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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan. In the sector, the bullwhip impact is high, the inflationary pressures of crude oil prices immense, the variability from energy outages painful, and inventories relatively low. Focus on right-sizing inventories. What can be done?

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan. In the sector, the bullwhip impact is high, the inflationary pressures of crude oil prices immense, the variability from energy outages painful, and inventories relatively low. Focus on right-sizing inventories. What can be done?

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Can we re-shore and create a US semiconductor industry? Maybe…

NC State SCRC

But it is one thing to talk about writing the first check for a $1B fab, and quite another to write the check for the $500M a year to keep that fab running, and to render it even remotely cost competitive compared to the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

A continued subdued product demand environment and added caution reportedly led to a decline in overall purchasing activity, lower levels of inventory and improved supplier delivery times. Pre -and post inventory levels, however, fell at a weaker rate with European manufacturers reportedly being less aggressive in de-stocking efforts.

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The Impact of the Red Sea Ship Attacks on Global Supply Chains and Logistics

Resilinc

Evergreen: Headquartered in Taiwan, Evergreen is a global shipping company. Resilinc’s President of Government/Defense/Aerospace, Peter Guinto, joins CNBC’s “Last Call” to discuss the supply chain impact of the cargo ship attacks in the Red Sea along with the freight stuck at two Texas border crossings that are temporarily shut down.

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Federal Reserve GSPI Index Drops Significantly in April

Supply Chain Matters

The authors further observed that there was a notable upward contribution from Taiwan stocks of purchases. The logistics industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022. This recent April data reinforce that U.S.

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Yes, I am a Zealot. I Still Believe. Do You?

Supply Chain Shaman

Most companies have made their own organizations more efficient (ROA), but they have not reduced inventories and they have pushed costs back in the supply chain on suppliers that are less able to bear them. It is fun work, but the results are shocking. This has made the supply chain more fragile. Consider figure 1 re Healthcare.