Resilinc

AUGUST 3, 2023

The industries experiencing the most disruptions for the first half of the year include life sciences, healthcare, high-tech, automotive, and aerospace. This is another sign that the supply chain is stabilizing, considering that global port disruptions were up 40% in 2022. Recalls surged by 66% compared to the first half of 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

Sources indicated to CNBC that while no strikes have been announced or expected, there are concerns future strikes could be announced. The reason is the lack of adequate electrical power sourced from hydroelectric generating facilities. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In 2022, the US passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to provide tax incentives and funding to create a clean energy economy. High-temperature alloys, created primarily using cobalt, are essential for advanced technologies like semiconductor fabrication, electric vehicle batteries, and aerospace products. billion in 2022.

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Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Companies in other industries like high-tech electronics, aerospace and defense, and clean tech have their own unique set of quality, environmental, and/or security regulations which also significantly impact their product development schedules. 510(k) , premarket approval , CE certification ) can take up to one year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

In April of 2022, British American Tobacco, headquartered in the UK, agreed to pay $508 million in fines for selling their products to North Korea. Finally, in making sourcing decisions, global trade compliance needs to be part of companies strategic sourcing programs. Oracle’s solution combines TMS and GTC seamlessly.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Thanks to Handfield and Linton (2022) global independence can be understood in the following way: “Global independence is a key attribute for creating supply chain immunity. Lack of visibility in US Defense Supply Chains There is a strong and urgent need for the US Department of Defense (DOD) contracting office to do a better job!

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevent Act (UFLPA), which has been in effect since June of 2022, should be top of mind for any organization that has suppliers in China. Shahzaib: This act was signed into a law in December 2021 and went into effect in June 2022. Plus, there was the midterm election coming up.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 4, 2023

The engineering/manufacturing sector has a captivating attraction as a lucrative field for starting a career, thanks to technological developments and the exciting possibilities of working in industries like medical devices, electric vehicles (EV), aerospace and defense, consumer electronics, and biotechnology on cutting-edge products.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

” For example, tech writer Nick Lavars ( @NickLavars ) reports researchers at Australia’s Monash University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have designed a robot capable of harvesting apples from an orchard at the rate of one apple every 7 seconds.[3]. ” Fix Solutions Lab from Grist, 13 January 2022. [5]

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Arena Solutions

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Many companies within aerospace and defense , electric vehicle (EV) technology , medical devices , biotechnology , and clean tech sectors are seeing lucrative business opportunities to compete in the market. In 2022 alone, the global aerospace and defense market size has grown from $795.92 Cited Sources [link].

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QAD

MARCH 30, 2023

They don’t have an internal power source, so range and data storage is sacrificed to gain cost efficiency and lifespan. The internal power sources in these tags sacrifice cost efficiency and lifespan to gain range, data storage and self-initiated broadcasting.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 15, 2023

In 2022, the US CHIPS and Science Act boosted domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductor chips which led to fewer purchases of semiconductors from China. In 2010, China restricted exports of rare earth elements to Japan following a territorial dispute, sending prices soaring and Japan scrambling to find alternative sources.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2023

In a Supply Chain Matters posting in July 2022 , we highlighted the announcement of a bulk order for a total of 392 Airbus A320neo aircraft from three China based airlines. With this second line, facility capacity will be 12 completed aircraft monthly. Airbus has reportedly been expecting more airline orders from China.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2022

The two top drivers, according to the 550 Eurozone executives surveyed, were reducing dependence on sole-source suppliers and countries (39%); operating more regionally (34%). In aerospace manufacturing, for example, suppliers are regulated by aviation authorities, and this makes changing to addictive manufacturing challenging.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

On an annualized basis, the PPI for January 2022 had reportedly risen 9.7 percent value at the start of 2022. percent in January 2022, placing more pressure on the U.S. Federal Reserve to begin a series of multiple interest-rate hikes planned for 2022. points for December 2022 and 112.67 points for January 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlighted reported candid remarks from the CEO of aerospace manufacturer Airbus regarding the challenges of revised production and aircraft delivery plans on the company’s global supply network partners. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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SupplyOn

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Big data analytics in the aerospace industry SupplyOn’s Big Data Workshop with great feedback and discussions Another highlight was the SupplyOn workshop on big data analytics and how this is being applied in Aerospace, to the benefit of the collaborating parties. Alexandre Dolgui from IMT Atlantique. The post Manufacturing 4.0

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Source: JP Morgan and S&P Global, December 2023 Key Highlights in Regional PMI Reporting India’s Manufacturing Sector Accelerates Overall manufacturing activity across India accelerated in November after a deceleration in October. However, new export sales returned to growth for the first time since May 2022. in November from 50.6

