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Global Wide Manufacturing Output Strengthens in March 2024

Supply Chain Matters

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 Morgan Global Manufacturing PMIĀ® ended March on an optimistic footing.

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Another Blowout Quarterly Financial Performance for Amazon

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added perspectives of Amazonā€™s recently reported Q1-2024 financial performance. Q1-2024 Quarterly Financial Performance Once again, Amazon exceeded Wall Street and investor expectations in delivering stellar financial performance for the recent Q1 reporting period. billion in Q2-2023.

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Initial Estimates of U.S. Holiday Spending- A Mixed Bag

Supply Chain Matters

An initial estimate of this yearā€™s retail holiday spending indicates a mixed bag, depending on either retail industry, consumer goods producer or logistics and transportation industry perspectives. Mastercard SpendingPulse Data Payments processing firm Mastercard Spending Pulse indicated this week that U.S. All rights reserved.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 ā€“ 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

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. The agreement will help businesses that sell on Adobeā€™s platform offer free two-day shipping and other services, such as easy returns.

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

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. reported in October to 56.0 in November.

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Amazonā€™s Fulfillment Network Realignment Implications

Supply Chain Matters

The first is that the vast collection of Amazon ā€™s customer data and insights continues to reinforce the importance of selection, inventory and delivery speed to customer loyalty, stickiness and frequent visits. Bob Ferrari Ā© Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain MattersĀ® blog.

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Supply Chain Uncertainties Leave Industries on Edge

Intelligent Audit

Intelligent Audit CEO Hannah Testani, in a LinkedIn post congratulating her company on its performance, wrote ā€œ Iā€™ve never been more excited about the potential in our industry to truly empower shippers to ship smarter by leveraging clean, normalized, transformative actionable intelligence. ā€. Cost of Flour, Consumer Goods, Remains High.