Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog shares a mid-year assessment of previously published 2022 predictions for industry supply chains published at the beginning of 2022. economy in 2022 have been ratcheted down to just over 2 percent. Economic Outlook Significantly Changed.

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QAD

JANUARY 24, 2023

It is no secret that procurement executives are constantly seeking innovative ways to maximize efficiency and address unexpected supply disruptions. However, procurement is evolving into much more than the most cost effective option since the cheapest option often involves real world atrocities like child and forced labor.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

The July 2022 J.P. United States. Indices reflecting manufacturing across the United States reflected lower momentum as well. The July 2022 Manufacturing ISM© Report on Business reported the lowest PMI value since June 2020. Global Wide Production Activity. Select Regional Highlights. down from the 52.7

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2023

The premise of the report is that this cluster seems evenly matched with China in relation to supply of working age labor, lower cost of labor and domestic market and export potential to countries such as the United States , where the latter is evenly matched as of 2022. One example indicated was that U.S. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 6, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights March and Q1-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating added headwinds and challenges in the months to come. Source: JP Morgan and S&P Global, March 2022. The average PMI value for Q1-2022 was 53.3, United States. for February.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Even as political battlelines in the United States harden, the push for “Made in America” products is being made from both the right and left. Procurement must also be considered. ”[7] He adds, “The issue of sourcing invariably gives rise to the key question: Sourcing of what? Raw materials?

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of both December 2022 and full year reported global PMI indices that at the close of 2022 present a far different picture from the start of the year. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® which began 2022 at an expansion value of 54.2, Sources; S&P Global and ISM, 2022.

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EC Sourcing Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A critical aspect of the following supply chain best practices is to have intuitive procurement software that provides insights and analytics to help navigate the uncertainty and make the best decisions for the future. Supply Chain Best Practices : The Effect of Inflation on Procurement & the Supply Chain.

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LevaData

JANUARY 20, 2022

More specifically: how should the procurement industry respond to inflation caused by supply chain challenges and labor shortages ? Bureau of Labor Statistics , the Consumer Price Index in the United States increased 5.4% Bureau of Labor Statistics , the Consumer Price Index in the United States increased 5.4%

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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. Indices reflecting manufacturing across the United States were generally positive. Federal Bank of New York.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 1, 2022

The 34th president of the United States (1953 to 1961.). To understand this point, I contrast the results of the Gartner Top 25 Award Winners published in 2022 (last week) against their peer group from 2012 to 2021. Comparison of Business Results to Peer Group of the 2022 Gartner Top 25 Winners. ” Dwight D.

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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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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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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

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. More to the point, reports indicate that 2023 sales are forecasted to grow a mere 4.6

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 8, 2022

Today is being recognized globally as International Women’s Day 2022. The stated goals are a world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination, one that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive where difference is valued and celebrated. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 26, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters editorial commentary we address the dichotomy of revisiting supply chain strategic sourcing strategies in the wake of a rapidly changing l landscape of challenges. Strategic Sourcing Shifts Away from China. Basis of Materials Strategic Sourcing. Background. The rest, as they often say, is history.

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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. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report for November 2022, a composite index produced by J.P. United States. percent for all of 2022. Global Wide Production Activity.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Procurement and supply chain executives are on the “same team” – and in general, a recent study conducted by the SCRC and GEP suggests that there is strong alignment between the two functions when it comes to prioritizing lower risks and reducing uncertainty in supply chains.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. Source: Statista.com. It forced three semiconductor plants to shut, causing a microchip shortage for the auto industry and severing the state’s vital supply chain links for three days. Ethical sourcing of goods. A slow-moving crisis. parts per million.

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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, Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

2023 Prediction Three: More Direct Control in Strategic or Tactical Multi-tiered Direct Materials Sourcing will Continue to be a Prominent Element of Business Strategy for Chief Supply Chain or Chief Procurement Officer Efforts. . A published Future of Freight study sponsored by Deloitte in September 2022 indicated that U.S.

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Exiger Perspectives

JUNE 2, 2023

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) took effect in the United States on June 21, 2022 to prohibit importation of goods into the United States that were produced by forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China. What is the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

After producing a reported 2,500 vehicles in the first quarter, the company continues to be challenged by termed supply chain challenges which in March required executives to trim the prior 2022-unit production forecast in half to upwards of 25,000 vehicles this year. Stellantis Senior Procurement Leadership Change.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The September 2022 J.P. United States. Separately, Bloomberg reported last week that China’s industrial profit levels shrank during the first eight months of 2022 adding to economic as well as manufacturing financial challenges. Global Wide Production Activity. up from a 47.3 reported for August. for August.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

While supply chains are starting to stabilize, Resilinc hopes the pandemic’s lessons will lead procurement and supply chain managers to shift to more regionalized sourcing models. and global OEMs have optimized and globalized sourcing and procurement to reduce labor and other input costs. ROADMAP TO REGIONALIZATION.

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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. Overall year-to-date growth in 2022 of 3 percent is reportedly well below the established government target of 5.5

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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. The average LMI index over the first quarter of 2022 was reported as 74.5, Global Shipping.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

Of these 37 projects, 23 are in the US, which brings Amazon’s total clean energy procurement in the US from 7.2 The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles. GW to 10.4

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 1, 2023

based companies doing business within, or sourcing supply chain materials and production within China. based companies sourcing in China would be impetus to accelerate termed China Plus alternative or supplementary sourcing strategies. Supply Chain Matters highlights published findings from a recent survey conducted among U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Our previous posting in this series of global wide manufacturing PMI highlights was in early January summarizing both December and Q4-2022 reported indices data. value reported for the end of 2022. value reported for December 2022. percent in 2022 which translated to 3.5 value reported for December 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 25, 2022

The Chief Executive of TSMC , the globe’s largest contract semiconductor design and production operator indicated last week that the global semiconductor shortage is likely to extend throughout 2022 and possibly into 2023. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 6, 2022

I am a proponent of dual sourcing. The vulnerabilities with sole sourcing are very real. Deloitte states that the automotive industry lost sales of $210 billion in 2021 alone due to chip shortages. Most of the semiconductor fabrication is now conducted in Taiwan and China, not the United States. Whereas the U.S.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 20, 2022

The holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, which occurred nearly two-years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. All procurement and supply chain professionals have an opportunity and responsibility to fight back now.”[3] ”[3] Easier said than done. Footnotes. [1]

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

High freight volumes across all industries in the trucking market are expected to continue into 2022.? A Possible Stimulus on the Horizon May Increase the Challenge of Procurement Through Peak Season. United States Business Logistics Costs fell by around 4% to end up at an estimated$1.56 That’s an astonishing $933.30

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2022

The advisory identified the various unique challenges associated with customer fulfillment and warehouse operational workers, continual nationwide truck driver shortages across the United States and Europe in areas of compensation, process inefficiencies and collaborative automation needs. Strategy, planning and decision making.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 19, 2022

Sanctions make these elements harder to procure elsewhere while preventing many companies from using existing Russian sources. This comes both from a change in sourcing and an availability concern as many alternative suppliers face export restrictions. In many instances, alternative sources are limited.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Output reportedly rose in China, India, Brazil and the United States , while declines continued in the Eurozone , Japan and the United Kingdom. We view such an indicator as clear evidence that sourcing for lowest cost manufacturing is again apparent among multi-industry supply networks. The February 2024 reading of 50.3

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