Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Allyson Hatfield, demand planner at MARS Petcare presented. In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. Allyson’s presentation was just that. ” “Oops!,”

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AB&R

APRIL 29, 2022

Labor shortages, port congestion and manufacturing delays are throwing off the supply chain’s delicate balance. relies heavily on China for manufacturing of components and finished goods. China is facing a labor shortage in the manufacturing sector. This means that China is understaffed in manufacturing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Major Trends: Volatile Production, Capacity Crisis & The Need for EV Automotive manufacturing is experiencing a huge global transformation compared to the past. In 2022, mainland China’s vehicle production was approximately 26.1 In 2022, mainland China’s vehicle production was approximately 26.1 million cars. million cars.

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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. Global Wide Production Activity. in January.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group shares a Part Two commentary addressing our mid-year assessment of previously published 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains published at the beginning of 2022. Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing. Geo-Political and Hybrid Government Policy Dimensions.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

After a three-day stoppage of rail operations impacting transcontinental shipments of key commodities and manufactured goods, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have reached a settlement calling for final and binding arbitration of differences. Foxconn Forecasts Challenging Operating Environment This Year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

Well, according to Czinger, a Los Angeles-based boutique hypercar manufacturer, that is about to be a possibility. Empty shipping containers stack up at US port depots. UPS plans to implement its smart package initiative at 100 facilities in 2022, which will involve using RFID tags on packages to speed up throughput.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

Journalist Eamon Barrett ( @Eamonbarrett88 ) reports, “According to shipping analytics firm Windward, 20% of the world’s roughly 9,000 active container ships are currently sitting in traffic jams outside congested ports. Some of these problems are unique to the United States, while others are present around the world.”[6].

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world. This year, the program included presentations from Dollar General, Sleep Number, and Western Digital.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

But in the timeframe between 2020 to 2022, a volatile supply chain market showed the weakness in outdated, legacy supply chain execution built on rigid technology or lacking any accurate data that can improve overall decision-making. Inventory and Material Management Is Also Presenting New Challenges for the ? Retail Value Chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Supply Chain Performance over the Period of March 2020 to July 2022. Supply chain leaders self-assessment of performance during the pandemic period of March 2020-through July 2022. Business continuity continues to be a risk for many retailers and manufacturers. Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Here we provide an overview of the latest pet food industry trends, and answer the question: how can pet food manufacturers respond to changes in consumer demands to take advantage of these new trends? manufacturing had seen five years of consistent growth. manufactured?pet pet food manufacturers?significantly grow to $2.9

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

You can also read on for a snapshot of the data and insights gathered and presented in the report. Not surprisingly, manufacturing and distribution made up more than half of the industries represented, though others included life sciences and wellness, aerospace and defense, and food and beverage.

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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% Consider offering volume discounts and free shipping incentives to lift AOV. Operational costs present one of the biggest opportunities for boosting net margins. from February.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. Decarbonization, which means reducing the amount of carbon in greenhouse gas emissions, can help in improving our present condition. The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. A slow-moving crisis. Sustainable warehousing.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Disruptions were brought about not only by the persistent and recurring spread of Covid -19 infections globally, but also significant storms and natural disasters, a one-week blockage of one of world’s most transited shipping canals, followed by complete disarray among global shipping schedules. Current Year 2022.

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ModusLink Corporation

MARCH 8, 2023

warehouse order picker packing and sealing cardboard box with tape for dispatch As shippers and importers, there are many factors to consider when packaging and shipping products. Despite declines in the shipping industry, rates are still higher than average, putting new pressure on packaging and distribution strategies. Consider this.

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

Organizations must use every means at their disposal to keep goods moving while at the same time preventing their most important resource – their talent – from jumping ship at an alarming pace. Roughly 25% of workers plan to change jobs in 2022. resigned from their jobs in durable goods manufacturing.

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CargoBarn

MARCH 19, 2022

With more robots than The Jetsons, MODEX 2022 truly was the largest manufacturing and supply chain expo of the year. More than 850 exhibits and 100 on-floor seminars provided thousands of solutions to current and future shipping challenges. Watch the CargoBarn blog for more insights from MODEX 2022. Photo credtis: Modex.

