million devices in Q4 of that year because of prolonged semiconductor chip shortages. The stock of TSMC reportedly dropped 2.9

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Freight Plus

JUNE 24, 2021

May 2021 - Transportation Market Report. In Q1 of 2021, Hapag-Lloyd had an EBIT of $1.53B. Another paid over $17,000 to get the same size container from Taiwan to New York. BCO’s are negotiating contracts for 2021-2022. Click the Button above to receive the full transportation market report for May 2021.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2022

We calculate the results based on public data from the period 2012-2021. Northrup Grumman, PACCAR Inc, ResMed, Ross Stores, Sleep Number, Subaru, Toro, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) Company. Five winners from this analysis are speaking at this year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Congrats to all.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Taiwan Taiwan’s activity as reflected in the S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® showed its best performance since June 2022, rising 4.7 In December output growth achieved a 13 month high, the fastest rate in new orders since February 2021. The new orders sub-index was reported as 54.1, increasing 3.2

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Taulia

MARCH 15, 2023

In 2021, as the world emerged from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a combination of soaring demand after lockdowns eased and ongoing disruption to supply chains caused a sharp uptick in inflation 1. in December 2021. in the year to December 2022, compared with 5.4% Euro area inflation reached 9.2%

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

US-China bilateral climate talks resumed in Egypt after rift over Taiwan. Transportation accounts for 17 percent of global greenhouse gases (GHG) and 20 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. One year on at COP27, the FMC welcomed 65 members, including 7 new members, and launched the cement and concrete commitment.

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American Global Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

The services industry, which is much larger than the goods sector, has started a potential wage-price spiral through pay raises granted in 2021 and 2022. As the baseline for comparison shifts to 2021 results, economic contraction becomes a possibility. China's actions and policies also have significant implications for supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

based manufacturing strategy, with a decision to source manufacturing at a CMS provider located in Taiwan. Bicycle demand levels reportedly soared 46 percent in 2020, and 4 percent during the same period of 2021. At one point in 2021, containers transiting from East Asia to the U.S. West Coast were in excess of 200 days.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 29, 2022

In particular, with the majority of global production coming out of Taiwan (TSMC) and Korea (Samsung), the geopolitical risks of China and North Korea in these regions is no small worry. billion in 2012 and assuming 2019 was the same, that puts 2021’s demand at ~$68.5 We will need to be patient. billion; we exported $27.3

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2023

The June report specifically indicated: “ Indian goods producers registered a sharp increase in new work intakes during June, and one that was among the strongest seen since February 2021. This country’s June PMI value was reported as 40.6, percentage points from May’s value of 43.2, and the lowest reading for over three years.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2022

Such a large scale investment would be in addition to a prior announced $17 billion, five million square foot semiconductor chip facility to be located in Tyler, Texas that was announced in November of 2021. In June, Taiwan based GlobalWafers Co. based facilities. However, the deal reportedly hinges on passage of the CHIPS Act.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As noted in our ongoing Supply Chain Matters updates, there are now shifts from primarily supply constrained product demand that occurred in 2021 and early 2022, to predominately demand constrained conditions which places a top priority on preserving sales revenues, cash preservation or profitability among businesses.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

This index complies a data set of 2 chosen variables for each of the economies of the Eurozone , China , Japan, South Korea , Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. value reported at the end of December 2021. This index stood at $9,304 at the end of 2021. Federal Bank of New York. Select Region Highlights.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 3, 2022

An area of concern that surfaced for May was that reflected by the S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® which dropped to a value of 50 in May from 51.7 For the ocean container industry, indications are that profits in 2022 will amount to $300 billion, up from $214 billion in 2021. Other Regions. reported for April.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

In 2021, 87% of Americans were negatively impacted by the supply chain. In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020. in the second quarter of 2021 due to a lack of raw materials. ( Plastic resins were in short supply all of 2021, with prices skyrocketing by up to 50%.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine and China’s saber-rattling about Taiwan remind us that the world remains a dangerous place. 2] Staff, “ Veterans Day 2021 ,” History.com, 27 April 2021. [3] Although most of humankind longs for peace, conflict has been an ever-present scourge throughout history. Footnotes. [1]

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Resilinc

JANUARY 24, 2023

Taiwan and China Tensions Conversations and concerns over China invading Taiwan and what that would mean for the semiconductor industry were a plenty in Q4. Currently, Taiwan dominates the global chip industry with 65% ownership; China comes in second.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

In a published Supply Chain Matters bog published in February of 2021 , we highlighted the essence of Boeing’s challenges, perceptions that the company had lost its engineering roots, manufacturing quality and supply network chops, and that the company’s board and senior management focus remains too focused on short-term shareholder returns.

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Vinculum

MAY 20, 2021

The GDP per capita stands at $54,053 in the present; however, projections forecast that it will rise to $59,870 by 2021. million, with the number expected to increase to around 998,000 by 2021. Additionally, the company has a presence in the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other Asian countries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 10, 2023

” In 2021, under the Biden administration, the Treasury Department resumed the effort to add Tubman’s portrait to the front of the $20 bill and hoped to expedite the process. in December 2021. This is something we’ll consider; right now, we have a lot more important issues to focus on.” and the U.S.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 10, 2022

Taiwan manufacturers 60% of global semiconductors. 5] Supply Chain Magazine, “ Prepare for Unforeseeable Uncertainties With Supply Chain Planning ,” Chainalytics Blog, 4 August 2021. [6] . … Shortages and price hikes will abound. … Then there are the overarching issues of climate change. Footnotes. [1]

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