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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

No company in either the household non-durable (consumer goods) or the food manufacturing group beat their peer group on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for 2013-2022. Consider the role of functional metrics and the lack of alignment with the corporate scorecard.)

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Global Supply Chain Volatility Continues to Moderate But Not Inventory and Warehousing Costs

Supply Chain Matters

The takeaway for September was that global manufacturing activity officially fall below the 50.0 On the other hand, transportation metrics continue their slowed pace, reaching the second highest level of capacity growth, and the third fastest rate of price contraction in the history of the index. Logistics Managers Index. Bob Ferrari.

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June 2023 US Logistics Managers Index Drops to a Revised Low

Supply Chain Matters

According to the June report summary , the primary driver of the latest decline was the inventory metric, which reportedly contracted 6.5 Consequently, the warehousing capacity metric increased a reported 6.8 Both metrics contributed to the overall contraction in the LMI along with contracting price levels for transportation.

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U.S. Logistics Manager’s Index Drops to an All Time Low in May

Supply Chain Matters

not only described as a “ significant rate of contraction ,” but also the first time that this particular metric has reached such a low level. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s release of the U.S. All rights reserved.

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Rivian and Lucid Supply Chain and Production Challenges Continue

Supply Chain Matters

The ability to ramp up and sustain manufacturing output is a further challenge in order to generate needed cash to sustain operations. While progress was indicated against key business performance metrics, investors prompted a reported 25 percent decline in the company’s stock value. All rights reserved.

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Happy Labor Day! Insights on Building Supply Chain Talent

Supply Chain Shaman

So, with labor day approaching, I am penning a blog on supply chain talent. Before I started doing this research, I believed procurement and manufacturing were aligned. While this is the case in 50% of the organizations, there are many organizations with large alignment gaps between finance/operations and procurement/manufacturing.

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Reports of Easing Global Supply Chain Volatility in July

Supply Chain Matters

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . Warehousing and Inventory metrics continue to buoy the logistics sector.