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QAD

APRIL 26, 2022

The supply chain expo MODEX 2022 held last month included a keynote presentation highlighting the 2022 MHI Annual Industry Report “Evolution to Revolution: Building the Supply Chains of Tomorrow.” Rhodes concludes that manufacturers cannot meet tomorrow’s challenges using yesterday’s technology. So, what can be done?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Electrical contractors have felt the impact, which is predicted to continue throughout 2022. With the war in Ukraine inflicting more injury to an already weak global supply chain, you can expect high prices, product scarcity, and project delays through 2022. in April 2022 over March 2022. rose 71.47% from one year ago.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

Leaders will again be presented with an environment of uncertainty and differing economic, financial and risk based outlooks, depending on geographic region, or specific industry product demand or supply network sector. percent in 2022, to 3 percent in 2023, and consequently contract to 2.9 percent in 2024. and the United Kingdom.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

I had the opportunity to sit in on a very thorough presentation by a member of the Economist Intelligence Unit at the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies meeting today. Some of the supply constraints are also due to the destruction of key infrastructure in the Ukraine for shipping of these commodities. growth, and only 3.1%

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 29, 2023

… Aside from changing the physical elements of ports and infrastructure to protect against impending climate change, manufacturers can shift their own strategies to adapt. They need to analyze detailed information about the location of suppliers, customers and ship-to points.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 11, 2022

Manufacturing contributed 10.8% Manufacturing businesses are at the heart of eCommerce and retail businesses. If you’re an eCommerce seller or manufacturer, you need to know BOMs (bill of materials). Why are they useful for both eCommerce sellers and manufacturers alike? The parts required to manufacture the product.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 21, 2022

Between buying presents, plane tickets and party supplies, 36% of consumers went into debt, owing an average of $1,249, according to a survey by LendingTree. Logjams characterized supply chain woes leading up to the holidays, which resulted in many products ending up stuck on ships or in ports waiting to be offloaded. ”[7].

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QAD

APRIL 11, 2023

Power was down and the plant suffered a complete loss of connectivity, presenting leadership with a serious challenge. As soon as power was restored at Lebanon, we were able to ship and do all of our normal QAD Cloud business processes out of Lebanon,” notes Andrew Amstutz, Director of IT for Autokiniton. of business revenue to 5.8%.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Global Production Continues to Contract Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® ended 2023 on a noted lackluster footing. Manufacturing production reportedly contracted at a slightly quicker pace in December, dashing hopes for a point of stabilization. The December reading of 49.0

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

In our prior published Supply Chain Matters commentary, we reviewed and provided some added insights on July’s global manufacturing PMI indices which are pointing to declining global supply chain production momentum. Noted is that at the onset of the second half of 2022, the elephant in the room remains high inflation. and Europe.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In our previous published Part One commentary , we summarized the challenges and action taken by industry and global supply chain during the years 2020-2022, along with the key learning. That will have a direct impact on the dynamics of global container shipping, airfreight and logistics networks. Overall Themes for the Year 2023.

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Proxima

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Fueled by Covid, war, and supply shortages, inflation rates across key global markets including the UK and US have remained over the 2% target rate since April 2021, peaking at 11% and 9% respectively, in 2022. Albeit still some way off, we seek to explore the opportunity this could present to retailers. in the UK and 3.7%

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Herlitz Inventory Management

MARCH 23, 2023

To know which item was being shipped instead. That meant the ordered item’s demand was recognized, and the sub item’s shipping history was ignored. Through most of 2022, a new supply chain disruption was presented for our customers: Long Term Outs (LTOs). In other words, it looked like no substitutions happened at all.

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crisp

DECEMBER 7, 2023

With distribution across 120 countries and a lean business model that minimizes reliance on warehousing – opting to ship direct-to-store from their manufacturing facilities – ZURU recognizes the need to sync with customer demand in real-time. With the integration of Crisp, ZURU’s data bottlenecks have since been eliminated.

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Taulia

MARCH 15, 2023

While none of these territories have been able to escape the present global economic adversity fully, the UK appeared a striking outlier in terms of the scale and severity of the challenges inflation poses to its business community. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine compounded this difficult situation in early 2022. in November 2022 3.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 24, 2022

The report specifically cited iPhone contract manufacturing assemblers Foxconn, Pegatron , Wistron , MacBook producer Quantra Computer , AirPods producer Inventec , each being asked to evaluate alternative sourcing cost and other factors. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Resilinc

JUNE 28, 2022

Even though we’re only one week into summer 2022, excessive heat is already damaging agricultural production across the globe, from mangos and wheat in India to cattle in Kansas and chilis in New Mexico. In Europe, extreme heat has hammered much of the continent since mid-June, breaking records in France.

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