Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with the average wait time for ships to be unloaded reaching 20.8 Current Year 2022. As depicted in our mid-year assessments , the global economic outlook significantly changed during this year with the IMF and the World Bank trimming their forecasts for 2022 growth.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2022

By now our Supply Chain Matters readers have already viewed headlines of yet another COVID-19 variant induced lockdown of certain manufacturing and port facilities in China. Impacted are manufacturing clusters located in Shenzhen and Changchun city areas which have been placed on minimum one-week lockdowns as of this past weekend.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

The figure includes Panasonic’s purchase of the remaining 80 percent of shares in Blue Yonder for $5.6 Applications are due by July 2021, with the program looking to reduce deforestation between 2022 and 2026. Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund is financing the project. billion, plus debt repayment.

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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. billion in 2022, the company estimated.”

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Unleashed

MARCH 21, 2023

New research suggests that manufacturers will be able to significantly improve cash flow as they recover from the inventory crisis of 2022. Last year, data from 4,500 manufacturers using Unleashed inventory management software revealed firms were typically spending twice as much on stock as they were before the pandemic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The Port of Los Angeles, which is vying with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to be the nation’s busiest facility, saw a 25.8% Global trade has eased as warehouse inventories of retailers and manufacturers remain elevated,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said.

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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. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J.P.

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

It involves all the activities related to the sourcing and transportation of raw materials needed in the manufacturing process. Meanwhile, the downstream supply chain involves activities post the manufacturing process, which would mean getting the finished goods to the end consumer.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

warehouse workers in June of 2022. For manufacturers, retailers and other businesses with an objective toward reducing prior unprecedented and explosive increases in transportation and logistics services, the takeaway would be one of positive trending with a specific caveat. There were 1.96 per 40 foot container.

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 30, 2021

Truck manufacturers also find it challenging to keep up with demand, and waitlists for driver courses continue to increase. In short, we expect it to be difficult to source capacity in the coming months until contract rates edge toward spot rates and the market finds a new “normal.” ” Here is a look at why. .

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

tractor fleet and sourcing 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, according to the press release. Unseasonably cold weather in Spain slowed down the growing of peppers, leading to Morrisons limiting purchases to two per customer. British supermarkets source peppers exclusively from Spain during the winter months.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 17, 2021

It is not clear yet what 2022 bookings look like. The impact of the semiconductor shortage varies by truck manufacturer. Source: ACT Research April 2021 Freight Forecast report. With the increase in building materials coming into the United States, how quickly will this help the manufacturing of backordered items?

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Over 100 ships waited to unload containers in December at Los Angeles and Long Beach, the U.S. 2022 ushered in a year of higher fuel prices attributed to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in March, declines in spot rates, and higher inventory levels for many retailers. gateways for Asian imports.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 6, 2022

Predicting demand was never easy (with or without an astrologer), and, looking ahead, the challenges of global supply chain disruptions continue in 2022. Here are the top five lessons learned from 2021’s supply chain challenges, with tips you can apply to uncover success in 2022. Get the Free Playbook ?.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Manufacturers and their supply chains have sustained crushing blows over the last 18 months, from the Suez Canal blockage to today’s port bottlenecks in Southern California and shipping delays in China. How do manufacturers deal with industry disruptors as they rear their ugly heads? Source: Xinde Marine News.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 19, 2022

In 2022, a supply chain will suffer a cyber attack so significant that a business will go bankrupt. It won’t come from a direct attack on supply chain systems and tools, but rather it will start from being linked to an unsecured data source. With that much data to search, it takes time to find the source of the breach.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In 1962, who would’ve thought the animators from Hanna-Barbera Cartoons in Los Angeles were already experimenting with urban air mobility (UAM)? billion in 2022 to USD 28.3 and France investing heavily in developing and procuring advanced UAM systems for commercial operations. billion by 2030. Ann believes Arena can help.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 31, 2021

As a result, chips will likely not catch up with demand until late 2022, and this will continue to impact not just automobiles, but virtually every electronic product you can think of. The problem with containers is that most of them are stuck in the US, but need to be at ports and manufacturers in China! as supplies tighten.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

GM’s Executive Vice President of Global Product Development , Purchasing and Supply Chain , Doug Parks, indicating in a statement that the auto maker expects its need for computer chips to double over the next several years. Container movements to the U.S. West Coast have been on the decline in favor of alternative U.S. East and Gulf Ports.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

West Coast dock workers and the Pacific Maritime Association having dragged on since June 2022. But shipping industry sources now indicate that negotiations deteriorated last week over the scope of expected dockworker wage increases. The existing labor contract expired on July 1, 2022.

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Stord

MAY 2, 2022

Manufacturing and shipping–already handicapped by worker shortages–weren’t able to keep up with new demand. That resulted in bottlenecks, such as the record backlogs at the port of Los Angeles, where container ships waited for weeks to offload cargo. Consumers have become accustomed to purchasing products online.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 10, 2021

Grocery manufacturers are seeing shortages and price hikes on wheat, corn, and many other commodities. For the first time in the rail container volume index history , non-holiday empty containers outnumber the loaded container volumes heading into Los Angeles.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2022

Although the company has not disclosed details, it is believed to be having trouble procuring parts for Bluetooth wireless communications components used in the controllers and main units as well as analog chips for controlling currents. Nintendo is having negotiations on procurement, but the outlook is uncertain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2024

Uber purchased Drizly in a cash-and-stock deal back in 2021. Trade is swinging back to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach after a period in which pandemic-driven shipping disruptions and broader shifts in manufacturing pushed supply chains more heavily toward Gulf Coast and East Coast ports.

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