Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. The February 2022 Manufacturing ISM© Report on Business reported a value of 58.6, for February, up from 55.5 reported for January.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. Upwards of 3,000 rail workers reportedly returned to work yesterday to resume rail operations across North America after a breakdown in labor settlement talks occurred last Saturday. All rights reserved.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In every role inventory availability and protecting the company’s assets was always critical. In North America, according to an IHL research report sponsored by Blue Yonder , retail loss due to out-of-stocks increased by a huge 17.7% in the first quarter – primarily from inventory shrink. How Can Blue Yonder Help?

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. Source: Statista.com. Ethical sourcing of goods. A slow-moving crisis. Download Now!

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Almost seven-in-ten (68%) of organizations view suppliers as a source of differentiation, while 66% now collaborate with suppliers to increase supply chain resilience. The study was conducted by Forrester Consulting in March 2022 on behalf of Ivalua. About the research. About Ivalua.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2023

But chicken and eggs are not the only protein source that has been facing supply chain shortages. The US Department of Agriculture cattle-inventory report highlighted that the number of cattle is down 3 percent from last year, and more ranchers are selling off animals in anticipation of herd size decreasing.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 14, 2022

BOSTON, January 14, 2022 : ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, has been recognized by Retail Today magazine as a leader in the Supply Chain category in Retail CIO Radar 2022, a first-of-its kind annual list of most innovative and transformative retail technology solution providers.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

percent in 2022. On a regional scale, the bank anticipates that growth among emerging market and developing economies will diverge this year, picking up in East and Central Asia , Pacific as well as Europe while moderating in all other regions, particularly Latin America , Middle East and North Africa countries. percent in 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

In a reported effort to cut additional costs and increase needed cash flows, the provider announced intentions to cut upwards of 800 jobs within its North America support teams and eliminate its company operated warehouses. based manufacturing strategy, with a decision to source manufacturing at a CMS provider located in Taiwan.

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Synovos

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

From balancing costs to reliability, sourcing the right PPE to developing maintenance strategies, data on total cost of ownership to evidence of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG), their concerns represent both longstanding issues and newer ones. I have learned a lot about the challenges they face.”

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

We wanted to alert our Supply Chain Matters readers to an upcoming podcast that will be of benefit to many strategic sourcing, planning, product development and procurement professionals. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved. .

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

During her 24 years at Honda of America, she helped implement many of the supply chain best practices that have now become renowned, including cost modeling, supplier development, supplier quality assurance, lean manufacturing, and many others, which evolved under the original North America leadership of Dave Nelson.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

With a wide array of products stored in its fulfillment centers, Amazon can consolidate orders and optimize its inventory management systems. Source Amazon Product Range One of the key drivers of Amazon’s success in logistics is the sheer breadth of its product range. Billion US Dollars), followed by Europe and potentially Asia.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The conflict in the Ukraine is expected to continue throughout 2022, and will likely be a contracted conflict that will continue for perhaps five years or more. The EU economies will also be hit, especially Germany and Eastern Europe as we go into winter in 2022. The forecast is that the EU GDP growth will be reduced by 1.3 Not likely.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Impact: This is resulting in procurement teams scrambling to find new supply sources, while engineers are looking for substitutions alternatives, and other company leaders are figuring out how to bring more in-house for a vertical integrated approach. Investments in Transportation solutions is imperative. Foreign trade policies are weakening.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 28, 2024

This funding is reportedly contingent on preconditions which include a delayed filing of its 2023 annual report with regulators and continued negotiations with an established auto maker on a joint manufacturing agreement related to North America based production. billion reported for 2022. Operating losses amounted to $736.9

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 21, 2023

Uncanny, the film takes place in 2022. COVID-19 also highlighted the dangers of what happens when you have lean supply chains, as many brands found out fast by running out of inventory and not keeping pace with customer demand. Using renewable energy sources that can create long-term sustainable energy consumption.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

In contrast, performance levels related to North America , Europe and South America were noted as remaining weak, on average, compared to Asia. Taiwan Taiwan’s activity as reflected in the S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® showed its best performance since June 2022, rising 4.7 The new orders sub-index was reported as 54.1,

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s announcement from athletic footwear designer and manufacturer New Balance of the grand opening of this company’s fifth production facility in North America. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Background. Bob Ferrari.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Like most industries, manufacturers around the world are feeling the pinch of inventory disruption brought on by shortages and other supply chain challenges. Depending on what report you read, manufacturers are either stockpiling inventory to meet service levels or scrambling to stock up on inventory and often miss the mark due to shortages.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