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Clark joined the start-up in June 2022 after a long career at Amazon , rising through the operational management ranks to be part of the management committee, as senior executive responsible for all of the online retailer’s retail business. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

billion operating loss reported for 2022. billion in 2023 revenues, a 30 percent increase compared to slightly over $28 billion reported for 2022. Loss from operations declined considerably to $773 million compared to a $3.5 For the commercial aircraft business segment, the company reported $33.9

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 30, 2023

The logistics industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022. This recent April data reinforce that U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 16, 2022

One area of assessment is alternative domestic sourcing of materials, while others may be acceleration of electric vehicle utilization plans. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Assessments may be wise as to what mitigation measures can be made to mitigate such effects.

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Requis

JANUARY 9, 2020

In business to consumer markets, there has been a rising trend towards sustainable and ethical sourcing. Related to the sustainability and sourcing concerns just mentioned are concerns over product and asset counterfeiting. We think “value chain” will become a larger part of the conversation. Greening the supply chain/circular economy.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 28, 2022

Last week in a prior published mid-year assessment published by our research arm, we revisited previous published 2022 predictions assumptions related to now prevailing global economic, financial and manufacturing outlook perspectives. percent in 2022, and 2.9 The original IMF forecast for 2022 GDP growth was 4.9 economy. .

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 30, 2023

Background In a prior Supply Chain Matters commercial aircraft industry specific commentary, we highlighted both Airbus and Boeing’s reported 2022 commercial aircraft orders and customer delivery performance along with the ongoing industry supply network implications. Total revenues in 2022 increased 7 percent to $66.6 billion in 2021.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights the most recent developments concerning leading commercial aircraft producer Airbus and efforts to meet its 2022 aircraft delivery commitments. Further noted by media reports was that the original 2022 delivery target was 720 aircraft deliveries, but that was revised downward at the start of this year.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Our update included an announcement by Airbus of intent to hire an additional 13,000 production workers after a similar effort in 2022, an overall positive sign for the industry’s supply network ecosystem. Layoff notices reportedly are planned to be made in April, with two waves to follow a 60-day intervals.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

billion in 2022 to USD 28.3 Ann noted, “We can manage product complexity by providing one accurate source of product information for the entire product team, including your global supply chain. Arena has several aerospace and defense customers using PLM and QMS solutions to help them develop safe, innovative, and compliant products.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 16, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights both Airbus and Boeing ’s reported 2022 commercial aircraft orders and customer delivery performance along with the ongoing implications. Delivery highlights included 374 Boeing 737 MAX single aisle aircraft deliveries and 31 Boeing 787 wide body aircraft deliveries in 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 8, 2022

The new orders add to the European aerospace manufacturer’s existing order backlog of the provider’s rather popular single-aisle aircraft, and provide a boost to post-pandemic recovery for the industry’s supply networks. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Stay tuned. .

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Other industries, like aerospace, have experienced similar flashpoints, which created enormous benefits. billion in 2022 to $7.30 Data clouds provide a single platform that integrates internal data across various systems — including Blue Yonder’s WMS, TMS and OMS solutions — with third-party streaming sources like news and weather.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The countdown is officially on for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by supply chain disruptions around the world has sparked a resurgence of companies bringing sourcing and manufacturing back to the United States or closer to U.S. trade with Asia. That’s all for this week.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 27, 2022

As businesses report their financial performance for the first quarter of 2022, Supply Chain Matters highlights bellwether firms that can be considered a relatively good indicator of ongoing industry supply chain challenges and how senior executives are anticipating some forms of stability. The 3M Company. Health Care Products.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 19, 2022

The Farnborough International Airshow , an important trade exhibition event for the commercial aerospace and military defense industries is being held this week. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 4, 2022

Airbus reportedly reiterated a forecast to produce at least 720 jetliner deliveries in 2022, even with challenges related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions occurring across major industrial regions of China. Existing operating cash flow remained negative, the latest being a burn rate of $3.2

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 18, 2023

The European producer did not meet its originally stated 2022 aircraft delivery performance because of ongoing supply chain supply challenges. Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury indicated to reporters at the start of 2023: “ The headwinds of the complexity of the supply chain remains in 2023.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2022

With the duopoly of Airbus and Boeing reporting their latest Q3-2022 quarterly financial performance, a pattern continues to come to the forefront. CEO Guillaume Faury indicated the aerospace manufacturer delivered a solid nine-month performance in a complex environment that included an ongoing “ fragile supply chain.”. Bob Ferrari.

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