Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

While 209,000 workers were added in June, 14,000 freight and parcel carriers were cut and 6,900 warehousing and storage jobs were lost. In the past we would expect to see transportation and warehousing ramping up hiring in late summer ahead of peak season. ” warehouse workers in June of 2022. There were 1.96

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Deloitte Global). Deloitte Global).

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog continues to highlight for readers specific global and regional supply chain indices that depict both trending production activity levels, as well as supply chain volatility. Newly published indices reflecting global supply chain volatility and U.S. Global Supply Chain Pressure Index.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 27, 2021

Currently, most driverless opportunities are limited to secure private zones or closed environments, such as warehouses, campus environments or last mile runs from depot to front door. There will still be a workforce needed to maintain those driverless vehicles or costs associated with maintenance done by the manufacturer or a 3rd party.

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AFFLINK

APRIL 18, 2018

Today’s Warehouses Are Much Different Due To E-Commerce. What you might not know is the effect of e-commerce’s growth on warehouses. You might think, for example, that companies are struggling to find places to store their goods or that the cost of building warehouses and hiring employees negates the growing sales.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

In an update published earlier this month, we highlighted various quantitative data related to global and regional supply chain PMI indices for May. Our stated takeaway from the published May data that there were discernable signs of change occurring across the global supply chain landscape. Global Supply Chain Pressure Index.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2023

Panelists reportedly pointed to a more pessimistic outlook for transportation utilization for the remainder of this year From our lens, the picture of the report is that not only is an overall contraction of freight demand, but continued high inventory and warehouse capacity utilization is leading to increased inventory storage costs.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

And right now—with leaders of both political parties, economic think tanks, institutional investors, and influential columnists saying we must de-globalize and reshore our supply chains or face economic, environmental, and geopolitical catastrophes—the realists’ perspectives aren’t especially popular. Carey School of Business.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Other insights pointed out in the May LMI report are that the current rate of contraction is strongest in upstream firms, namely manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors, compared to their downstream retail industry counterparts. Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s release of the U.S. Further reported was that volumes of U.S.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

1] Subsequent global events have certainly proven him correct. Yet all of the functions that we now associate with Supply Chain have been around for a very long time: Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Procurement and Purchasing, Warehousing and many more.”[2] Wake up to the new reality that VUCA is a new norm.”[1]

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Enterra Insights

MAY 15, 2020

Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, writes, “The coronavirus has disrupted U.S. ”[1] He adds, “Dependence on China for their manufacturing has put small and midsize businesses in jeopardy. Hitendra Chaturvedi, a professor at the Supply Chain Department of W.P. China tariff fight.”

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EazyStock

JANUARY 18, 2019

The International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA) brings an extensive network of warehouse logistics leaders together with warehousing suppliers in this three-day trade show. If you’re looking to improve your warehouse logistics, this event is the right choice for you! Phoenix, Arizona. www.scmworld.com.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

We are currently working with Arizona State University (ASU) to use advanced operations research techniques to understand the patterns in our database of 52 supply chain financial ratios for the period of 2006-2013. Soluble coffee manufacturing is hugely asset intensive with important capital expenditure plant infrastructure.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Today, 270 posts and five years later, I am thankful for the opportunity to sit at my kitchen table and communicate to almost 20,000 supply chain professionals globally (directly through this blog and through connections on Linkedin). Manufacturing is core to the middle class and a healthy economy. This blog was started in 2010.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. Yesterday we published the top 10 most read manufacturing articles of 2015. . The Benefits of Evolved Vendor Managed Inventory Model Led by Web-Based VMI.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2014

It was a great costume, and we looked great — except we were living in Arizona at the time and nobody outside of New York City (the only place the Blue Man Group was performing at the time) had heard of them, so every time we showed up at a party that night, people would yell out, “Hey, look, Smurfs !”

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6 River Systems

DECEMBER 11, 2018

” — William Verdini, associate professor and chairman of the Supply Chain Management Department at Arizona State University’s Carey School of Business, as quoted in The Importance of Education in Supply Chain Management , Reliable Plant; Twitter: @NoriaCorp.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 10, 2020

According to a June 2019 study, “ How Robots Change the Work ,” by global advisory firm Oxford Economics, “The number of robots in use worldwide multiplied threefold over the past two decades, to 2.25 Trends suggest the global stock of robots will multiply even faster in the next 20 years, reaching as many as 20 million by 2030.”

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Kinaxis

MAY 24, 2018

I just returned from the highly engaging and inspiring Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Global thinker, columnist, @CNN host @FareedZakaria speaking on #innovation at #GartnerSCC pic.twitter.com/gtpxbRjRpb. Here are some key takeaways from the Gartner supply chain event: 1.

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Supply Chain Network

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

The combined entity will offer a broad portfolio of solutions and services to manage global supply chains – from raw materials, to finished products, into the hands of consumers – through any channel. It will give businesses the power to better manage global commerce through a new world of capabilities.

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FLEXE

MARCH 27, 2018

Dale Rogers, ON Semiconductor Professor of Business, Arizona State University. Neil Ackerman, Senior Director, Global Supply Chain Advanced Planning and Innovation, Johnson & Johnson. DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS AND THE ART OF WAREHOUSING. Rich Thompson, International Director, Global Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions, JLL.

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FLEXE

MARCH 27, 2018

Dale Rogers, ON Semiconductor Professor of Business, Arizona State University. Neil Ackerman, Senior Director, Global Supply Chain Advanced Planning and Innovation, Johnson & Johnson. DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS AND THE ART OF WAREHOUSING. Rich Thompson, International Director, Global Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions, JLL.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2015

Syngenta AG is a global Swiss agribusiness that markets seeds and agrochemicals. In 2007, Shane Emms was asked to take a Global Supply Chain leadership assignment at Syngenta. We outsource about 80% of the primary ingredients of our crop protection business, and pack it in finishing plants and ship to warehouses.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

A senior executive from a large global manufacturer came to speak in my MBA class this week, and discussed the major shifts in global business that was occurring due to the emergence of omni-channel capabilities in the supply chain. As noted earlier, order fulfillment is now using retail stores as warehouses.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The chain is testing the program across 17 locations in Tucson, Arizona from September 9 until November 24. This comes at a time when Amazon is trying to expand its warehouse operations in a very tight labor market. The cost of the pass ranges from $5 to $10 a month, depending on the location. Talk about a cool concept.

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EMERGE App

JULY 11, 2018

This underscores the importance of China being the world’s manufacturing hub in the past decade, and most likely for the next few decades. And it’s not just an immense and low-cost labour force that has given Chinese manufacturers a competitive advantage. or help you get started with manufacturing your own label products.

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EMERGE App

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Global warming has resulted in poor yields of coconut oil and palm oil and thus steadily increasing costs for her. Maria is a manufacturer and wholesale distributor of fresh Mexican tamales and tortillas. And $1,000 owed to the warehouse for storage costs. They are then sold through retailers and wholesalers around the country.

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