Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022. During 2022, as consumers shifted their physical goods buying patterns away from products and into travel and services, global shipping volumes steadily declined and so did spot rates.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The year featured continual component shortfalls, explosive inbound materials cost increases and continuous global transportation disruptions. Current Year 2022. Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® began 2022 at an expansion value of 54.2. reflecting a 29-month low.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 5, 2022

As calendars flip to another month, it can be hard to believe that the first half of 2022 is already over. On June 22, 2022, FedEx and FourKites announced a joint initiative to develop an end-to-end intelligence platform called FourKites X. German-Based Transportation Company DB Schenker Announces the Acquisition of USA Truck.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

Supply chain logistics B2B platform provider project44 produces a series termed Supply Chain Insights by project44 which extracts select data from the provider’s tracking of global transportation and logistics flows. A July edition provided two reports that responded to the question- Are Global Supply Chains Recovering ?

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported this week ( Paid subscription or metered view ), that fashion and apparel retailer Macy’s has managed to avoid the significant excess merchandise inventory levels that are challenging other retailers. We recommend that our readers have a view of this report.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2022

Toyota Motor reported a 19 percent decline in total sales for the first six months of this year while Hyundai Motor reported a 23 percent decline in second quarter sales and a 16 percent sales reduction for the first half of 2022. Steep transportation cost increases and shipping delays added to inventory management challenges.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 16, 2022

The Logistics Managers Index for May indicated that inventory costs are now one-third higher than they were last year. CFO ’s, if they have already done so, will be calling for a comprehensive inventory management analysis, especially if prior decisions were made to take on added inventory as a supply network risk mitigation measure.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

Inventory Glut of Bicycles. In retrospect, they collectively ordered too much finished goods inventory from offshore supply sources. Cited are interviews with dealers who indicated multiple lost sales during the initial lockdown periods, because of not having any new bikes in inventory. West Coast were in excess of 200 days.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

In the past we would expect to see transportation and warehousing ramping up hiring in late summer ahead of peak season. ” 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.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The announced rate hike was justified by executives by a need to boost revenues amid an estimated 11 percent decline in daily package volumes and acknowledgement that the company now has more capacity than current transport demand. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

We also concluded that there would not be a peak shipping season this year because of both muted production levels as well as the high levels on inventory that exist in warehouses across the globe, and especially across the United States. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

This posting provided additional commentary related to the ongoing global shortage of semiconductor components utilized in automotive manufacturing. Noted was that the digital transformation of Lean practices requires new definition and direction for just-in-time inventory management flows. Number Nine. February 4, 2021. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 9, 2023

Further, some industries are defining more direct control under the notions of supply chain vertical integration, or complete transformations of strategic supply networks in the case of global automotive industry manufacturers. We pointed out that in 2022, more U.S. firms were expected to reshore upwards of 350,000 jobs in 2022 alone.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This is Part 2 of a multi-part series addressing logistics imperatives necessary to manage uncertainly and disruptions heading into 2022. As transportation management solutions automate the processes of procuring carriers, planning truckloads and determining optimal routes, the result is a huge productivity boost.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Raw materials and component shortages, labor shortfalls, port closures, rising fuel costs and other forces will continue to exert enormous pressures on global supply chains in 2022. It’s certainly no secret that the global logistics industry, like many other industries, is closing out 2021 in the midst of a true labor crisis.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 3, 2018

This newfound visibility allows participants in a supply chain to proactively optimize components of their processes (like inventory management, staffing decisions, and a thousand more) to support an efficient and agile product path. from the global economy by 2022.

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