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How Will Trump’s Proposed Tariffs Impact Trade and Supply Chain?

Resilinc

If these cost increases are passed on to consumers, tariffs could ultimately influence consumer purchasing behavior. #2 For instance, Intel’s effort to establish a semiconductor plant in Arizona faces the hurdle of a severe water shortage, a critical issue for facilities that require an uninterrupted water supply.

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Volatile Demand — Across ICEs, Hybrids and EVs —Continues to Disrupt the Auto Industry  

BlueYonder

There are just 4 million EVs in all of America but Chinese car buyers are purchasing a million EVs every month. plant in Mesa, Arizona. And the costs are high. Its impossible to predict the future. Will Americans continue to purchase EVs, especially as inflation drives fuel costs higher? The solution?

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Seven Misconceptions on Managing Inventory in a Market-Driven World

Supply Chain Shaman

Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” We are systemically evaluating each industry in the Supply Chain Insights Metrics That Matter series of reports. However, let’s face facts.

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Was Integrated Planning a Hoax?

Supply Chain Shaman

However, what is clear from our recent study of 73 manufacturers using supply chain planning is that companies using best-of-breed solutions implement faster, achieve a quicker Return-on-Investment (ROI), and are more satisfied. Today, in many organizations, these solutions are legacy. Was it intentional? Or accidental?

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Do No Harm…

Supply Chain Shaman

I have learned that supply chain systems are more complex than I originally thought, and that the relationships between supply chain metrics are nonlinear. I sometimes wonder if I should create a new class of technologies for the network design tools because they have changed so much.) We hope to see you there!

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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

Dick’s Sporting Goods reported its Q1 financials this week, beating expectations but lower its outlook. The more cautious outlook is driven by wage and inflationary pressures, as well as increased freight costs. households across six states – Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia. in March 2022 from March 2021.

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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

Solvoyo’s Solution Bugaboo: something that causes fear or distress out of proportion to its importance. Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship. Would better forecasting accuracy be a good thing? Absolutely!