Enterra Insights

JUNE 27, 2022

Department of Agriculture (USDA) has raised its 2022 food inflation forecasts again reports Jim Wiesemeyer ( @Jim_Wiesemeyer ).[1] Consumer concern has turned to consumer action as they adjust to these new conditions. Retailer and manufacturer responses. ” Rising prices are changing consumer behavior. ”[4].

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QAD

MAY 23, 2023

The goal, from a manufacturing perspective, is clear: learn how to do more with less as efficiently as possible while maintaining profitability and complying with due diligence legislation. In a recent BearingPoint survey, a whopping 85% of companies attribute their move to sustainable procurement practices to government regulations.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 8, 2022

Good for someone that wants to buy Halloween candy for 75% off the day after Halloween, but not so great for the candy manufacturer or retailer.”[5] She explains, “Dark chocolate can store up to two years from the manufactured date. Nestle Warns Of Halloween Supply Issues ,” Marketing Daily, 29 July 2022. [3]

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2023

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , nearly three years after Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, supply chains are back to normal. The February reading in the New York Fed’s Global Supply Chain Pressure Index was -0.26, reaching negative territory for the first time since August 2019. in December 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. That prospect became more conceivable, they said, after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine prompted companies to sever ties with Russia, sometimes taking huge write-downs.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

China Based Manufacturers Remain Impacted by Extended Population Lockdowns. The report, citing two informed sources, specifically indicates that between 30 percent and 50 percent of Foxconn’s and Jabil’s planned production output in August were affected by electrical power rationing. percent according to this same source.

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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. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. Federal Bank of New York.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 19, 2022

Some of shoppers had their online purchases delivered to their homes while others opted to pick-up their orders curbside. As escalating prices sap purchasing power, grocery customers are searching for ways to pay no more than necessary when shopping online.” ” Grocers and CPG Manufacturers Prefer In-store Shoppers.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 19, 2022

Some of shoppers had their online purchases delivered to their homes while others opted to pick-up their orders curbside. As escalating prices sap purchasing power, grocery customers are searching for ways to pay no more than necessary when shopping online.” ” Grocers and CPG Manufacturers Prefer In-store Shoppers.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 30, 2023

Analysts at NielsenIQ observe, “Positive consumer sentiment toward sustainability has been growing for more than a decade, but the impact of purchasing preferences has yet to inspire a green revolution within the retail industry. Two rapidly emerging drivers of change — governance and cost — are about to change all that.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Our prior full edition of this column was published on July 14 and featured news related to global battery manufacturer Panasonic and warehouse services start-up Flexe. Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 Expands C-Suite Amid Increased Technology Demand.

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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 To adapt, the U.S. That helped alleviate some of the pain.

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Unleashed

APRIL 11, 2024

US manufacturing activity expands for first time since 2022. The latest ISM Manufacturing PMI report registered an unexpectedly high 50.3% Baltimore bridge disaster adds new stress to global supply chains. When shoppers to spend more on each purchase it has a desirable effect on your profits. in March – up 2.5%

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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. For the specific routing of Shanghai to New York , the index was $11, 531, reflecting a six percent decline.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

Added Manufacturing Disruption in China. Last week after a series of manufacturing and product design flaws impacted the deliveries of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner wide-body aircraft since 2020, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cleared the way to resume airline deliveries of previously ordered aircraft.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 30, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a further negative drop in the New York Federal Reserve’s Global Supply Chain Pressures Index ( GSPI ). Noted in the Feds April 2023 narrative were significant downward contributions from Euro Area delivery times, Euro Area stocks of purchases, and Korean delivery times.

