Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series in providing highlights on reported March 2024, and Q1-2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. This index closed Q1-2024 at 1.8 The March reading of 50.6

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Journalist Andrew Freedman explains, “Geopolitical risks in the Red Sea and extreme weather in Central America are converging, jostling global supply chains fed by the Suez and Panama Canals.”[1] Footnotes [1] Andrew Freedman, “ Climate change and conflict converge to disrupt supply chains ,” Axios, 24 January 2024. [2]

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of reported February 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. These latter two dimensions are a reflection of overall multi-industry supply network activity levels and momentum. The February 2024 reading of 50.3 and has increased 1.4

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series in providing highlights on reported April 2024 global PMI activity levels. Brazil, China, India, and the United States indices remained at expansionary levels. The April reading of 50.3

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides a monthly highlights of reported January 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® began 2024 with output levels rising for the first time in eight months. The January 2024 reading of 50.0 increased 1.1 increased 1.3

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

Restrictions in the Panama Canal have affected over 170 countries and virtually every good: soybeans and liquified natural gas from the United States, copper and fresh cherries from Chile, and beef from Brazil. If any of the five major waterways are disrupted, it could significantly impact the global supply chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 10, 2023

Specifically, the PMI results of the two followed indexes related to China especially caught our attention since they both reinforced a concerted shift toward contraction in production and supply chain activity. Many eyes will now be focused on forecasts for 2024 and beyond. percent this year compared to 5.2 percent in 2022.

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