Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Supply Chain Matters blog announces the availability of our latest recorded podcast episode: Risk Megatrends That Supply Chain Management Teams Should Anticipate in 2024. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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ivalua

JANUARY 8, 2023

The German Supply Chain Act, or Lieferkettengesetz, is a new piece of legislation that came into effect January 2023 with an extended remit from January 1, 2024. However, the scope will be extended to companies that employ at least 1,000 employees from 1 January 2024. By Jan-Hendrik Sohn. Fines of up to €8 million .

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ThroughPut

MARCH 25, 2024

Demand forecasting is a critical component of supply chain management, especially in the complex and unpredictable market landscape of 2024. Our 2024 guide provides supply chain managers and planners with the latest tools and insights to refine their demand forecasting processes. What are the Best Demand Forecasting Methods for 2024?

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Incorporating Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) into your overall business strategy is now more important than ever in 2024. Enterprise Risk Management is important because risks are ever-present and require the strong governance of an executive leadership team to make significant, strategic changes that build a culture of resilience.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group highlights a 2024 prediction of added labor activism continuing across industry supply chains in 2024. With government trade policies favoring more domestic sourcing of deemed strategic supply networks such as semiconductor devices, there are already indications across the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 24, 2024

Financial Outlook for 2024 Highlights of SAP ’s 2024 financial guidance included: Cloud revenue growth of between €17.0 The business outlook for 2024 indicates an expected customer net promoter score of between 9 to 13. We have published a separate follow-on commentary regarding this 2024 effort, so look for that.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Many companies will reconfigure their supply chains to a much more regional approach, whereby production and sourcing are relocated closer to the final consumption markets, i.e. more local and less global. This entails a multi-faceted approach, reviewing your geographic footprint, supplier base, logistics landscape and distribution networks.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 10, 2023

Tesla Senior Vice President of Automotive , Tom Zhu, who took up residence at the Shanghai auto factory during lockdown, was present at the announcement this weekend. The new factory itself has groundbreaking scheduled for the third quarter of this year with readiness for operation planned by the second quarter of 2024.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 26, 2024

The now defunct Cognitive Computing Consortium once noted: “ The cognitive computing system offers a synthesis not just of information sources but of influences, contexts, and insights. 2] Enterra Solutions, “ Enterra Business WarGaming Now Available on SAP® Store ,” Business Wire, 20 February 2024. {3] Naval War College.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Commenting on the outlook for 2024, Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence noted in part: “ Given current order book trends, the overall picture from the survey is one of supply exceeding demand for many goods, which points to downside risks to production, employment and prices as we head into 2024.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond. And if they are not, the retailer can look at alternative sources that aligns to their goals.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Source Amazon Product Range One of the key drivers of Amazon’s success in logistics is the sheer breadth of its product range. This extensive product range presents unique challenges for logistics, as each item has different storage and handling requirements. Billion US Dollars), followed by Europe and potentially Asia.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 15, 2023

Earlier this month, the company broke ground for a $65 million expansion of the existing manufacturing facility located in Skowhegan, Maine , which will double the capacity of this facility by the end of 2024. The company presently owns five manufacturing facilities in the U.S. sourcing product development and production strategy.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 17, 2023

A panoply of other issues and uncertainty Companies are grappling with the likelihood of an economic recession, increasing layoffs, persistent inflation, an unending war in Ukraine, and the prospect of a presidential election in 2024. Pushback against green investments is another source of uncertainty. David H.C.

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Freightera

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Freightera’s CEO, Eric Beckwitt Gives His Predictions on The Trends in Sustainability in 2024. Although interest rates are widely predicted to fall in 2024, and the freight recession may end, the multi-decade trend of moving manufacturing overseas, especially to China, may be largely over.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Source: Bloomberg.com. The article states that “presently, there are nearly two open jobs for every unemployed worker.” Leaked internal research reveals Amazon is at risk to run out of workers for its US warehouses by 2024. Check out 4 Concrete Tactics to Combat Employee Turnover and Source Staff →.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2024

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024, companies including Hyundai, Nikola , and Bosch presented their most recent fuel cells and hydrogen technology innovations, indicating a potential comeback for this environmentally friendly energy choice. This resurgence might be influenced by the announcement of a $7 billion U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 5, 2023

Union leaders demanded that the carrier present a “ last, best and final offer no later than June 30.” Thus far, both parties have reportedly reached agreement on more than 55 non-economic issues including the installation of air conditioning systems within newly purchased UPS package delivery vans starting in 2024.

