Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

Foxconn and Asia Market Forecasters Provide Muted Outlook on High Tech Product Demand. Added Manufacturing Disruption in China. The aircraft manufacturer submitted an updated plan to the FAA in April that outlined a process for each and every aircraft to be inspected from nose to tail. Boeing Resumes 787 Dreamliner Deliveries.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 26, 2023

Negotiation, a crucial skill in the realms of business and procurement, demands the ability to remain calm, collected, and confident even in the most challenging situations. These films were chosen to inspire and educate both aspiring negotiators and seasoned procurement managers.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Geological Survey (USGS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and researchers from Vrije Universeit Brussel and University of California Santa Cruz, Business Insider created a video depicting what the Earth would like if all the water currently captured in ice sheets and glaciers melted. And in the U.S.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

Exports of strawberries, immensely popular in Asia, also increased by 29.7 It covers 37 states and parts of Canada through a fleet of more than 150,000 crowd-sourced drivers, it says. A good chunk of these is found in California, home to 41,300 private and public power outlets. Japanese sake exports increased 33.7 percent to 23.4

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 11, 2015

And Whirlpool’s supply chain embodies its brand value of innovation with Six Sigma accuracy and cutting-edge manufacturing processes. The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act went into effect in 2012, applying to all retailers and manufacturers with annual global revenues of more than $100m doing business in California.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

During the period of slow economic growth, many manufacturers have to deal with the cost pressure. Theoretical Background No matter how complex your business environment is, there will always be the way to reduce the manufacturing costs. Because customers are calling for prices to come down. Keeping it in-house makes perfect sense.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 15, 2015

El Niño is set to bring copious amounts of precipitation to California and the Southern United States. will see a wet winter while California is preparing for storms that will bring floods and mudslides. These clouds have a silver lining, though: mountains will get snow, meaning a possible end to California’s severe drought.

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ivalua

MAY 14, 2019

REDWOOD CITY, California , May 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced that it has opened an office in Sydney, Australia to support its rapid growth and increased presence in the Asia Pacific region. Ivalua is the Procurement empowerment platform.

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Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Creating new opportunities and enabling manufacturers to address the ever-changing disruptions is the new norm for solution providers. Arena hosted its first regional Arena Connection customer event at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. It will continue to be a top priority for product manufacturers.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 17, 2021

As such, vessels for ocean capacity between Asia and the United States are expected to remain fully booked for most/all of 2021. The impact of the semiconductor shortage varies by truck manufacturer. Source: ACT Research April 2021 Freight Forecast report. As a point of clarity, AB-5 did pass in California and is now law.

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Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

After that, I became vice president of projects in Southeast Asia. In Southeast Asia there were four or five projects going on in the billion-dollar range. The pressure to be more sustainable also comes from outside sources like governments, banks and customers. It was a very remote and an environmentally sensitive area.

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ivalua

MAY 14, 2019

REDWOOD CITY, California , May 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced that it has opened an office in Sydney, Australia to support its rapid growth and increased presence in the Asia Pacific region. Ivalua is the Procurement empowerment platform.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Others argue the demise of global sourcing; might I add caution? Still, the manufacturing plants and distribution centers are closed. My response is “Hogwash.”

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

As a result of the growth in the outsourcing of manufacturing worldwide, ethical problems are also increasing in the supply chain: a catastrophic fire in a contract manufacturer’s overcrowded factory in Bangladesh and recalls of branded products containing harmful substances, to name but a few. 33 | Seamless Supply Chain Execution.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

In addition to its economic might, Japan has long been a model for manufacturers throughout the world. state of California and has no land borders. Manufacturing in Japan. Though, as the country has relied less on nuclear energy and imported fuels, thermal power has become the country’s largest energy source. About 2.9%

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EcoVadis

MAY 9, 2018

Direct purchasing by governments and state-owned enterprises accounts for 12 percent of GDP in OECD countries, and in the U.K. Sustainable public procurement can also be beneficial from the economic perspective: It can generate income, reduce costs and promote innovation among domestic producers. National Procurement Standards.

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Elementum

JUNE 22, 2016

It was recently reported that a shipment of 120 tons of Samsung SDI battery cells arrived at a California Tesla development facility in April, destined for the company's factory in Palo Alto. billion on the Gigafactory, Tesla’s large-scale battery manufacturing plant. Panasonic As Tesla’s Sole Supplier of EV Batteries. Market Value.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 20, 2021

In 2020 alone, there were record-breaking wildfires in California and Australia, crops decimated by swarming locusts across parts of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, not to mention frequent occurrences of hurricanes, floods, and heat waves. Looking Beyond the Grid.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

How to incorporate ESG data into sourcing, procurement, and supplier management decisions. From a sourcing prospective, what are some of the challenges that can derail an ESG program? For a sourcing professional who may be primarily evaluated by savings and avoidance, ESG can be seen as cumbersome or a competing workstream.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 3, 2023

Disruptions across the Chinese manufacturing sector are likely to impact the global supply chain of goods and the world’s economy. . California’s AB5 . AB5 has the potential to destabilize the trucking market in California, which can create a variety of issues for shippers moving freight in and out of the state. Learn more.

