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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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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 ā€“ June 2)

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Walmart added new functionality that lets sellers purchase shipping labels for domestic orders on its marketplace. Ship with Walmart (SWW) was previously available only for cross-border orders. The feature is standard on other major marketplaces, offering sellers reduced shipping rates and integrating with their platforms.

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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)

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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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Amazonā€™s Fulfillment Network Realignment Implications

Supply Chain Matters

As the commentary indicates, during the 2023 holiday fulfillment quarter, 600 million more items were shipped from these revised regional fulfillment centers. Amazon ā€™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.

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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. While the production sub-index registered 50.7,