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. The overall average for all of Q1-2023 was 48.6

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2023

Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that again dropped to an all-time low for June 2023. According to the June report summary , the primary driver of the latest decline was the inventory metric, which reportedly contracted 6.5 Similar trends were highlighted in our Supply Chain Matters summary of the May 2023 LMI report.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In this October 10, 2023 2023 edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology we provide our capsule highlights of investments announced by supply chain management focused tech providers. This includes our October 10, 2023 edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Gather AI Raises $17 Million in Series A Funding Computer vision and AI-powered warehouse inventory monitoring technology start-up Gather AI has announced $17 Million Series A-1 funding led by Bain Capital Ventures. No financial details were disclosed in the announcement. All rights reserved.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 6, 2023

As we step into the unknown of 2023, here are some key trends and issues affecting supply chain management to help you prepare your strategies. The economic turndown is threatening a global recession over 2023, and labor disputes and strikes are prevalent. ABC/XYZ analysis can help identify the most valuable items to your business.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 6, 2023

As we step into the unknown of 2023, here are some key trends and issues affecting supply chain management to help you prepare your strategies. The economic turndown is threatening a global recession over 2023, and labor disputes and strikes are prevalent. Supply chain issues. Getting the basics right. Improving forecast accuracy.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions including the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index reaching its lowest level lowest level in six years and one-half years. freight, logistics and parcel movement industry. Freight rate reportedly fell 37 percent. The LMI has now declined 6.7

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Freightos

JUNE 21, 2023

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * More Resources Home June 21, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 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. In 2023, such consequences will be continuing to unfold in multiple dimensions. Background.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 5, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of April 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which continue to reinforce a state of contraction level stabilization within global supply chain networks. Output, new orders, employment and inventory stocks reportedly all contracted. United States Two indices of U.S. for April, a 0.8

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our April 14, 17, 2023 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis capsule of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news. This tech provider was more recently named as the Fast Company World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023.

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Supply Chain Management In the ever-evolving world of freight and logistics, volatility has become the new normal. Procurement experts face transportation costs, customer demands, and high pressure on global container and air freight rates. Consider global container shipping rates. before the COVID lockdown ( Freightos ).

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Ivalua Blog [ivory-search] Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience February 8, 2023 | | Manufacturing by Doug Keeley In the face of an unprecedented global crisis, Procurement stepped up to become a crucial driving force for business continuity. Create speed and transparency.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

Freight rates have plummeted, brokerages are struggling, and the industry is still bloated with excess inventory. With the right data you can reduce your overall transportation costs, both accessorial costs and overall freight spend. Closer to home for supply chain professionals, driver shortages continue to plague the industry.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Indicated in the report summary was: “ The sustained growth in the logistics industry continues to be fueled by high levels of inventory and the associated levels of cost and utilization associated with holding them. According to the September report , growth is increasing for inventory levels, inventory and warehousing costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Those shipments can move directly to customers or move to several regional distribution centers (DCs) that serve as forward inventory locations and consolidation hubs servicing customers and channel partners. There was no air freight possible then into Europe,” added Gerald van den Eijnden. Molex Realizes it Needs Better Visibility.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. Vincent Clerc, the new incoming CEO of Maersk indicated to Bloomberg: “ The world is facing a significant inventory adjustment after a period where demand has been absolutely exceptional.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

Gartner estimates that by the end of 2022, 85% of enterprises will have some form of RPA implemented in their business and Forrester calculates the RPA market will exceed a 50% CAGR by 2023, going from roughly $500 million to $2.8 Inventory Management. Regardless of how efficient and effective, all supply chains carry inventory.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights additional developments, evidence and added signs that reinforce that there will be no peak holiday focused surge in transportation and logistics in the latter half of 2023. While 209,000 workers were added in June, 14,000 freight and parcel carriers were cut and 6,900 warehousing and storage jobs were lost.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

IDC also forecasts that by 2023, 30 percent of Asian enterprises will ship freight using a SaaS-enabled platform, resulting in improved efficiencies in load matching and reduced shipping costs. Dynamic routing has empowered logistics providers to consider plans B, C and D, offering alternative options of ocean and air freight cargo.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Timely Industry Example- Online Retail and E-Commerce With increased importance of online retail, E-Commerce or services-centric business models, enhanced coordination of customer focused fulfillment and inventory management has taken on special emphasis. and specifically increased demand for many forms of pandemic related consumer goods.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 30, 2023

