Logility

MARCH 29, 2022

And the world has now been rocked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, altering global supply chains forever. This then provides new insights for faster decision-making, automated planning, and the elimination of time, inventory, and risk throughout your supply chain. Can the United States be far behind?

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

The World Container Index , assessed by Drewy Consultants, is a compilation of eight major shipping routes to and from the United States , Europe and Asia. Data published at the end of March indicates that for movement of ocean container shipping transit from Asia to North America , the average time had declined to 108 days, upwards of 15.4

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

Our stated takeaway from for the Q1 data was that indices were no longer reflecting the optimism indicated in February, and instead that of growing headwinds and added geopolitical concerns related to effects of the Ukraine conflict and China’s potential economic stumble as a result of a strict COVID-19 isolation policy. s major retailers.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

On a regional scale, the bank anticipates that growth among emerging market and developing economies will diverge this year, picking up in East and Central Asia , Pacific as well as Europe while moderating in all other regions, particularly Latin America , Middle East and North Africa countries. percent, down from the January estimate of 2.7

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

We had a hangover from the pandemic: Which led to continued inventory shortages, closures of manufacturing plants in China, congested ports, and underemployment. Cargo planes could not fly out of or into Russia or Ukraine. Likewise, ships could not sail into or out of Russia and Ukraine. It also led to inventory excesses.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

Optimism is reflected in United States , Eurozone and select Asia data and the traditional Lunar New Year holiday period does not appear to have dampened Asia based production levels for February. The index that tracks ocean container movement from Asia to Western Europe increased by four days to 110 days. reported for January.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 21, 2022

There are many causes, for example, container ships from Asia are now too large to traverse the Panama Canal (20 years ago they were not), so they offload on the West Coast of the United States and are compelled to truck all goods to the East Coast. The current war in Ukraine will further destabilize the global supply chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Previous global materials sourcing and just-in-time driven inventory management policies were laid bear with the realization that supply risk was a more problematic and business critical dimension. The most sobering development in this area has been the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in late February. Mid-Year Assessment.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

Now the New York Minute is reflective of Russia waging war in Ukraine , precipitating a significant war footing on the European continent, the most significant since World War Two , including a widescale refugee crisis as Ukrainian citizens are forced to flee their homeland.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 10, 2022

How much will La Niña increase precipitation in Asia? But those who are best prepared have already taken measures such as building up inventories of sensitive commodities. and China and the possibility of war between Russia and Ukraine, both leading wheat exporters. These firms will be “huge winners,” he said.

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Taulia

MARCH 15, 2023

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine compounded this difficult situation in early 2022. Post-Ukraine energy prices are, of course, a key factor, with the UK a significant net importer of energy, and they no doubt played a role in sustaining inflation throughout 2022. Why is the UK so acutely exposed?

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

Inventory will remain bloated for the first half of 2023, – and supplier relationships will be tested. These kinds of behaviors by buyers will come back to bite them in the future… Despite having more inventory – we won’t stop having shortages. Inflation is indeed going down slowly– but not as fast as the markets would like.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

-China trade tensions, Covid-19 measures and the Russia-Ukraine crisis. It is prime time for visibility / inventory management tools and outsourcing. Asia rising and connected regional platforms. The rise of Asia has contributed to today’s geopolitical tensions and misalignment. But what will really happen?

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

How the War in Ukraine is Impacting the Supply Chain and Raw Material Prices. Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. Ukraine supplies approximately 50% of the world’s neon gas.

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

The upstream supply chain refers to the flow of inventory in the pre-production stage, mostly in relation to the organization’s suppliers. Even as the pandemic eased down and the global supply chain started to pick back up, other events such as the war in Ukraine began to cause other types of issues. Let’s get into it.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has brought forward an increased threat of geo-political tensions, a global energy shock along with incremental shortages of agricultural products such as grain and key raw materials such as titanium.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 12, 2022

As shippers drew down existing inventories, replenishment became necessary to quickly satisfy consumers’ spending habits. However, there were not enough containers in Asia to export goods to the U.S. Trucking capacity also became scarce, with spot rates rising. Toward the second half of 2020, demand for imports began to grow.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2023

Ocean container transport costs as reflected by The World Container Index increased in excess of 134 percent from 2020 to 2021, with the cost of shipping a standard container from Asia to the U.S. Inventory levels in retail channels remain at high levels because of bullwhip excess ordering.

