20Cube Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2022

The Asia-Pacific region, which has emerged to be the economic hotspot in the last few decades, displayed a huge slump during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. However markets recovered themselves in 2021 to greater extent and the economists are forecasting an expansion of that steady growth in the year 2022 as well.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2022

With our supply chains clogged and retail inventories piling up, we have a situation wherein the huge imbalances between demand and supply at the product mix level can have an adverse impact on product availability for B2B and B2C companies alike, especially as we start heading to the holiday season. in October 2021. A ratio of 1.5

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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, Global Wide Production Activity.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The problems we are experiencing now started in March 2020 when COVID hit and suppliers in Asia shut down. . When capacity was cut, so too was the empty supply of containers back to Asia. Many importers operating with just-in-time (JIT) inventory couldn’t get hold of the parts they needed. . Let me bring that to life. .

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

by Martin You – Sales Director for Asia Pacific at E2open. As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. HOW DID WE GET HERE? About the Author.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

In a prior published commentary, we provided highlights of March and Q1-2022 global production indices along with their implications. We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. Trucking disruptions in these areas threaten the flow of inbound and outbound inventory. .

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group shares a Part Two commentary addressing our mid-year assessment of previously published 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains published at the beginning of 2022. Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing. For those businesses located in the U.S.,

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The new model being developed in 2022 is customer-centric and strategic in outlook and planning. We’ll look back to events in 2022 that show this transition and transformation in the making. We’ll examine the remaining five next week in our final post of 2022. #1 It also led to inventory excesses. To adapt, the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

East Coast ports in transit from Asia will surge to a new record high in the coming months. The report cites data indicating that the volume of Asia-East Coast routings is expected to reach 889,000 TEU ’s by the month of June, up 40 percent from 2021 full-year average routings. Stated drivers of the changed routings from Asia to U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

This survey of a reported 750 CEO’s and other C-Suite executives was conducted in May 2022, among executives based in North America , Latin America , Asia and Europe. Inventory Management Assessment- Samsung Electronics. Samsung ’s inventory balances reportedly reached the equivalent of $36.9 cyberattacks. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The September 2022 J.P. The orders-to-inventory ratio fell to another multi-year low last month as excess capacity continued to build at factories. Of particular concern, the New Orders sub-index declined more than 4 points, reaching a contraction value in September while the Inventories sub-index was 2.6 in September from a 51.7

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Many companies buy forward inventory ahead of tariffs being implemented. This strategy, however, may incur additional warehousing and storage costs, and firms may experience accounting challenges where an inventory is considered an asset, which could affect cash flow. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – August 2022.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

1 Your Input Channel In November 2022 my story To Realize the Circular Economy Dream – Reach Out to Your Community , I used the example of a company that takes bread crusts (a by-product of one industry) and uses it for making beer. Singapore for instance only really recycled 6% of the plastic collected in 2022.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 24, 2022

How retailers are reevaluating post-pandemic inventory strategies. Digital Twins for Inventory and Supply Planning. The company aims to use the technology to improve store and inventory planning and management and improve product availability so customers can be confident of getting what they want when they want it.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Timing when stores need replenishment or when factory production will increase its demand, will likewise have better forecasting software to lower the overall waste in our inventory and retail systems. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – September 2022. Green Supply Chain – Moving the Sustainable Needle.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

Japan farm exports in 2022 1st half hit record high as more dine out. will begin imposing 2022 peak-season surcharges on Labor Day and will apply certain ones based on weekly calculations that begin around mid-October and run until early December. Exports of strawberries, immensely popular in Asia, also increased by 29.7

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

That adds to the uncertainties in product demand planning for the remainder of 2022. merchants held a total of nearly $643 billion in inventories, described as being below pre-pandemic level, while the closely watched inventory to sales remained near its lowest point in 30 years. The report observes that in December 2021, U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

A published report by Nikkei Asia (Paid subscription or metered view) reports that manufacturers and suppliers located in the Chengdu and Shenzhen areas of China are once again impacted by a new round of population shutdowns manifested by the country’s zero tolerance Covid-19 infection policies. All rights reserved. .