The April 2023 GSPI reportedly dropped to a negative value 1.32, down from negative 1.15 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. reported for March, and a negative 0.29 reported for February.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

What’s happening in the Panama Canal 2023? The ACP also implemented “Condition 3” until September 2, 2023. The impact of the bottleneck goes beyond the canal itself, causing delays in container shipping and inventory replenishment along various shipping routes. Are there alternatives to the Panama Canal?

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Despite carrier hopes, peak season 2023 is starting to look like a bust. Recent inventory corrections have caused carrier volumes to stagnate, frustrating carriers and highlighting hopes for volume normaliza t ion in 2023. Experts Predict Lower Congestion, Labor Woes for 2023. YoY Volume Lapses Worry Air Cargo Companies.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that dropped to an all-time low for May 2023. Noted was a late May decline, largely driven by a more pronounced shift in inventories in the second half of May, reflecting a higher rate of expansion in the first half. Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s release of the U.S. All rights reserved.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The National Retail Federation (NRF) has issued its annual forecast, anticipating that retail sales will grow between 4 percent and 6 percent in 2023, meaning sales will reach between $5.13 Transportation Management Systems A TMS helps companies efficiently, reliably, and cost effectively move freight from origin to destination.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

With a wide array of products stored in its fulfillment centers, Amazon can consolidate orders and optimize its inventory management systems. Source Amazon Product Range One of the key drivers of Amazon’s success in logistics is the sheer breadth of its product range. Billion US Dollars), followed by Europe and potentially Asia.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions and that was reinforced by the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index (LMI) reaching its lowest level lowest level in six and one-half years. This survey was conducted in May among participants in the global freight forwarding community.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2023

A crowd of nearly 37,000 people flocked to the Javits Center in New York City to see what new solutions and innovations software suppliers had in store for 2023 and beyond. Blue Yonder At NRF 2023, Blue Yonder showcased a number of solutions around omni-channel order management and e-commerce integration.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

IDC expects spending on Digital Transformation (DX) on the top 5 use cases – smart warehousing, freight management, optimized operations, supplier network management, and predictive network inventory orchestration – to hit USD $33Bn in 2022. Source: 2021 FUTURE ENTERPRISE RESILIENCY & SPENDING- Wave 9, September 2021.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Some economies will have a “technical” recession in late 2022 and early 2023, which is negative GDP growth, but these are not true recessionary trends. The greatest risks looming ahead are concentrated in 2023. Global monetary tightening will take some time to kick in – likely in the second half of 2023. growth, and only 3.1%

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

percent for its LTL Freight unit, beginning in January 2023. percent rate increase initiated for this year, along with ongoing fuel and other surcharges added for respective parcel or freight movements. The carrier has now announced plans to hike shipping rates 6.9 percent to 7.9 This announcement is cumulative to the average 5.9

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported this week (Paid subscription or metered view) that ocean container freight rates related to the most active global shipping lanes continue to decline amid what is traditionally considered the peak shipping period leading up to the holiday fulfillment season in the November-December period. Added Perspectives.

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crisp

JANUARY 5, 2023

PANOS’ VP of Strategy and Trade uses Crisp to find sales opportunities and optimize inventory for the company’s eight brands, increasing profitability across the entire business. We’re in an unprecedented supply chain environment between inflation, stagnation, global disruptions, freight issues, and the pandemic,” Belinda says. “It’s

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Locus

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While the top apparel and accessory brands agree that product quality should get better with time, inventory priorities are always fluctuating. Only a modern and digital supply chain that is ever-evolving can manage the product quality, inventory volume, and fashion supplier relationships that the industry requires. million by 2025.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Evolution of Asset Management: Humans, Inventory and the Rise of AI by Jeroen Hendriks , Director at Art of Supply Chain Sdn Bh In the ever-evolving landscape of organisational success, the spotlight is now on asset management. However, inventory is also an essential asset for many businesses.

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