Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

Apple, others face shipment delays as China Covid curbs squeeze suppliers. Amazon on path to reach 100% renewable energy by 2025. Shipments of some Apple products, as well as Dell and Lenovo laptops, are likely to face delays if China’s Covid-19 lockdowns persist. A truly inspiring Marathon Monday as always.

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Elementum

JUNE 17, 2015

India and China have both recently introduced new regulation that will impact medical device manufacturers. China, on the other hand, has briefly lowered barriers to entry on foreign-made medical devices while it ramps up its regulations on domestically produced products.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Wall Street consensus reflected was that 2024 will likely be a challenging year for Tesla , 2025 will not be as rosy as well. This was likely not encouraging for investors, given the ongoing momentum that China based EV producers have accomplished in new model introductions in the lower cost segment. It remains unclear if the U.S.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 27, 2015

The roadmap predicts 2025 as the date when standards emerge… as well as appropriate forms of data sharing across boundaries to ensure real-time data. Again the magic time frame is 2025 – which seems to be the magical year when all of this will come to fruition! Supply Chain Management'

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

For example, in China alone, where the last decade brought millions of new participants into the workforce, a skills gap is expected to cause a deficit of 23 million sufficiently skilled workers there by 2030. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn The post Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

China has been called the world’s factory floor and for good reason. When China’s factories shut down, the effects are felt globally. ”[1] Chinese lockdowns are particularly being felt in one of China’s largest cities and busiest ports — Shanghai. Close to 30% of that backlog alone is in China.”[3]

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Logility

MAY 12, 2021

The Chinese government plans to double manufacturing capacity in the XUAR by 2025, with a focus on apparel and textiles. Here are the key points: The WRO is not limited to cotton and tomato products produced in the XUAR; it also covers products made in other parts of China and third countries using inputs from the XUAR.

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Resilinc

MAY 23, 2023

If you drive a car from Volkswagen-Audi, Honda, Ford, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Tesla, Renault, NIO, or Stellantis—the parts in your car have a high risk of being sourced from companies linked to abuses in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China; the region targeted by the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, (UFLPA).

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 13, 2023

Background In early December of 2022, we called Supply Chain Matters reader attention to published reports acknowledging that consumer electronics giant Apple was accelerating actions to source some hardware production outside of China. Reportedly, the current goal is to have upwards of 25 percent of iPhones assembled in India by 2025.

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ivalua

JUNE 16, 2021

Trade disruptions with China caused a 15-20% shortage of packaging materials for food and beverage producers, as well as a scarcity of solar panels, batteries and PPE. There are several reasons: Revenue from oil and tourism dropped abruptly in 2020. As organizations such as these become adept at Industry 4.0 Opportunity Awaits.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

The solar project is an essential part of DPDHL Group’s sustainability roadmap and strengthens our commitment to operate our warehouse facilities at Net Zero Carbon by 2025. Headquartered in Singapore, YCH’s network of DistriParks and supply chain hub are located in more than 100 key cities in Asia, including China and India.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 28, 2023

advanced chip fabrication complex in Arizona until 2025, a year later than previously planned. In conjunction with the company’s report of disappointing Q2-2023 financial performance , TSMC has elected to push back the start of a planned $40 billion U.S. from Taiwan to assist in facility planning and layout.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

China, Japan, and South Korea are among the top consumers , driven by their increasing demand for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles and other high-tech applications. To meet this demand and ensure a sustainable supply chain, Australia, Chile , China, and Brazil are proactively ramping up their lithium production.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

across the EU, and in China. California’s regulation allows credit transfers and requires manufacturers to make a growing number of zero-emission vehicles available from 2025 onward, reaching 75% of new Class 4–8 trucks for the 2035 model year. And Rhode Island said last week that it plans to move forward with its own rules.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 27, 2021

percentage points each year through 2025, representing a nearly $10 trillion increase versus a status quo scenario.” China has imposed a digital boycott of H&M, a Western retailer that appears unwilling to source cotton from Xinjiang, where the Communist Party is locking up Uyghurs and pressing them into forced labor.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

For instance, a large apparel brand requested about 20 of their largest textile mills (many in Pakistan, Singapore, China, and other regions) to travel all the way to San Francisco for a “Vendor Summit”. As pointed out in the NY Times – even apparel manufacturing in Mexico is largely dependent on fabric produced entirely in China!

