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The Manufacturers Health Check: Firms Holding Double the Stock Amidst ‘Inventory Crisis’

Unleashed

The Manufacturers Health Check report shows SMEs in the UK, New Zealand and Australia were forced to hold record levels of stock in Q3 2022 – a response to billowing international lead times. How UK manufacturers have fared UK manufacturers have seen the value of stock on hand jump 99.7%, from £365,736 in Q3 2019 to £730,681 in Q3 2022.

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The Biggest Manufacturing Industry Trends in 2022

Unleashed

As 2022 kicks in, the manufacturing sector is being shaped by technological change and the Covid-19 pandemic. So what are the main trends in manufacturing you need to know for 2022? So what are the main trends in manufacturing you need to know for 2022? We shed some light on current trends – and what’s around the corner.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 30 – October 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Last month, Target said it will rollout its drive-up with Starbucks program across the country and offer customers freshly made Starbucks coffee and food items among other things. Market reporting agency WorldACD said on Saturday that express shipments were down 17% from January to August versus the same period in 2022.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

I am the most worried about the chemical sector. In the sector, the bullwhip impact is high, the inflationary pressures of crude oil prices immense, the variability from energy outages painful, and inventories relatively low. All value chains are dependent in some shape or form on the chemical industry. What can be done?

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The Green Corridor: The Circular Journey

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

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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The Unleashed Manufacturing Health Index: Signs of Recovery as 2023 Closes

Unleashed

The Q3 2023 index scores are based on more than 400,000 data points from 2,600 manufacturing firms using the Unleashed inventory management system. Up The UK Cosmetics & Personal Care industry has delivered on 2022 predictions of high business performance with an overall health score of 98, the first-equal highest score.

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RS Integrated Supply’s Costanza Campi to speak at World Procurement Excellence Summit

Synovos

RS Integrated Supply was introduced by RS Group in 2022 after combining Synovos and IESA, two procurement and supply chain management companies. Prior to joining RS Integrated Supply, Campi worked for GlaxoSmithKline, and Avon. Together, the two form the world’s first MRO supply chain services company with true global reach.