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Ware2Go

JUNE 20, 2023

Due to sustained inflation and higher energy cost, global growth in sea freight shipments turned negative in the second half of 2022 for the first time since the onset of COVID-19. In May 2023, shipping rates from Asia suddenly plummeted. This is a major drop-off compared to $14,000 in May 2022.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To minimize the frequency and impact of disruption, respondents say their organizations are also implementing automated risk monitoring solutions to proactively notify of risk events (56%), increasing inventory levels (54%), and rationalizing their supplier base to better monitor and engage fewer suppliers (48%). About the research.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

We see a renewed focus on inventory positioning, given the attention on supply chain risk management and the exponential growth in e-commerce activities, as well as higher demand for cold chain logistics. The E-Conomy SEA 2020 Report, has highlighted a significant shift in the buying behaviour across Southeast 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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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

APRIL 4, 2023

However, we discern some added signs excess inventories and of production sourcing shifts. percentage points higher than the average value of Q4-2022 which was 48.9. as contrasted with the Q4-2022 average quarterly value of 49.5. percentage points below the Q4-2022 average of 49.2. but represented 0.6

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

Noted is that at the onset of the second half of 2022, the elephant in the room remains high inflation. The question is posed as to whether actual shipping demand will align with this capacity, given the current state of excess inventories and fully utilized warehouse space in the S. and Europe. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2022

manufacturing capability, and increasing their inventory positions. … Expectations for developing a North American alternative to Asia-based supply chains are overblown.”[8] 2] Lora Cecere, “ Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button ,” Supply Chain Shaman, 30 June 2022. [3] Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Current Year 2022. The basis of our Ferrari Consulting and Research Group 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains in 2022 was the theme of ‘ Reexamination ’ which was a spillover of the escalation of global wide disruptions, supply chain driven cost inflation and critical parts shortages leading to lost revenue growth.

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Resilinc

JULY 26, 2022

For high-tech OEMs such as Apple, Samsung, Sony, Dell, and other top makers of electronics gear, the first half of 2022 has been a wild ride. Nikkei Asia questioned why Samsung’s announcement that it was making 3nm chips lacked clarity about customers. TSMC says it will mass produce 3nm chips by the end of the year. “To

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

As I’ve done in prior years, I’ll make a few predictions based on what happened in 2022 – and what I think it means for 2023. Implication: the best-case scenario I see for the price of finished goods is that their prices stay relatively unchanged from the 3rd quarter of 2022….we That means that repair may take longer than you think.

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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. To overcome this, Amazon has developed sophisticated inventory management systems that allow them to efficiently store and retrieve products from their fulfillment centers.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

In an update published in early April, we highlighted for readers both March and Q1-2022 various published global production and supply chain indices. to Asia , as well as the European consequences of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict as now driving added index volatility. Warehouse inventory levels are noted as remaining quite high.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

He has lived and held leadership roles in Europe , Asia and the U.S. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. He has amassed over 25 years of experience and insights in the EMS industry and in global manufacturing trends and capabilities. over the course of his career. </a.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

We pointed out that in 2022, more U.S. In early April 2022, economists at Goldman Sachs indicated that supply chain resilience was a top-of-mind topic for manufacturers and retailers and observed that three main strategies were being undertaken. For those businesses located in the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Nikkei Asia , citing multiple informed sources at the time, reported that Apple was internally prioritizing allocation of key processors toward iPhone 13 production output at the expense of Apple iPad and older iPhone models. Inventory management and resource planning will remain a key concern. percent this year. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 12, 2022

Angove succeeds Mark Morgan who held the role of interim CEO since February 2022. An outlined growth plan previously shared points to aggressive investments in Blue Yonder’ s capabilities including R&D and potential M&A aimed to grow the company’s SaaS businesses in North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

That stated, February’s activity appears to have regional specific connotations with upturns in production volumes across areas of Asia , specifically the ongoing re-opening of China ’s manufacturing sector, and upturns in India , the Philippines and Thailand manufacturing and supply chain activity levels. increasing 3.2

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2022

While the company does outsource manufacturing and component needs across Asia, there has also been a commitment toward maintaining some U.S. While this footwear producer still maintains a supply network that stretches to Asia , these local facilities have supported a strategy for leveraging and promoting a U.S. onshore presence.

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