Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights continued evidence that the U.S. Supply chain pressures reportedly eased to the greatest extent in 14 years. The industry will likely not know the answer until 2024. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

It remains the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy, with a plan of powering its operations with 100 percent renewable energy by 2025 – a full five years ahead of its original target. Nearly three years ago to the day, I wrote that vertical farming was going help with supply chain efficiency.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 8, 2024

Before today’s announcement, TSMC ’s prior plans were to invest $40 billion consisting of two facilities, one of which would include 4-nanometer process technology. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo that the global leader in semiconductor chip production will be producing cutting-edge 2-nanometer advanced chip technology in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights both Airbus and Boeing ’s latest quarterly financial and operational performance and added signs of a widening competitive gap. . It has been a few weeks since Supply Chain Matters has provided a commentary on commercial aircraft product demand and supply networks. Closing Thoughts.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights a published report indicating a controversial step Boeing is taking to slash or outsource staffing jobs amid a need to increase aircraft monthly production. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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Procurement Academy

DECEMBER 29, 2020

eLearning market will grow by $12 billion between 2020 and 2024. Likewise, the global online learning market will reach a whopping $325 billion by 2025. Learning procurement and supply chain management helps companies streamline their operations and maximize profits. Include Infographics in the Supply Chain Course.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 20, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. When people hear about Blockchain technology they think of “Bitcoin” and because of this association – The underlying Blockchain technology has been always been viewed suspiciously due its rather radical approach to data sharing on an open platform using cryptography.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog provides perspectives on the latest published IMF World Economic Forecast. With that stated, the agency references concerns for “ the persistent manufacturing slowdown ” as a suggestion that labor markets and activity will soften in 2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 15, 2024

In this Supply Chain Matters Editorial Commentary we provide readers with highlights, perspectives and likely implications of this week’s announcement by the Biden Administration in imposing increased import tariffs on specific goods. workers and ongoing industrial and supply network policy actions.

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