Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 15, 2021

Containers are being “rolled” month by month in Asia due to the lack of available containers. Consumer goods manufacturers will pay 60-70% more in retail deductions, and the retail struggle to source for the holidays will worsen. Forecast logistics and hold yourself accountable. Improve the speed of payments.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2024

could design and manufacture the advanced computer chips that power everything from lawnmowers to supercomputers on its own soil, instead of having to outsource production to Asia. The $2,500 spread between spot market rates and long-term freight contract rates for Asia to U.S. Intel wins $19.5 Full electrification of the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

Global Manufacturing Output Levels Strengthen Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® ended March on an optimistic footing. Of further significance was the March report indication that the rate of growth in global manufacturing output has accelerated to a 21-month high.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

In extreme cases, firms simply state that a product comes from one country when, in actual fact, it was manufactured in a country that is impacted by the higher tariff being imposed. Alternatively, you may want to relocate – totally or in part – where your product is manufactured. This practice is illegal. Free trade agreements (FTAs).

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2020

Use demand modeling to fine-tune demand forecasts. Probability forecasting and machine learning engines crunch multiple demand variables to automatically generate a reliable demand forecast in an uncertain, volatile environment. You can model alternative flows and networks while guaranteeing service policies to customers.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

operates over 750 stores under these brands across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as the e-commerce sites www.abercrombie.com , www.abercrombiekids.com , www.hollisterco.com , www.gillyhicks.com and www.socialtourist.com. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Bulgari, and Clas Ohlson.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Industrial Machinery and Equipment market (IM&E) in Asia is extremely competitive and fast-paced. Companies in this market produce the machines used by other manufacturers. Because of the dynamic market they operate in, IM&E manufacturers are seeking to balance productivity and efficiency with responsiveness and agility.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 11, 2024

About Kappahl Group Founded in 1953 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the Kappahl Group is a leading fashion chain in the Nordics, with around 360 Kappahl and Newbie stores in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland and the UK, and online in more than 20 markets throughout Europe and Asia.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Sustainability is definitely coming of age in Asia. In fact, IDC predicts that manufacturers across Asia who digitally transform and accelerate sustainable innovation to improve supply chain operations, will increase their revenue by 20 percent in 2025. Making Asia a Leader – One Green Initiative at a Time.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Where usually all beer manufactured in Singapore is made using imported raw materials, this model of brewing would completely eliminate that need for beer making imports. Linking manufacturers and other industries together into a circular economy ecosystem is still a struggle in this digitally connected time. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Beating the growth forecast and improving margins drove lucrative bonus programs. The regional teams would always sandbag—or under forecast—to make their budget incentives. Source E2open Shipping Index).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

This cooperation comes as warehouse automation booms across the Asia-Pacific region. The APAC automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of about 10% between 2021 and 2026. SSI SCHAEFER On Track to Open Singapore’s Largest Fully Automated Cold Storage at Tee Yih Jia Food Hub in Q1 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

This week the World Bank released its latest June forecast of its Semiannual Global Economic Prospects Report. This latest forecast indicates that the global economy will grow by 2.1 percent forecasted at the beginning of this year. In the not so optimistic category, the bank revised its 2024 global growth forecast to 2.4

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Beating the growth forecast and improving margins drove lucrative bonus programs. The regional teams would always sandbag—or under forecast—to make their budget incentives. Source E2open Shipping Index).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

by Martin You – Sales Director for Asia Pacific at E2open. More specifically, it took 83 days for container transport from Europe to Asia, and 88 days from North America to Asia. Martin You – Sales Director for Asia Pacific at E2open. Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 27, 2022

Design is the first step that happens in apparel manufacturing. Next, the raw materials are used to manufacture and put together the designs. Countries, especially in South Asia, like China, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, etc., offer competitive prices for apparel manufacturing to businesses within this industry.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 12, 2021

Food manufacturers will find new opportunities in the alternative protein market as consumer demand surges for non-meat proteins: insect, plant and algae-based products, and ‘lab meat’ cultivated from animal cells. The demand for alternative proteins has surged in recent years, creating an opportunity for food manufacturers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Advanced planning evolved with a focus on modeling manufacturing constraints. With the contraction of air capacity and the unprecedented level of imports to the United States from Asia, logistics constraints grew in importance in the pandemic. Demand Planning: Forecast Value Added (FVA) and shifts in baseline demand. Next Steps.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 3, 2020

For example, you might be surprised how beneficial rail service between Europe and Asia can be for your business today. . Working in close cooperation with the government of two Chinese provinces, Sichuan and Chongqing, these companies moved manufacturing facilities to inland China. Investment in rail infrastructure.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2023

Launched in 2020, CommodityWatch AI uses real-time news and event monitoring and predictive analytics to forecast supply, demand, and pricing trends out to three months for commodities including but not limited: gold, silver, aluminum, copper, caustic soda, cobalt, helium, paper, and tin.

