All Things Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

First American Uranium Reports on New Mexico’s Past Uranium Mining First American Uranium is highlighting the historical uranium production in New Mexico, particularly in the Grants district, where the company’s…

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

Background As the month of August comes to a close, we wanted to revisit one of our 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains published at the beginning of this year. As an example, the authors point to Vietnam gaining ground in electronics, apparel and textiles, while Mexico has been increasing U.S. supply chain activity.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

percentage points higher that the December 2023 ending value. along with Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. percentage point increase over the average of Q4-2023. with the Q4-2023 quarterly average of 52.2, percentage points higher than the Q4-2023 average of 49.3. The March reading of 50.6 reflecting a 1.3

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

In Asia, Vietnam and Bangladesh are more important sourcing locations. To achieve this, VF has invested in their logistics infrastructure. This highly automated DC will go live in the second quarter of 2023. VF had committed itself to largely selling goods to consumers in the same region they are manufactured in.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

Written by logistics leaders who are practitioners in their respective companies, it aims to stimulate thinking on how shippers or BCO’s could view business continuity and risk in the current environment. We can observe this quite clearly in the growth experienced in countries like Vietnam, India as well as Hungary and Mexico.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China de-risking sourcing actions. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. We pointed out that in 2022, more U.S. For those businesses located in the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of February 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which appear to indicate some stabilization within global supply chain networks. The February 2023 Manufacturing ISM® Report on Business® recorded a value of 47.7 The reported 50 value for February was up 0.9 reported for January.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides our monthly highlights commentary reflecting on May 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices. The May composite index reading reflects companies continuing to manage outputs to better match demand for the first half of 2023 and prepare for growth in the late summer/early fall period.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI® declined to 50.6 With the Eurozone now declared to be experiencing manufacturing recession, and with global wide manufacturing PMI now reported as two consecutive months of contraction, the prospects for 2023 remain concerning and meaningful for global chain activity volumes. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Our stated belief was that the multi-industry supply chain challenges of 2021 would not abate and would linger in some cases into 2023. The most visible was that of Apple , which influenced its network of suppliers and contract manufacturers to shift sourcing to regions such as India and Vietnam. Mid-Year Assessment.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and perspectives on reported July 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Further indicated were signs of weakness occurring in China , Japan , Malaysia, South Korea , Taiwan and Vietnam. All rights reserved.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2023

Well, ARC Advisory Group , the owner of Logistics Viewpoints, has been conducting research on the PLC market for decades. And now on to this week’s logistics news. million-square-foot warehouse in Connecticut Flexport announced the acquisition of Shopify Logistics’ assets, including Deliverr. Come on – not a chance!

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

Our stated belief was that the multi-industry supply chain challenges of 2021 would not abate and would linger in some cases into 2023. The likelihood of a full-blown recession impacting Europe by 2023 is now appears more cogent while prospects for growth of the U.S. economy in 2022 have been ratcheted down to just over 2 percent.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2022

The industry consensus is that the ongoing chip shortage will extend to 2023. Elevated transportation and logistics costs and longer transit times have impacted profitability, despite ongoing price increases imposed on products. For the quarter ending May 31, total revenue decreased one percent to $12.2

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 13, 2023

Our commentary reiterated that over the last three years there were reports indicating that Apple was instructing its contract manufacturers to begin evaluating and seeking out new hardware sourcing outside of China , specifically India and Vietnam , with the former garnering the most attention. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

The remarks made to Bloomberg were in the context of the pandemic induced aircraft demand contractions after two years of disruptions and setting the context for 2023 and beyond monthly production rate goal setting. We further cited CMS provider Pegatron ’s announced manufacturing investment in India, and expansion in Vietnam.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In prior years, especially last year, component availability, Covid-19 related restrictions among Foxconn’s production facilities in China and added logistics disruptions had the effect of delaying the availability of some new model versions until very late in the holiday fulfillment cycle. All rights reserved.

