Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 1, 2023

Background Our research parent, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group , recently published 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains ( Available for complimentary downloading in our Research Center ). GoerTek reportedly established operations in Vietnam ten years ago to produce acoustic products for Samsung Electronics.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

It appears that operational and procurement risks for beneficial cargo owners or shippers, in the short term, are minimal. The areas that will be deliberated in future articles are ocean shipping market landscape, freight procurement, reliability & visibility and the competitive landscape.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides a further global supply chain assessment in the highlights and added insights on reported November 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. reported for October September, its lowest reading in 2023. China’s non-manufacturing PMI weighted towards services fell to 50.2 in November.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In a prior Supply Chain Matters Global Supply Chain Assessment commentary earlier this week , we surveyed reported global wide PMI indices for August 2023, along with implications. percent in Q1-2023, after declining by 0.2 Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

In Asia, Vietnam and Bangladesh are more important sourcing locations. The supply plan will include the procurement plan for their raw material supplies (Tier 2) needed for their finished goods suppliers (Tier 1). This highly automated DC will go live in the second quarter of 2023. There will be no emails or spreadsheets.

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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

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Added Background Developments As noted in a prior posting , Apple CEO Tim Cook has voluntarily asked for total compensation cut for 2023. That has been the case in Vietnam, and the looking glass will be in India in 2023. Further indicated was that sales of the Mac and iPad product segments would likely decline.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides a further global supply chain assessment in the highlighting and added insights on reported October 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. reported for September, its lowest reading in 2023. The reported value of 49.5 declined 0.7 percentage points from the 50.2 and Europe.

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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

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

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights perspectives and added insights on reported August 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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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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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

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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

An unstated but perhaps other consideration might be the effects of Apple’s ongoing China Plus supply resiliency strategy in sourcing production to other Asian areas such as India and Vietnam , amid increased economic uncertainty and growing manufacturing related employment involving younger Chinese workers. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2022

The industry consensus is that the ongoing chip shortage will extend to 2023. In 2021, Nike experienced discernable production and transportation disruptions for products sourced in Vietnam as suppliers struggled with Covid-19 lockdowns, labor and transport shortages.

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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

Shortage management is a strategic approach that evaluates the number of items required by a specific date, guiding purchasing managers to procure items accordingly. He has a combined 32 years of research and teaching experience in Australia, Singapore, China, Dubai, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 21, 2023

GoerTek established operations in Vietnam ten years ago to produce acoustic products for Samsung Electronics and was considering an initial $280 million investment in a new production facility in northern Vietnam. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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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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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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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Adidas @adidas Adidas is expected to move nearly 20% of its production to more automated factories by 2023 , many of them potentially proprietary. In 2017, Smith & Nephew expanded its use of business network and cloud-based applications to support a centralized, efficient procurement process for managing spending from end to end.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

reading reported at the end of 2023. Business confidence levels reportedly rose to their highest level since April of 2023. at the end of 2023, to the level of 56.5 reported at the end of 2023. percent in 2023, supported by strong consumer spending. The January 2024 reading of 50.0 increased 1.1 in January.

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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. Shippers assessing shipping from China, India or Vietnam to either U.S. East Coast have a Red Sea disruption context. West Coast or U.S.

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