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American Global Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

Other geopolitical risks, such as tensions between Russia and Ukraine, along with unpredictable regimes in Iran and North Korea, have the potential to disrupt global supply chains as well. Pressure on Taiwan, expansionist moves in East Asia, and the government's "common prosperity" goal can impact supply chains serving these markets.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

A published report by Nikkei Asia (Paid subscription or metered view) reports that manufacturers and suppliers located in the Chengdu and Shenzhen areas of China are once again impacted by a new round of population shutdowns manifested by the country’s zero tolerance Covid-19 infection policies.

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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. Supply networks quickly adapted, and became more geographically dispersed and interdependent.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

Just-in-time (JIT) inventory management became crucial to the nation’s meteoritic industrial growth, including Toyota’s eclipsing North American and European automakers as the world’s largest automakers for their time. Most of the container traffic flows across the Pacific Ocean or between Europe and Asia.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The orders-to-inventory ratio fell to another multi-year low last month as excess capacity continued to build at factories. Of particular concern, the New Orders sub-index declined more than 4 points, reaching a contraction value in September while the Inventories sub-index was 2.6 percentage points higher.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

In this, the first of our supply chain news posts, you’ll find updates on the following current stories in global supply chain and logistics operations: The Ukraine war and its impact on global supply chains. The grain blockaded in Ukraine. Ukraine War and its Supply Chain Impact. A growing global warehouse capacity crunch.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2022

The ripple effects of the conflict in Ukraine will further drive up US food prices. As the war rages on in Ukraine, more and more companies and countries are looking at ways they can help with massive humanitarian aid. The reality, at least from a US farming perspective, is that the country imports little from Ukraine and Russia.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

the strategies were exploring nearshoring of prior foreign production, diversifying supplier networks and adding additional contingency inventories. Depending on resolution of the Russia and Ukraine conflict, short-term use of energy derived from fossil fuels or coal will have continue. For those businesses located in the U.S.,

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JULY 21, 2022

Related changes were also under way long before the pandemic, such as a slowing down of investment in China and a shift of focus to elsewhere in Asia, such as the Philippines, India, and Vietnam. What is new since the pandemic and the Ukraine war are actions by countries and companies to decrease supply chain risk and increase self-reliance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

Volume from Asia has slowed, as have the number of vessels coming to the port, according to the release. The US’s ban on the import of Russian oil after the invasion of Ukraine has put a squeeze on diesel. During the peak of port congestion in 2021, as many as 30 ships were waiting to enter an Oakland berth.

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Elementum

AUGUST 1, 2022

Supply Chain Disruptions During the pandemic, the supply chain management process was extremely disrupted as the world relied heavily on Asia for manufacturing–China, in particular. After battling the impacts COVID-19 and while the world was still recovering, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

We also have realized that we had an over-dependence on Asia when it came to chip supplies, and I think the pandemic really demonstrated that too: we couldn’t get chips when we needed them, because we were so dependent on the supply chain, and moving the goods. You could communicate with your doctor from home. it’s such a huge cost.

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Elementum

AUGUST 31, 2022

We also have realized that we had an over-dependence on Asia when it came to chip supplies, and I think the pandemic really demonstrated that too: we couldn’t get chips when we needed them, because we were so dependent on the supply chain, and moving the goods. You could communicate with your doctor from home. it’s such a huge cost.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Focal Systems’ solution is integrated with Walmart Canada’s existing inventory systems to automatically detect availability concerns and direct store teams to replenish products. The talks cover more than 22,000 workers at 29 ports from California to Washington state that include major hubs for trade with Asia.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Ships are avoiding Egypt’s Suez Canal, the shortest maritime route from Europe to Asia and one of the world’s most important waterways, which accounts for about 12% of the world’s shipping traffic. Identify alternate sources that can be activated, such as re-routing freight backup facilities and inventory as applicable.

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Resilinc

APRIL 5, 2022

“Companies, especially tech companies, are questioning the orthodoxies of the past 50 years [especially] seeking out the lowest-cost manufacturer, no matter how distant, and never carrying surplus inventory or parts.”. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—and China’s tacit support—the imperative to re-design supply chains has sharpened.

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