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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. The Port of Shenzhen –a central manufacturing and export hub including the Yantian terminal that handles 25% of all U.S.-bound Taiwan manufacturers 60% of global semiconductors.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 14, 2022

Data plays a huge role in the ability to manufacture companies to draw powerful insights and create transformative experiences for customers and business growth. Many manufacturers just aren’t maximising its value and missing out on the unmatched efficiencies it provides. Collecting data for effective usage with business intelligence.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 10, 2023

July is typically a month in which Chinese suppliers and manufacturers have ramped up production levels to support global-wide back-to-school and other holiday related demand for products that peak in the November and December surge period. reflects broader weakness in the entire chain of global manufacturing.” Shipments to the U.S.

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QAD

JANUARY 17, 2023

For global manufacturers, managing logistics across various locations, countries and regions, as well as carriers, is no easy task. This has resulted in the WTO reducing its forecasts for world trade over the next two years from 4.7% Following are four steps for standardizing shipping across your manufacturing enterprise.

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20Cube Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2022

The Asia-Pacific region, which has emerged to be the economic hotspot in the last few decades, displayed a huge slump during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. However markets recovered themselves in 2021 to greater extent and the economists are forecasting an expansion of that steady growth in the year 2022 as well.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2022

manufacturing facilities. And the largest net jump in jobs forecast came in computer and electronics due mostly to investment in semiconductor manufacturing such as Taiwan-based TSMC’s $12 billion investment in a 5nm node fab in Phoenix, Arizona. In Europe, FDI in manufacturing declined by 20% in 2020, according to EY.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

In addressing this quarterly shortfall, newly appointed FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam pointed to the following factors: A $500 million shortfall for the Express business unit as a result of unexpected volume weaknesses experienced from Asia and European shipment activity. Are holiday forecasts too optimistic? Added Perspectives.

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Bristlecone

OCTOBER 29, 2020

For one manufacturing client, a recent diagnostics assessment identified key opportunities in supply chain planning process improvements, logistics optimization and reporting enhancements. AUTO PARTS LEADER REDUCES FORECAST ERRORS BY 50%. Recent highlights include: Go-lives across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

It is with particular pleasure to chat-up with Katie Kinraid, of BluJay Asia Pacific. What are some of the supply chain challenges that you see Customers face in the Asia Pacific region and how can BluJay solutions help to solve them? What is BluJay’s future strategy for the Asia Pacific region?

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2022

Current supply chain snarls, often associated with overseas factories and logjammed ports, have made manufacturing reshoring a hot topic. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor.'”[2] manufacturing capability, and increasing their inventory positions.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Raw materials, parts and services are currently all running through supply chains and manufacturing processes and emitting GHGs. One can have technology for the macro level (plotting our forecasting for sales) as well as the micro level (monitoring fuel economy in a truck). Arcstone sells digital systems to optimize manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

At the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit last week, Gita Gopinath, Harvard University economist forecasted worldwide global growth at 3.6%, but only 1.9% In contrast, she forecasts growth rates in the emerging economies of Europe and Asia at 4.8%. for the more advanced economies in Europe and the North America.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 5, 2022

The worry for manufacturers and retailers alike is whether those ordered goods will make it to market or be stuck in some port. The planning typically begins at the start of the year as shippers work with carriers to share updated forecasts of capacity requirements throughout the year to ensure parcels are delivered on time during the season.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Foxconn Forecasts Challenging Operating Environment This Year. After a three-day stoppage of rail operations impacting transcontinental shipments of key commodities and manufactured goods, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have reached a settlement calling for final and binding arbitration of differences.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The flexis capabilities are marketed to manufacturers seeking the ability to more flexibly schedule and sequence customer orders on production assembly lines, along with integrating with existing customer order systems for optimizing production dates based on inventory availability, production sequencing needs and transportation schedules.

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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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2019

The use of a conventional supply chain tool to forecast this demand resulted in the degradation of the forecast by 14%. World Kitchen’s supply chain– with significant manufacturing and distribution operations throughout North America and Asia– was complex. The reason? A SKU is an item sold at a location.)

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