Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 24, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides our readers added perspectives on this week’s reports indicating that Apple has initiated plans for production of the upcoming new model iPhone14 to be sourced from both China and India. In April of this year, a facility in India began producing the iPhone13.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 25, 2020

Will the trend toward a return to “regional manufacturing” boost volumes in over the road transportation in North America as manufacturers move away from Asian overseas operations? As a result, a new focus on network resilience and the idea of more regional manufacturing emerged.”. This strategy is not without its risks though.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 22, 2024

Apple CEO Tim Cook has wrapped up his latest Asian trip, one that is being described as the most extensive Southeast Asia trip in years. In a prior Supply Chain Matters published posting, we highlighted industry reports indicating that Apple current production investment within India is now upwards of $15 billion. Is iPhone U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , halted a consecutive five-months of contraction levels to that of no-change. The S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI® had a February value of 47.3,

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 16, 2017

India is on the cusp of a supply chain transformation that may end up being nothing short of a major game changer. At IMD, we often discuss the distribution footprint of L’Oréal which had an outsized 15% of distribution centers located in India. Unilever, for example, has 38 factories in India out of more than 300 factories worldwide.

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E2open

JANUARY 19, 2023

Latest report highlights how lessened demand for goods from Asia has continued to reduce port congestion, resulting in an average eight-day decrease in total time from booking to receipt compared to the year-ago period. There was also a notable reduction in the booking-to-gate time for shipments out of Asia.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , provided a banner headline of global manufacturing output showing signs of stabilizing at the conclusion of Q1. That stated, the reported 49.6

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

By becoming key players in trucking, warehousing, and shipping, Amazon is able to lower its shipping costs, open doors for smaller merchants to publish more products, and allow Chinese and Indian sellers and manufacturers to access Amazon warehouses. For now, it seems like Alibaba has the firmer grip on Southeast Asia.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

CNC machining is also known as just machining and is used extensively in manufacturing and industrial applications. How CNC Machines Are Changing Manufacturing as We Know It. Thanks to CNC machine technology, traditional manufacturing supply chains are gradually disappearing. The Asia Pacific will See the Most Growth.

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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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Elementum

JUNE 17, 2015

India and China have both recently introduced new regulation that will impact medical device manufacturers. India’s Department of Pharmaceuticals released a document titled “National Medical Device Policy, 2015” that delineates a new pricing structure for medical devices.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides our monthly highlights commentary and perspectives on published monthly global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Now, with September and full Q3 reporting available, global manufacturing activity has officially fallen below the 50.0 Global Wide Production Activity. represented a 0.5

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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. This growth is accredited to the economic expansion and policy changes in countries like India. Asia is a booming market and a major supplier of electronic goods.

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Resilinc

APRIL 17, 2024

For example, Mattel moved production of Barbie toys from Asia to Mexico. For example, companies like Apple, General Electric, and Ford have moved some manufacturing back to the US. Key countries that businesses are moving to include India, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 3, 2023

and India at 12.5 The declining cost of lithium batteries can be attributed to the EV industry which created the supply chain and manufacturing scale need to reduce mining and manufacturing costs. Over the past 5 years, the cost of power in the US increased about 26% to 15.8 cents per kW*hr, Germany 20% to 27.5

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Adexa

MAY 17, 2021

Los Angeles, CA – May 17, 2021 Adexa and Kognoz Consulting have formed a joint alliance in order to further advance the availability of latest supply chain planning technology and business process improvements in India, south east Asia and beyond. www.kognozconsulting.com.

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Elementum

JUNE 4, 2015

Manufacturing Agendas: So Hot Right Now. Months after Modi and India introduced their ‘Make in India’ campaign and a full three years after the unveiling of Germany 4.0, China has joined the manufacturing revolution party. Manufacturing Revolutions have 10 Planks, Too. Martin Abegglen/ Flickr.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2023

The Announcement Commercial aircraft designer and manufacturer Airbus announced plans t o double the production of the company’s final assembly production capabilities within China. That has apparently motivated Apple to instill more supply network resiliency by moving some final assembly to India based final assembly services providers.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides monthly highlight commentary and perspectives on published January 2023 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Our previous posting in this series of global wide manufacturing PMI highlights was in early January summarizing both December and Q4-2022 reported indices data. increased 0.4

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., Those changes, along with high costs of transporting materials and finished goods to and from overseas locations, make the value of reshoring likely to become a compelling financial reality for many manufacturers. Engineering isn’t disconnected from manufacturing.

