Enterra Insights

AUGUST 8, 2022

Last year consumers in the United States spent an estimated three billion U.S. He notes, “The combined chocolate and candy industry saw an 11% sales increase in 2021 compared to the year before. 1] Mehr Bedi, “ Hershey warns of Halloween candy shortage ,” Reuters, 28 July 2022. [2] Footnotes. [1]

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Logility

APRIL 26, 2022

based supplier of fashion blanks transforms its demand and inventory management with Logility. ATLANTA – April 26, 2022 – Logility, Inc., Next Level Apparel knew that to grow, it had to transition to digital demand and inventory management. About Next Level Apparel.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our Annual 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory publishing later this month. percent in 2022 and 9.7 Prediction Background. percent on 2021.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Yet according to retail advisory firm IHL , “The most significant challenges to inventory distortion are the availability of workers and the disruptions outside of the immediate control of the retailer.” As per a recent report by CNBC , the labor department in the United States has 5.5 Source: Bloomberg.com.

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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. Data reported reflected expansion among consumer, intermediate and investment goods industries. This index’s February value of 53.6

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2021

NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2022. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, the Company paid shareholder dividends of approximately $3.6 Key first quarter of fiscal year 2022 highlights: Customers & Channels. million compared to $0.8 Logility, Inc.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 1, 2022

The 34th president of the United States (1953 to 1961.). I work with a group that has a sub-team focused on cost, one on customer service, and one on inventory, but lack alignment on a standard definition of supply chain excellence. In the current state, we will become more reactive. Days of Inventory Shifts.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In this, our second quarterly roundup, we’re revealing the following supply chain issues and events making news in industry media and beyond: The growing adoption of digital twin technology in the supply chain. How retailers are reevaluating post-pandemic inventory strategies. Digital Twins for Inventory and Supply Planning.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added perspectives on reported November 2022 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. There are additional signs of a global glut in overall inventory levels, yet selective component shortages remain for certain industries. United States.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights select June and Q2-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating increased headwinds and challenges in the months to come. The average global PMI value for Q2-2022 was 52.3, United States. The March 2022 reading index was 57.1 down from 53.0

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Logility

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2022. Key Fiscal 2022 Year to Date Financial Highlights: Subscription fees were $20.1 During the second quarter of fiscal year 2022, the Company paid shareholder dividends of approximately $3.7 million compared to $0.5

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

We additionally noted trending indicating that many businesses were factoring uncertain product demand and supply network risks, and that was going to make industry supply chain strategies far more challenging in the weeks ahead. The September 2022 J.P. United States. Global Wide Production Activity. representing a 0.6

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

In our summary and perspectives focused on July 2022 reporting , we opined that July data reinforced a trending toward declining global supply chain production momentum. The August 2022 J.P. United States. The August 2022 Manufacturing ISM© Report on Business reported an August value of 52.8,

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. A published Future of Freight study sponsored by Deloitte in September 2022 indicated that U.S.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Back in early 2022, The Economist wrote that company earnings reports were filled with mentions of “covid-induced shortages.” ” They added, “The Omicron variant has worsened the logjams by forcing workers, in many industries and the logistics business that weaves them together, to quarantine. ” Inflation.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides monthly highlight commentary and perspectives on published October 2022 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. The October 2022 J.P. United States. percentage points for October while the Inventories Index declined three percentage points. percent for 2022.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 20, 2022

To address this issue, one recommendation I am advocating would be to create government industrial policies that are targeted at supporting a domestic “stop gap” manufacturing capability. In addition, a multi-agency materials inventory portfolio based on in-depth supply market analysis is needed.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

We now include added updates related to ongoing production disruptions amid population lockdowns across China, increasing concerns related to European supply chains, and added signs for a product demand slowdown within segments of the semiconductor industry. He further indicated that the industry downturn may well extend into 2023.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

In fact, it will not be a stretch to say that climate change is currently the biggest threat that global supply chains are facing today and is responsible for shortages and disruptions in several industries. billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. Fighting climate change with green logistics. Green packaging.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 25, 2022