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Vanguard Software

MARCH 19, 2021

billion by 2024. By leveraging a system that uses artificial intelligence, such as Vanguard Predictive Planning , organizations can instantly analyze more data sources with automation to notify planners whenever a potential risk area increases or impacts supply chain performance.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 27, 2024

According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal , this refinery currently has six to eight weeks of stockpiled raw sugar at the present time. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Reportedly, one of the largest sugar refineries in the U.S. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Our 2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Chains Research Advisory that is now available for reading and downloading i n our Research Center , The tenth prediction addresses industry specific transformal efforts undergoing additional tests and that includes commercial aircraft supply networks, and varying challenges of Airbus and Boeing.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 12, 2024

The parameters imbibe the essence of language through exposure to enormous datasets that comprise text from the various sources. The outcome could influence how AI firms source and use content for training their models, potentially reshaping industry practices.”[8] 5] Aimee Picchi, “ George R.R.

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Taulia

MARCH 6, 2024

CFO challenges in 2024: from economic headwinds to global elections Among the numerous challenges for CFOs around the world in 2024, there’s no doubt that macroeconomic factors will continue to loom large. Eighty four percent had revised their sourcing strategies in the last year, while 55% of respondents in the U.S.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2024

Learn the best practices for supply chain risk management in 2024 from Resilinc, the gold standard for supply chain resiliency. In this blog, our supply chain experts share their list of ins and outs for supply chain risk management in 2024, from diversifying your supplier base to mapping your supply chain down multiple tiers.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In this model, sustainability must be a key consideration along the entire process from design and source to make and deliver. The final presentation of the day was by Mathieu Linder, Vice President of Product Management at Blue Yonder.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 16, 2023

Plans established for 2024 were to increase production capacity to 85,000 vehicles. That presents a further challenge for cash management. On the output side, Rivian indicated In January that the start-up expects to produce 50,000 vehicles this year, which was again, below original estimates.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 17, 2024

As 2024 rolls out, we decided to take you through a few trends, predictions, challenges and considerations to make supply chains future-ready with AI. The system analyzes gigantic amounts of data from varied sources providing actionable insights for risk management, operational improvements and strategic planning.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

With Advanced Supply Chain Analytics : Advanced analytics can foresee such supply shortages by analyzing patterns, trends, and external factors, allowing the company to source alternative suppliers or adjust production schedules in advance. This includes data from suppliers, production facilities, logistics services, and customer feedback.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2024

The old status quo cannot manage these disruptions in the 2024 supply chain. To get ahead of these tectonic shifts, identifying emerging trends will help you navigate the coming 2024 supply chain changes. Supply Chain Management With disruptions likely to persist in 2024, developing supply chain resilience and agility will be crucial.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 29, 2022

In a communication to hosted sellers, Amazon stated: “ In 2022, we expected a return to normalcy as Covid-19 restrictions around the world eased , but fuel and inflation have presented further challenges. ”. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger indicated that the semiconductor chip shortage will last longer than expected, likely into 2024. “

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 15, 2023

The top issue we heard was ensuring resiliency in supply chains today, Decision Centric Planning, followed by the drive to accelerate digital transformation across supply chains, and then day 3’s keynote and a number of user-presented sessions focused on the people managing and the teams working in our supply chain. Look no further.

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Cognira

JANUARY 15, 2024

Day 1 @ NRF 2024 Unwrapped: Trends, Tech, and Transformations January 15, 2024 Events Home The world’s largest retail trade show, NRF 2024, has kicked off! Here are the buzzwords echoing through the halls of NRF 2024: Unified Commerce: Where seamless experiences become the new normal.

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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. Relying on a single source supplier or group of suppliers can have a ripple effect on your ability to meet service levels when shipments are late, delayed or out of stock of the materials you need.

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Cognira

JANUARY 17, 2024

Day 3 @ NRF 2024 Unveiled: Spotlights on Retail’s Future Path January 17, 2024 Events Home As the curtains fall on NRF 2024, the echoes of groundbreaking sessions and transformative insights still resonate. Conclusion As we wrap up our coverage of NRF 2024, we reflect on the enriching journey.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 21, 2024

Noted in interviews with sources is a realization that facility construction costs are four to five times higher than what they would be Asia. sourced capability. Thus is the global semiconductor demand and supply balancing act that will present itself over the next three to five years. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 26, 2024

Added Perspectives In our prior update, we directly cited an editorial commentary published by The Wall Street Journal that, from our lens, best summed up Boeing ’s ongoing challenges succinctly in the sentence: “ Because learning occurs, Boeing will get its engineering and production snafus straightened out or it won’t survive in present form.”

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 1, 2024

Welcome to our very first episode of DeviceTalks Tuesdays in 2024. We’ve missed you all, but we’ve got a rock-solid lineup of presentations over the next 12 months. They’ve got a presentation here, Navigating Regulatory Compliance: A Deep Dive Into QMS Compliance for Medical Devices. It’s great to have you back.

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