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EMERGE App

MARCH 4, 2020

Since you’re in complete control of your prices, it stands to reason that you can control the minimum volume they purchase. Not surprisingly, your biggest retailers are in California and Florida. Bear in mind that customers won’t be happy to purchase more tubes than they need in the slower winter months.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2022

” Ford , which has 50 Tier 1 suppliers in China, is working to restart production in the country as manufacturing in major cities such as Shanghai remains snarled by COVID-19 lockdowns. Manufacturing some parts from a 3D printer is cheaper and more efficient than traditional supply chain methods. It was valued at $1.3

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EcoVadis

APRIL 7, 2017

The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI), which has been tracking green patent trends since 2002, has reported upward trends of green patents in economies around the world , such as Germany, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, as well as in the United States, including in Michigan, California, and Texas. Source: CEPGI.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 6, 2020

California Assembly Bill 5 (AB-5) went in effect on January 1, 2020, which limits the use of classifying workers as independent contractors rather than employees by companies in the state. Broadening of sourcing locations. Driver and drayage capacity shortages.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 17, 2016

These issues hinder the ability of Buyers (purchasing organizations) to obtain accurate information about supplier performance—leaving them exposed to reputational, legal and operational risks. Figure 2: Post-audit disasters at production sites contracted by large corporations.

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USC Consulting Group

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Foreign manufacturing partners can’t get the materials they need to do the job. If product is manufactured and loaded onto a cargo ship, there’s every chance that ship will be floating offshore, not allowed to enter a port because of pandemic travel restrictions and complex testing requirements. But nothing like this.

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Freight Plus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

To give you a little more color, we have been moving some volume out of Southern California to North Carolina. The PMI hit 56 in August, which indicates increased domestic manufacturing levels, which have a direct impact on both Truckload and Less-than-truckload capacity. . . A year ago, the rate for this was around $3,000.

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Freight Plus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

To give you a little more color, we have been moving some volume out of Southern California to North Carolina. The PMI hit 56 in August, which indicates increased domestic manufacturing levels, which have a direct impact on both Truckload and Less-than-truckload capacity. . . A year ago, the rate for this was around $3,000.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I’m Nerijus Poskus — Director of Pricing and Procurement at Flexport. Half of them are what we call 1PL — so they’re other retailers and manufacturers who are operating their warehouses. That’s how we can procure better. And some of it is manufactured. Transcript. Moderator: Who is Flexport?

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 24, 2018

And so we’re taking action to sort of avoid the tariffs by moving to southeast Asia and other low-cost countries that can meet our requirements.". In many cases, we already have alternative sources that are identified. "We’re pro-actively taking action," Todd Bluedorn, CEO of Lennox International. Grainger Inc. 16 earnings call.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Neth Daño, Asia director of the Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration, insists, “Precision farming is actually designed for large industrial operations. It also plunges stick-in-the-mud farmers into an unfamiliar world of ‘big data’ and privacy battles.”[3] Other products being developed are plant-based.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 28, 2020

Some of my recent research has involved interviews with healthcare physicians, distributors, manufacturers, and suppliers, and these discussions all point to a reality that is very different from what politicians would have us believe. One company in California had developed a test kit that had 98% specificity, (99% compared to a PCR test).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2024

The initial diversions away from the Red Sea caused delays in return trips to Asia, prompting liners to charter ships for short terms as “extra loaders” to pick up the slack. Uber purchased Drizly in a cash-and-stock deal back in 2021. importers are rediscovering the lure of Southern California ports.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Crucially, it also won commitments from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union to add shifts and move toward a 24/7 work schedule at its operations in southern California. This year’s supply chain pressures have had ripple effects throughout the economy that are hurting US retailers and manufacturers. The stakes are high.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 30, 2023

It is not just US tool manufacturers that are affected. The goal is to set China’s chip manufacturing industry back by at least a decade. Foxconn is Apple’s key contract manufacturing partner. It might be possible to get some Chinese manufacturing and sourcing partners to open operations in nations like Vietnam and Malaysia.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

But one source mentioned the unlucky nature of the number “13” is a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party in Valhalla. Maersk is experimenting with driverless trucks at its shipping yard in Carson, California, and has partnered with Kodiak Robotics Inc. Daily market prices to move cargo from Asia to the U.S.

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