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AIMMS

AUGUST 12, 2015

Consider that 2 years ago oil was trading at more than twice the current rate, China wage rates were 20% less than today and 40% of supply chain talent with deep analytical expertise was paid by a different employer. Traditionally it takes at the very least 2 years to realize investments in technology and physical infrastructure.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2016

On September 3, 2016 China and the US agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change. The USA says it intends to reduce emissions by 26-28 percent below its 2005 level by 2025 , trying hard for the upper limit.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 25, 2022

China Wide COVID Restrictions Continue Resulting in Added Logistics Disruptions. The COVID 19 restrictions impacting areas of China ’s largest cities and manufacturing regions continue and have extended into their fifth week. Logistics services in the industrial regions continue to encounter severe disruptions.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 27, 2020

and China is entering the main stage in 2020. IDC analysts predict, “By 2025, nearly two-thirds of enterprises will be prolific software producers, with code deployed daily. “By 2025,” they predict, “at least 90% of new enterprise apps will embed AI, making apps ‘smarter’ and ‘more dynamic.’

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 8, 2019

150 high-tech logistics hubs coming to China by 2025. China’s National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Transport have released plans to build 30 logistics hubs by 2020 and 150 by 2025. China’s over arching plan is to build 6 types of hubs including inland harbor and border ports.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

As early as 2025, at least 50 percent of new Porsches sold will include an electric drive. Furthermore, Porsche has claimed its Taycan Cross Turismo became the world’s first electric sports car to remain carbon neutral throughout its entire service life. The measure has surged 53.5 percent since the first week of May.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The company says it will be profitable in 2023 and is telling investors it plans to reach $1 billion in sales in 2025. China’s energy crisis is hitting everything from iPhones to milk. It also comes just as China starts its harvest season, raising concerns over sharply higher grocery bills.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 18, 2023

However, the report indicates that the introduction could slip into 2025. This development effort reportedly began in earnest in 2018, with the first application being the display for the highest-end models of the Apple Watch by the end of 2024. Apple declined to comment to Bloomberg regarding its published report.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Industry suppliers will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030 and will phase out coal-fired boilers in their own companies and direct suppliers from 2025. The fashion industry took a large step on Dec. 10 to address climate change by launching the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. Puma SE, PVH Corp.,Target;

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg. Alibaba, the prominent ecommerce leaders in China, has its share of expansions.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 8, 2022

The Q2 shortfalls were attributed to the company’s Shanghai production facility as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions that occurred across China ’s major cities during the quarter impacted the country’s manufacturing and logistics services operations. PowerCo will additionally locate a second cell factory in Valencia, Spain.

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AIMMS

AUGUST 12, 2015

Consider that 2 years ago oil was trading at more than twice the current rate, China wage rates were 20% less than today and 40% of supply chain talent with deep analytical expertise was paid by a different employer. Traditionally it takes at the very least 2 years to realize investments in technology and physical infrastructure.

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TradeGecko

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Between 2017 and 2025, the global market for industrial and non-industrial robots is expected to rise 1,168.7% And no one is investing more heavily than China. That’s not a warning and, thanks to cobiotics, neither is it something to fear. It’s simply the truth. billion to nearly half a trillion dollars.

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QAD

AUGUST 12, 2021

In 2020, Biogen committed to transitioning to an all-electric vehicle fleet by 2025 and joined the EV100 partnership to help catalyze change. Saint-Gobain highlighted the avoidance of over 10 million tons of virgin raw materials (sand, gypsum), in their 2020 report. . Sustainability Objectives for Manufacturers.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2016

and China, with the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology planning to invest $313 million in 3-D printing over the next three years, reports 3Ders.org. million advanced robots by 2025, increasing the percentage of global manufacturing tasks that are automated from 10 to 25 percent.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2022

China also has its hat in the ring with its Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak. When completed in 2025, it will be the world’s largest tokamak fusion reactor. Russia developed the first magnetic containment reactor (the tokamak) in the 1950s.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

According to PLS Logistics , global companies will install procurement managers in China for entire organizations by 2025. Globalization Will Become More Important in Everyday Decisions. New markets are emerging in the global economy daily.

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EcoVadis

JULY 25, 2017

Ever since China ratified the Paris agreement, Hong Kong is under the spotlight to align with the global agenda and respond to the increasing stakeholders’ demand on sustainability effort. The target is more ambitious that the China’s national target. From Tianjin To Beijing: CSR Rising On The Agenda For Supply Chains In China.

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QAD

AUGUST 30, 2022

The proposal landed as a bomb for many but it was not the first message from the policymakers; UK had already last year proposed an ICE ban by 2030, Norway by 2025 and several cities across Europe (Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona) have plans for phasing out diesel and petrol within the next few years.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 16, 2018

That’s more than expected power demand from electric vehicles in 2025. “If Miners will probably concentrate in low-cost power regions, including China and the U.S. Miners of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could require up to 140 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2018, about 0.6 Iberdrola SA and Enel SpA, according to the note.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

One CEO recently reported that merchandise that merchandise – which used to take 21 days to travel from China to the port of LA or port of Long Beach – now takes 159 days to get to the warehouse. And for those looking to expand in one of the five border states, vacancy rates for commercial and industrial real estate are very tight. “If

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