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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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. Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing. He later indicated to media sources that such trends would have an impact on global supply chains. Mid-Year Assessment.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Background As the month of October comes to a close, we revisit one of our 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains published at the beginning of this year. This study’s framework defines resiliency in the context of materials sourcing, production and supply chain digital transformation, and on industrial automation.

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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

MARCH 1, 2023

based companies doing business within, or sourcing supply chain materials and production within China. 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 ).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. VFC’s supply chain sourced over 410 million units of apparel, footwear, and accessories in their last fiscal year.

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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. Commenting on the November data, Bennett Parrish, Global Economist at J.P.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The increased geo-political tensions involving influential global nations is more and more spilling over into supply chain sourcing and business policy dimensions. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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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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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

APRIL 13, 2023

Background In early December of 2022, we called Supply Chain Matters reader attention to published reports acknowledging that consumer electronics giant Apple was accelerating actions to source some hardware production outside of China. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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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

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. From our lens, the August data further reflects ongoing shifts in production sourcing within specific industry sectors. in August compared to 57.7

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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. Source: S&P Global and Other Sources. declined 0.7

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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 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

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 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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

According to a published report by Bloomberg , citing informed sources, this method is being utilized in effort to both lesson the overall use and potential waste of metal in the watch case fabrication process along with ascertaining if 3D printing methods can be effectively utilized for other product models as well. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Such actions were to include mitigation of risks related to China based sourcing, which is now commonly referred to as a China Plus sourcing strategy. That was followed by a public acknowledgement from CEO Tim Cook that the company’s 60 percent sourcing of various production within the country was too much.

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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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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

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? based Qualcomm ’s revenues from Vietnamese sourced chip facilities many of which supply other high tech firms such as Samsung, tripled between 2020 and 2022.

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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%. Source: Statista Internet penetration in most of the Southeast Asian countries is very high at 65-75%. billion in 2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In this developing region category, we want to make mention of countries reporting increased levels of demand which we believe are a likely sign that businesses are actively seeking alternative sourcing of supply network needs. The headline PMI posted a September value of 55.1 up from a value of 53.7 in August and 52.4 Bob Ferrari.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Companies emphasized offshore sourcing, single suppliers, and centralized warehousing to optimize their operations. To enhance resilience, supply chain strategies have shifted from cost-saving to redundancy by engaging multiple suppliers, particularly from local or nearshore sources, to mitigate supply disruptions.

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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. We pointed out that in 2022, more U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 21, 2023

In addition to big name companies such as Samsung , Qualcomm , and others, when it comes to China sourcing, Apple clearly comes to mind as very influential and powerful in terms of supply network strategy implications. as one of many manufacturers exploring production sourcing beyond China.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 31, 2023

Background In a number of prior Supply Chain Matters blog commentaries, we have highlighted for readers how global smartphone and consumer electronics provider Apple has behind the scenes been influencing key contract manufacturing and component suppliers to begin to establish alternative sourcing of materials and production beyond China.

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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. Sources and References [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] Eric Beckwitt is CEO of Freightera.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

reading reported at the end of 2023. We view such an indicator as clear evidence that sourcing for lowest cost manufacturing is again apparent among multi-industry supply networks. This index is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand , and Vietnam.

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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

By connecting their systems and utilizing a single source of truth for operational inventory, they can get real-time data on how transactions are affecting inventory levels across locations. Google Chrome isn’t blocking third-party cookies until 2023, but it’s happening nonetheless. Inventory Visibility. Leveraging Customer Data.

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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. Strategies include sourcing more items directly from manufacturers to improve margins, SKU rationalization and space reduction, “show more carry less” and assisted-store ordering.

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Resilinc

MAY 2, 2023

On March 14, 2023, the U.S. From Q3 2022 to Q2 2023, CBP stopped 3,588 shipments for further evaluation valued at $1,078 million mainly from Malaysia, Vietnam, China, and Thailand. As for the other countries, 38% of electronics came from Vietnam and nearly 1% came from Thailand. Thankfully, in March 2023, U.S.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 10, 2022

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