The July PMI report further pointed to current inventory levels being at their lowest point in the history of this index, and based on July data, is still an ongoing process. warehouse workers in June of 2022. In the past we would expect to see transportation and warehousing ramping up hiring in late summer ahead of peak season. ”

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

According to the April report commentary , the 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. Further indicated was: “ whether or not we have hit bottom of rates is unclear.” Imports among the U.S.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the race to fill distribution centers and store shelves with inventory for the holidays, some of the world’s largest retailers and ecommerce sellers are jumping ahead of smaller competitors by chartering ships, shifting freight to air, re-rerouting inland shipments, and hiring more staff for distribution centers and other supply chain nodes.

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Logility

JUNE 8, 2021

Our pipeline remains robust as we enter our fiscal year 2022 as the current spotlight on supply chain disruption continues to fuel interest in supply chain transformation initiatives.”. Logility, Inc., and Demand Management, Inc., Company and Technology. Demand Management, Inc. New Generation Computing, Inc. New Generation Computing, Inc.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

It is prime time for visibility / inventory management tools and outsourcing. Source: US Census Bureau. Europe and North America will invest in their platforms too resulting in a world where interconnected regional platforms allow companies and consumers to optimize lead times, inventories, costs and carbon footprints.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

The chain has also purchased most of its paper-based packaging with fiber from responsibly managed forests and recycled sources. Today, Huntsville Utilities, Toyota Alabama and Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. million jobs in March, the fewest number of jobs in the sector since January 2022, when companies employed 1.88

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 17, 2021

These topics are highly relevant to a wide range of shippers across North America and may help you make smarter, more informed supply chain decisions. The strong economic recovery and need to rebuild retail inventory creates high out-of-season demand in port cities. Once sales rebalance, will inventory follow?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

The Dirty Dozen, in alphabetical order, are: Amazon, Atlantic Coast Utilities/Laurence Moloney, Daikin America, Dollar General, Ernst Nursery and Farms, Foundation Food Group/Gold Creek Foods, Hilton Hotels, Kingspan Light and Air, Liox Cleaners/Wash Supply Laundromat, Mayfield Consumer Products, Refresco, and Starbucks. percent by 2030.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 17, 2022

Manifest will be happening on January 31st through February 2nd, 2022 at the Caesar’s Forum in Las Vegas. By the way, we should also mention Manifest had its first conference in 2022, right? It was in 2022, end of January. We ended up pushing it to January of 2022. When is Manifest? It was terrific.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

percent in the first half of 2022, reportedly driven by price growth of 6.5 percent in North America. In retail segments, evidence continues to mount of unsold inventory, and with global wide interest rate hikes, impacts to added working capital costs mount. Higher costs reportedly have resulted in a 2.8 All rights reserved. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2023

That assessment comes as a result of 10 months of subdued demand, inventory de-stocking, and high interest rates, the New Jersey-based company said in its “The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index.” The logistics provider has already deployed 3,000 AMRs globally with over 2,000 in North America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2023

In the spring of 2022, Walmart created a new position among the roughly 15,000 employees who work at its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. These scrubbers (there’s one in each store) are equipped with inventory intelligence towers that take more than 20 million photos of everything on the shelves every day. By 2028, annual U.S.

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But the pandemic started to extend from China to Europe and later to the Americas. The goal with production restart was not to produce too much of the wrong inventory. Does it mean you have included the sourcing and procurement departments in your global S&OP meetings? David Bourgoin] Yes, definitely. What about Essilor?

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 17, 2023

What’s the real cost of inaccurate inventory management? IHL Services, a global research and advisory firm, estimates that inventory distortion — the combined cost of lost sales from out-of-stocks, along with the deep discounts required to sell overstocks — will drive a $1.77 trillion problem of inventory distortion.

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IQMS

JUNE 25, 2019

in 2022, achieving a 10.7% Blockchain shows potential for increasing the speed, scale, and visibility of supply chains, eliminating counterfeit-goods transactions while also improving batching, routing and inventory control. The Supply Chain Management enterprise software market is growing from $12.2B in 2017 to $20.4B

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Fast forward to 2022, and Amazon increased its production by nearly 4-times that amount in clean energy. Earlier this week, the company announced that it grew its renewable energy capacity in 2022 by 8.3 The partnership will kick off by first sourcing Walmart’s California stores with Plenty’s leafy greens from its Compton farm.

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