Logistics services in the industrial regions continue to encounter severe disruptions. On Friday, Shanghai authorities had identified over 600 companies among key industries for added efforts in clearing virus restrictions and ensuring supplies of inbound materials reach their destinations. The study indicated that there were 6.8

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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. Companies who have experienced these delays often add inventory across their network to buffer the risk. There can be big fines for noncompliance with trade regulations.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 5, 2022 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership. Names included in this edition include: RightHand Robotics.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2023

She explains, “Since there’s not much supply chain managers can do about these circumstances, there is another way to address the uncertainty besides more inventory: Shorten our supply chains.” He reports, “Over the past 18 months, Chinese companies have leased up to 80% of industrial parks space in Mexico.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

As we turn the page on 2022 , I’d like to make five supply chain predictions about what to expect for 2023. A week after severe winter weather wreaked havoc on holiday air travel across the United States, other major carriers were back up and running. In January of 2022, Dallas-based o9 Solutions was valued at $2.7

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 11, 2022

Cascading product shortages have affected everyone from major industries to individual consumers facing the now-familiar sight of empty store shelves. The 2020 one brought a record 30 named storms to the North Atlantic, including 12 that hit the United States, causing some $40 billion in damage. Denial of risk.”[6]

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

percent in 2022. percent in 2022. percent in 2023, compared to an estimated 3 percent in 2022. The United States is now forecasted to grow 1.1 percent in 2022. This latest forecast indicates that the global economy will grow by 2.1 percent this year, which is up from the 1.7 percent in 2023, compared to 4.1

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 22, 2023

Vigen has shown, for example, that there is an annual correlation between the number of people who have drowned by falling into a swimming pool and the number of films in which Nicolas Cage has appeared and that the divorce rate in Maine correlates to the per capita consumption of margarine in the United States. 6] Joris M. 6] Joris M.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Despite its prevalence, if you choose to sell CBD products online you’ll face a complicated industry with complex legal and marketing challenges. THC and is legal in the United States.* But don’t worry, it’s still a viable market for new brands to join the industry. billion USD in 2022.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The state of the trucking market in 2021 is uncertain, filled with risk, and continues to evolve, making logistics management challenging.? Let’s consider these top factors affecting the trucking market, their implications on supply chains and how they are driving change within the industry. . That’s an astonishing $933.30

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

We believe that these inventory management, customer and last-mile fulfillment strategies will have industry wide implications in terms of competitive stakes and cost-to-serve. Across the United States , Amazon elected to change its former predominant west to east coast hub based inventory and fulfilment distribution network.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In recent Supply Chain Matters commentaries focused on automotive industry supply networks, we have focused on how the ongoing global wide shortage of semiconductor logic devices continues to provide noteworthy manufacturing, supply chain as well as financial impacts. Broader Industry Perspectives. Background.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Just-in-time Supply Chains have long been the envy of companies and industries of all kinds. The concept of only bringing in inventory on demand is very compelling when inventories are considered costly, wasteful and cash drains. The automotive industry is renowned for having the envious Just-in-time business model at work.

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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. The following seven stories will recap business moves, innovative ideas, and industry insight to guide supply chain professionals into the launch of the next quarter. New FedEx CEO Adjusts Strategies in His First Earnings Call.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of March and Q1- 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which reinforce a state of stabilization within global supply chain networks. However, we discern some added signs excess inventories and of production sourcing shifts. as contrasted with the Q4-2022 average quarterly value of 49.5.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

We later highlighted a Bloomberg report indicating that blowback directed at the ocean container shipping industry and its windfall profits was on the rise. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Supply chain risks and likely disruptions are not going away any time soon.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2020

However more broadly the industry has faced the same challenges as other manufacturing sectors, with a -4.4% Here are three key medical device manufacturing challenges that will affect the industry in 2021. Historically regulation of medical devices has lagged the more tightly controlled pharmaceuticals industry.

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