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QAD

APRIL 14, 2020

In 1819, the British East India Company established a trading settlement on the island, which set modern Singapore into motion. Located in southeastern Asia between Malaysia and Indonesia, Singapore is made up of a series of islands. Manufacturing in Singapore. Singapore is also an oil trading hub for Asia. Only about.7%

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Elementum

MARCH 6, 2018

Last year the company had a revenue target of $15 billion, which it reached ahead of time thanks to aggressive investment in Asia and India (where it’s now one of the highest-selling smartphones). High Quality Suppliers, Demand-Driven Manufacturing and Longer Device Lifetimes. Xiaomi built its brand on an e-commerce model.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Last year the company had a revenue target of $15 billion, which it reached ahead of time thanks to aggressive investment in Asia and India (where it’s now one of the highest-selling smartphones). High Quality Suppliers, Demand-Driven Manufacturing and Longer Device Lifetimes. Xiaomi built its brand on an e-commerce model.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2023

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , provided a banner headline of renewed contraction as production conditions worsened by the end of Q2. in May to a value of 57.8

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Last year the company had a revenue target of $15 billion, which it reached ahead of time thanks to aggressive investment in Asia and India (where it’s now one of the highest-selling smartphones). High Quality Suppliers, Demand-Driven Manufacturing and Longer Device Lifetimes. Xiaomi built its brand on an e-commerce model.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

In early April 2022, economists at Goldman Sachs indicated that supply chain resilience was a top-of-mind topic for manufacturers and retailers and observed that three main strategies were being undertaken. Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China de-risking sourcing actions.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 1, 2023

Specially related to China , Apple alone experienced multiple days of production shortfalls involving Foxconn’s Zhengzhou “ iPhone City ” manufacturing complex resulting in a revenue shortfall for iPhone14 holiday orders. as one of many manufacturers exploring production sourcing beyond China.

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Ware2Go

JUNE 20, 2023

In May 2023, shipping rates from Asia suddenly plummeted. Ocean Freight Shipping: What to Watch For In 2023 When it comes to ocean freight decision making, emerging businesses should keep an eye on manufacturing costs, ocean freight rates, and supply chain disruptions. Likewise, other alternatives include India and Latin America.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In our prior highlights and perceptions of September and Q3-2023 published indices , we observed that the numbers once again signaled added contraction in global manufacturing output and product demand levels. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. down from the 49.2

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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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Elementum

MAY 26, 2022

They expanded first into other parts of eastern Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, India), then into eastern Europe (Poland, Ukraine) and Mexico. Specialization and quality began to drive important sourcing decisions rather than the sole lever of saving partners a few dollars on materials and manufacturing alone.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

In some key trading routes, such as Asia–Europe and Asia–North America, the rate spikes are even higher and the delays more frequent.”[4]. ”[9] Regionalization is more in line with Howells’ call for rebalancing manufacturing strategies than it is with national reshoring policies. ”[4].

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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. Added Perspectives.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

Business and supply chain focused media reports already point to increased supplier and manufacturing investment in regions such as Mexico, Eastern Europe, India, Vietnam and other regions as responses to added supply network resiliency or agility. based manufacturing facilities had soared by over 116 percent. Canada or Mexico.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Other materials are added to both synthetic and natural rubber to instill desired functional properties through the manufacturing process. Over 90% of natural rubber comes from Asia, with Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia making up 70% of the world’s supply of natural rubber.

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Resilinc

MAY 24, 2022

The last 18 months have been very good for petrochemical manufacturers—and not so good for their customers in a wide range of industries. This year has brought another round of pain for the vast array of manufacturers that depend on petrochemical inputs.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The report observes that for Apple ’s supply network, Vietnam and India are the new benefactors in a China Plus sourcing shift along with other supplier hot spots in Asia that are currently playing out. In the latter, the report indicates a fourfold increase in companies assembling Apple hardware products.

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