Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Factoring PMI reporting for the month of November, the second month of the final quarter of 2023, the various published actual and leading indicator indices indicate some stabilization in consumer goods production but continued contraction in intermediate goods production. Stay tuned. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Amazon ’s aim in 2024 is to expand same-day delivery services globally to service more geographies with the goal of continuing to reduce the cost-to-serve metric. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. after an order was placed. All rights reserved.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

California, which depends on trucks to move billions of dollars worth of consumer goods, manufacturing parts and agricultural products each year, aims to replace more than 30,000 heavily-polluting trucks with clean-energy vehicles by 2035.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 20, 2023

The first was the Microsoft Big Ideas session where Blue Yonder customer Walgreens’ Roxanne Flanagan , Chief Supply Chain Officer, joined Microsoft’s Shelley Bransten , Corporate Vice President, retail & consumer goods industries, on stage. Planning is already underway for NRF 2024! See you next year, NRF!

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

Part of this plan is to speed up its supply chain, primarily with a $100 million distribution center in Hendricks County, creating up to 500 jobs by the end of 2024. Increased demand for consumer goods, especially as the pandemic has lingered on, are exacerbating the capacity crunch.

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ThroughPut

MAY 24, 2024

Multi-echelon Inventory Optimization (MEIO) should be used in retail, manufacturing, healthcare, automotive, consumer goods, and any industry that relies on an effective supply chain. Consumer Goods Consumer goods companies benefit from MEIO by more effectively managing seasonal and promotional inventory.

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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. Overall, global activity reportedly showed signs of increased production output for consumer goods production levels but continued muted growth for intermediate supply network and investment goods production levels.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The above is relatively good news for retail and consumer goods businesses given the inventory overhang that has dogged the industry for far too long. Both of these scenarios led to large drops in the overall LMI, but this more recent drop is significantly less concerning.” That trending, along with the latest U.S.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

A McKinsey’s report published in 2022 indicates that 32 per cent of people from industries like automotive, consumer goods, and pharmaceutical find demand variability and forecasting responsible for value chain disruptions. Technology and automation are major enablers towards this. Demand Sensing for Accurate Planning and Forecasting.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

According to reporting from SupplyChainDive, “ The deal includes a 24% wage increase over the five-year period from 2020 through 2024 with a 14.1% Cost of Flour, Consumer Goods, Remains High. This steep rise in prices isn’t limited to flour, but has quickly spread to other consumer must-haves. With the agreement, the U.S.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Updated: February 15, 2024 Published: March 25, 2021 If I think back to my childhood days and recall the shopping experience for food & beverage products, my first thoughts are about local grocery stores and smaller neighborhood specialty shops. The massive “big box” all-in-one stores did not exist.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A third equity analyst for Globalt Investments is citied as observing: “ Amazon is basically a stock that is loved, not really based on today’s earnings, but more so what they’re gonna do in 2024 and 2025. The revenues might take time to ramp up to get to the point where they’re really going to be making money.”

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Further reported was that contractions in intermediate and investment goods more than offset modest increases in consumer goods manufacturing levels. As the final quarter approaches, businesses and their associated supply chain management teams will likely have a relook for expected 2024 product demand and supply needs.

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DynaSys

MARCH 5, 2019

Generation Y is projected to expand the luxury brand market and represent 50% of consumers by 2024 according to the BCG. This indicates that a lot of the luxury brand’s social media is consumed and promoted mainly by Millennials. Therefore, they need to be observed and understood in different ways.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

The updated proposal follows a series of public workshops held last year and would include purchase requirements beginning in 2024 for state, municipal and drayage fleets as well as federal agencies and private operators with more than 50 trucks, excluding package delivery vehicles.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 7, 2024

Hence, to cope with inflation, fast moving consumer goods firms would often resort to shrinking the product size to avoid raising prices.’ ’ Here’s what that is and how much it matters ,” Quartz, 5 March 2024. [2]

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 30, 2024

The clothing provider established a 2022 goal for growing direct-to-consumer goods sales by more than 55 percent by 2027. The approach was described as utilizing the direct to consumer channel to test product appeal before successful products are provided to wholesalers and the company’s branded retail outlets.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Intel’s CEO says he expects the chip shortage to last into 2024 due to constrained availability of key manufacturing tools. Consumer goods manufacturer Boise didn’t have to imagine this scenario. Do you have whiplash yet? Inventory control is a delicate balancing act that manufacturers cannot afford to get wrong.

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DynaSys

APRIL 16, 2020

It is debatable how much brand damage such audits wreak; however, no consumer goods manufacturer wants their logo showcased in a viral social media post about an enormous plastic island floating in the Pacific Ocean. This generation has an unprecedented discernment of sustainable consumer choices.

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QAD

APRIL 6, 2021

The packaging industry has to stay on the forefront of change because what they produce affects so many other markets, like food and beverage, consumer goods and healthcare packaging. E-commerce in the US is forecasted to reach 24% by 2024. Here’s how packaging manufacturing has evolved during the pandemic.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 25, 2022

If you’re in the consumer goods sector , seasonality affects items like pumpkin carvers, or food products, like Peeps. More than half of supply chain executives don’t expect supply chain to return to normal until at least 2024. Though, apparently, some people prefer their Peeps aged …We won’t go down that rabbit hole. ).

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BlueYonder

APRIL 8, 2024

Manufacturing and Supply Chain; Dinesh Vyas, Director of Supply Chain Solutions at Dole; and Felice Miller, Business Strategy Leader of Retail and Consumer Goods at Microsoft. IDC Infographic, sponsored by Blue Yonder and Microsoft, Managing Disruption Risk in Consumer Packaged Goods, doc #US51824424, March 2024.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The company plans to resume opening new Fresh stores in 2024, after a pause of more than a year. Beginning in 2024, Uber will begin accepting SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits as payment, as well as FSA (Flexible Spending Account), Managed Medicaid and Medicare Advantage benefits. billion as U.S. Imports rose 2.7

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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 percentage points from the 48.9

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

That board reportedly made recommendations that included 24 percent wage increases during the period from 2020 thru 2024 with a 14.1 Various industry associations that include agriculture, consumer goods and bulk materials are collectively warning of the economic blow of a rail stoppage. economy upwards of $2 billion per day.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

MARCH 10, 2023

The depth and length of this slowdown will most certainly impact 2024. Because demand for consumer goods exceeded supply during early 2022, the manufacturing outlook was more a function of capacity to meet demand than demand itself. However, demand began waning as inflation drew down savings and disposable income of consumers.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Various sectors, including oil/gas, consumer goods, lumber, and food may experience repercussions. The recent Red Sea attacks represent one of the five supply chain megatrends for 2024: geopolitical challenges. For further insights, explore our blog: The Top 5 Supply Chain Megatrends of 2024. Gas prices are on the rise.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Failure to reach an accord by October 31 would mean that levies on $10 billion of exports between the EU and US would automatically come back into force at the start of 2024. billion of goods stuck waiting in Mexico. Daily market prices to move cargo from Asia to the U.S.

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