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Resilinc

MAY 30, 2023

The majority of drug makers (Eugia, Fresenius Kabi, and Pfizer) have reported the shortages are due to increased demand, while one company, Accord, cited manufacturing delays. The report highlights that drug shortages are not a new problem. At the end of 2022, active drug shortages reached a high of 295 different drugs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights two additional May 2022 indicators of supply chain volatility as well as logistics services trending. logistics trends reinforce a shifting tide along with concerns as to what to expect in the second half of 2022. Regarding the latter, the U.S. Global Supply Chain Pressure Index.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The May report indicated that the global wide PMI has now been below the neutral 50 mark for nine consecutive months, and again an indication of manufacturing recession conditions. in April to 58.7 value in April to 58.2 value in April.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

we’d watch places like Houston, San Francisco, and New York City — not to mention the entire state of Florida — slowly disappear into the sea.” East notes, “Sustainability analytics requires a lot of data from many different sources. ” UpWorthy, 11 November 2022. [4] And in the U.S.,

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The Wall Street Journal and New York Times are reporting that Ukrainian banks and infrastructure agencies have been suffering through waves of cyber attacks in recent days. 1] Bloomberg, “ What’s at Stake for Global Economy as Russia Standoff Escalates ,” SupplyChainBrain, 24 February 2022. [2] ”[4]. .”[9]

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

She reports, “Retailers like Best Buy, Party City, Walmart and Wayfair announced layoffs in 2022. ” The New York Times, 31 January 2023. [2] Shoppers Say: We Like Being Called Cheap ,” Marketing Daily, 13 June 2022. [4] ” Footnotes [1] Paul Krugman, “ Stagflation or Soft Landing?

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

As manufacturing increasingly supplanted agriculture as the wellspring of American employment, labor unions, which had first appeared in the late 18th century, grew more prominent and vocal. .”[3] Siegel reports, “Many sources point to Peter J. 5] Editors, “ Labor Day ,” Britannica.com, 5 July 2022. [6]

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Exiger Perspectives

MAY 16, 2023

C-SCRM completes market’s first comprehensive, centralized supply chain solution NEW YORK, NY. With the addition of Ion Channel’s SBOM capability, Exiger now offers an unprecedented depth of analysis in vendor and open-source software cyber risk. Their proprietary risk model analyzes 1.5

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2022

In this regular edition of our featured column, Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , we provide a capsule synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based multi-industry supply chain readership. FedEx and FourKites.

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Resilinc

MAY 10, 2022

While constraints and delays continued into the first couple months of 2022, it still seemed that the year would see continuing improvement in supply chain conditions. manufacturers to receive materials increased to 100 days—the longest span ever reported by ISM. Read: The Case for a Pan-American Manufacturing Ecosystem.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2023

billion in 2022 and the previous record high of $21.7 Spending is growing across several categories, and the top Easter items consumers say they are planning to purchase include candy ($3.3 UPS is bringing new safety training to Louisville and other sites across the country. billion in 2020. billion), gifts ($3.8

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

Frequent readers of the Supply Chain Matters blog may recall one metaphor that this Editor has invoked over the past three years – the Eagle ’s tune, In a New York Minute ( Everything Can Change ). Everything is a little out of sync right now. ”. Additional Thoughts.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights two additional indices of global and US supply chain volatility relative to July 2022 global supply chain activity levels. In a prior published Supply Chain Matters commentary, we provided highlights of the various July 2022 PMI indices across select global supply chain regions. Bob Ferrari.

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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 More importantly, the supply chain isn’t there yet!

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Enterra Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Transition to adaptive policies that enable NbS across infrastructure engineering, procurement, and construction. Harness the power of technology, including AI and big data, to identify new water growth opportunities. Stimulate private investment through blended financial solutions.”

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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. According to the latest Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSPI) , compiled and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , overall pressures increased in April.

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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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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 26, 2022

Today, leading companies across varied industry verticals that include retail, consumer and industrial products manufacturing, high-tech and semiconductor, life sciences, automotive, telecom, and oil and gas leverage :o9’s Digital Brain platform for transforming their supply chain, commercial and integrated business planning capabilities. .”

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

ShipBob can only fulfill orders for CBD products from our US fulfillment centers that meet the following criteria: Products are manufactured by a US-based company. But don’t worry, it’s still a viable market for new brands to join the industry. billion USD in 2022. Products exclude vapes. Products contain <0.3%

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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% 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%

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Costco has reintroduced purchase limits. US ports see shipping logjams extending through mid-2022. The funding will focus on manufacturers of the inputs used in COVID-19 vaccine production as well as facilities that fill and package vaccine vials. US to invest $3 billion in Covid vaccine supply chain. That’s all for this week.

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