ModusLink Corporation

DECEMBER 13, 2022

With so much disruption fresh in mind, looking toward 2023 feels a bit more stable for every warehouse and distribution channel. However, the instability around the risk of recession remains, and knowing the top supply chain trends to watch in 2023 will help your organization prioritize operations and succeed.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

FourKites CEO, Matt Elenjickal One of the two leaders in the real-time transportation visibility market is FourKites. The interview occurred during athe FourKites Visibility 2023 user conference on September 7th in Chicago. Finally, the transportation asset is attached once the pallets are loaded. That is fast growth.

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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. Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022. billion in 2022, the company estimated.”

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

In addition, Spinnaker SCA’s offerings will augment Publicis Sapient’s capabilities around advanced AI/ML analytics, supply chain digital twins, data solutions, warehouse management, transportation management and expanded digital sustain services. No financial details were disclosed in the announcement. All rights reserved.

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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. Background. Prediction Background. For those businesses located in the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides a further installment in our global supply chain assessment in the highlights on reported December 2023, Q3-2023, and full year global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® ended 2023 on a noted lackluster footing. at the end of 2023.

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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. In the past we would expect to see transportation and warehousing ramping up hiring in late summer ahead of peak season. ”

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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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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

APRIL 7, 2023

The sub-index index Transportation Utilization of 50 was noted as indicating no upward movement for the first time in 2023. With the Inventory Level index continuing to grow, the sense of the March report is that there was no inventory replenishment cycle in the first quarter, and there may not be one in the second quarter as well.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

percent in 2023, compared to 4.1 percent in 2023, compared to an estimated 3 percent in 2022. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Emerging market and developing economies, excluding China are now expected to grow 2.9 percent in 2022. China is now forecasted to grow 5.6

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog unveils a summarized overview of our annual prediction themes for industry and global supply chains for the year 2023 and beyond. We will then proceed into what we expect major themes to be in 2023. . Current Year 2022.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 5, 2023

The energy trilemma of energy security, sustainability, and affordability is kicking in full gear in 2023. At the strategic planning level, decisions have to be taken on demand allocation, feedstock procurement, utilization of production capacities, distribution, and utilization of modes of transport. Download Whitepaper.

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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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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 15, 2023

The so-called “retail apocalypse” was deepened by the pandemic, then came inventory overload and inflation. Transforming Inventory Management. Young observes, “[In recent years, retailers have experienced] product shortages and overstuffed inventories in rapidly changing consumer markets.

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crisp

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Food Logistics has named Barry Bradley, Head of Supply Chain at Crisp, as one of their 2023 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain. A day of transit saves millions of dollars over the course of a year, when you’re talking about all the inventory being shipped,” he explains. “[So]

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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

OCTOBER 12, 2022

This index compiles 27 different variables to include transportation movement and costs, global PMI sub-indexes reflecting delivery times and order backlog. Interestingly, Transportation Utilization is the outlier here, as both utilization metrics in the index were up significantly in September. ”. for September. for September.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The gap between logistics and procurement; and logistics and customer service increases process latency. Last week, Nike reported first quarter 2023 results. Inventories increased by 44% due to supply chain volatility. Inventories grew year-over-year by 43%. Alignment in Organizations in the Summer of 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

They provide capabilities to coordinate supply chain procurement, planning, fulfillment, or other network wide decision-making capabilities among various supply networks and order fulfillment segments. The ultimate costs in warehousing, inventory carrying costs and other dimensions are still being assessed.

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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. Supply chain solutions solve problems not just in transit but throughout the planning and order life cycle — from order processing, to transport planning, to fulfillment, yard, tracking, and post-delivery.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and perspectives on reported June 2023 and Q2-2023 quarterly global and regional PMI indices. The June data reportedly indicated that the European manufacturers advanced with inventory destocking efforts amid continued weakness in this region’s manufacturing economy. All rights reserved.

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Resilinc

APRIL 17, 2024

While it may seem smart to simplify procurement and lower costs, single sourcing can actually expose businesses to risks that can jeopardize their operations and bottom line. Single sourcing and sole sourcing are two different procurement strategies in supply chain management. What is single sourcing and sole sourcing?

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

These technology solutions assist businesses in carrying out various warehousing functions, which may include order processing , inventory management, packing and fulfillment, internal movement of goods, receiving and storage, and many more. They help to automate and streamline the storage and retrieval aspects of warehousing processes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

This involves a lot of long-haul transportation.” 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. That increases the value of the analytics used by the procurement team.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Our featured guest is Graham Scott, Vice President of Global Procurement for global based manufacturing services provider Jabil. Our conversational topics span how Jabil has navigated the various global supply chain and transport disruptions that have occurred these past two plus years. Stay tuned for updates for forthcoming episodes.

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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. This is achieved by AI and ML which delivers more accurate optimised inventory, minimising overproduction and potential errors.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights two February 2023 published indexes of supply chain volatility both reflecting moderation of disruption and higher logistics costs. The reported biggest movers in February were Transportation Costs which declined 5.9 The Transportation Prices index reported a value of 36.1

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

The increased cost of working capital and supplemental inventory levels to mitigate fulfillment risk is likely to revert back to just-in-time inventory management. Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S. percent in 2022, to 3 percent in 2023, and consequently contract to 2.9 percent in 2024.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The issue wasn’t poor planning – they had the inventory. Multiple calls only muddied the waters, but a few things became clear: inventory was in the warehouse, but my order for it was stuck. The combinatorial factors disrupting supply chains persist, but in this case the problem was completely preventable.

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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 Procurement. Inventory Management. Contract Review.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

We had a hangover from the pandemic: Which led to continued inventory shortages, closures of manufacturing plants in China, congested ports, and underemployment. Inflation set in for fuel and transport costs, increasing logistics costs as a whole over last year. Cargo capacity exacerbated inventory shortages in the first half of 2023.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that dropped to an all-time low for May 2023. Transportation utilization reportedly dipped a hefty 9.5 Consequently, transportation prices reportedly declined 8.9 © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Similar to viewing your favourite music videos on YouTube or follow-up on other exciting programs, a few supply chain YouTube channels are worth subscribing to towards 2023. 3) CIPS – Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply | 16.3k Procurement Jobs in Future. Procurement Jobs in Future. Subscribers.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 30, 2023

This index compiles 27 different variables to include transportation movement and costs, global PMI sub-indexes reflecting delivery times and order backlog. The April 2023 GSPI reportedly dropped to a negative value 1.32, down from negative 1.15 reported for March, and a negative 0.29 reported for February. All rights reserved.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This total time can be further categorized into key components: Procurement Lead Time: This dimension, situated in the upstream supply chain, covers the duration from placing an order to receiving it. Procurement Lead Time: Efficient procurement lead time ensures timely access to raw materials, a fundamental step toward efficient production.

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