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Vinculum

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

billion in 2023 to $60.63 The ecommerce revenue growth trends of Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, and Indonesia over the period till 2028 all show a growth of over 60%. For example, Indonesia with its archipelagos of more than 17000 islands, poses a natural challenge to do last mile logistics efficiently.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Moreover, Amazon refused even to discuss the situation in good faith with Gilimex, locking Gilimex’s CEO and management team out of Amazon’s headquarters in North Reading, Massachusetts after the Gilimex team had traveled thousands of miles from Vietnam for a meeting.” What happened? Mistakes happen.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Among the six countries that our research arm monitors in the Developing Economies category ( China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Vietnam, Thailand ) the average PMI value for Q3 was 52.1, However, report authors indicated that demand increases were generally driven from domestic needs as opposed to export needs. Bob Ferrari.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Figure 1: Identifying gaps in supply chain competency Overall Findings from three segments of industry were identified namely logistics, manufacturing and trading. The logistics industry is known for its cost sensitivity and customer-oriented approach.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 9, 2023

Background Within our research arm’s January 2023 published advisory, 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains , we included a prediction that manufacturers would seek more direct control and added resiliency of their component or outsourced production supply networks in 2023. Mexico is near the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2023

The Altasian Option The Economist magazine in its February 25 th 2023 edition featured a report titled: The Altasian Option- Can Asia’s alternative supply chain steal China’s thunder? © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Paid subscription required). All rights reserved.

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Freightera

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Deglobalization will accelerate, and reshoring and localization of manufacturing will continue 2023 has seen a severe freight recession, especially in North America, with significant overcapacity and declining rates for ocean shipping as well. Freightera’s CEO, Eric Beckwitt Gives His Predictions on The Trends in Sustainability in 2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Over the last three years Supply Chain Matters has highlighted various published reports of Apple instructing its contract manufacturers to begin evaluating and seeking out new hardware sourcing outside of China , specifically India and Vietnam. What apparently was missing is what specific challenges that entailed. All rights reserved.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. Adidas @adidas Adidas is expected to move nearly 20% of its production to more automated factories by 2023 , many of them potentially proprietary.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 31, 2023

Countries such as India , Vietnam and others welcome an Apple supply network presence with open arms. India along with Vietnam have the potential to be other significant markets for smartphones and consumer electronics as employment and income levels increase over the coming years. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

reading reported at the end of 2023. This index is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand , and Vietnam. These latter two dimensions are a reflection of overall multi-industry supply network activity levels and momentum. The February 2024 reading of 50.3

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

2] Included in her overview are: the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict; the Israeli-Gaza conflict; Houthi attacks in the Red Sea; tensions between China and Taiwan; China’s hegemonic ambitions, leading to territorial conflicts with Vietnam, the Philippines, Japan, and India; and rising concerns about North Korean aggression.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 12, 2022

When working to create a seamless omnichannel experience, logistics and inventory tracking are the biggest challenges retailers face when implementing and managing this strategy. Google Chrome isn’t blocking third-party cookies until 2023, but it’s happening nonetheless. The solution to this challenge? Leveraging Customer Data.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 10, 2022

Shipments From Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, or Taiwan to the U.S. As with everything in logistics, it is a dance of supply and demand. UPS Worldwide Express Freight® and UPS Worldwide Express Freight® Midday will decrease by $0.34 per pound from Aug. per package.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 9, 2024

Prediction Background In our prior 2023 predictions published a year ago, we included two separate predictions related to how supply management and their strategic sourcing teams would encounter an added focus on business strategy alignment. imports of China based goods declined almost 23 percent in the first 10 months of 2023, while U.S.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

That means maritime shipping lies at the very heart of the global logistical system. Journalist Alejandra Salgado reports, “While an international operation is being coordinated to help secure safe transit for commercial vessels, logistics managers now find themselves assessing contingency plans until the situation is resolved.”[7]

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Nevertheless, they offer possibilities for routes that may encourage domestic imports and exports as well as the growth of logistical activities. In 2023, the expansion is anticipated to be finished. Passages, which are only transit places, have significantly less of an impact on regional growth. The area has 2.5

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Background Just before the Christmas 2023 holiday, Supply Chain Matters alerted our readers to rather troubling signs for another global-wide shipping disruption. Logistics teams assessing options and related costs in shipping from Asia to Europe or from Europe to U.S. East Coast have a Red Sea disruption context. West Coast or U.S.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

MARCH 10, 2023

A Preface (from our CEO ) Happy New Year 2023!!! 2023 Market Outlook As best we can, we will attempt to share what we see are the reasonable expectations of what 2023 will bring along with more specific industry insights. At minimum we should expect continued slowdowns, and eventual recession likely by the end of 2023.

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