Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A report by Nikkei Asia Technology indicates that Apple contract manufacturing services provider Foxconn is planning to incrementally expand iPhone production capacity within India.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

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SCM Research

APRIL 23, 2018

This article argues “that thirty years ago favourable cost conditions helped build productive power in Asia, whereas now US financial power drives and benefits from low labour costs in China, using the very different supply chain positions of Apple Inc. One of these articles is Froud et al. Leaver, A., & William, K.

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Resilinc

MARCH 16, 2021

The Wall Street Journal recently reported on a Minnesota roller skate maker, Riedell Shoes, that lost more than 40% of its revenues at the beginning of the pandemic when roller rinks shut down. According to the Journal, such shortages are common among manufacturers of all types of exercise equipment. Building Boom 2.0.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 22, 2023

Grant, Haider, and Raufuss explain, “In between navigating the fallout from Europe and unfolding strategic competition in Asia, multinational corporations must also manage a host of long-tail political risks and conflicts across other geographies, including Africa and South Asia.” 5] Vanderford, op. 7] Haider, op.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 10, 2022

How much will La Niña increase precipitation in Asia? Climate Prediction Center in a recent Insurance Journal story. Northeast see less snow and rain than usual as La Niña causes storms to dump more precipitation over the Great Lakes, Ohio and Tennessee River valleys?

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Resilinc

MAY 24, 2022

Oil and natural gas aren’t needed to only generate energy,” wrote Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Member Alyssia Finley in April. In Europe and Asia, however, Gupta estimates that price increases for PE will continue in 2022, rising 5-8% in Europe and 5-10% in Asia.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

East Coast ports in transit from Asia will surge to a new record high in the coming months. The report cites data indicating that the volume of Asia-East Coast routings is expected to reach 889,000 TEU ’s by the month of June, up 40 percent from 2021 full-year average routings. Stated drivers of the changed routings from Asia to U.S.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 11, 2021

The editorial team at the Wall Street Journal decided the best way to confront facts was with sarcasm. ” Even the Wall Street Journal editorial team accepts this finding. 3] Editorial Team, “ A Climate of Catastrophe ,” The Wall Street Journal, 9 August 2021. [4] A Few Takeaways from the IPCC Report.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

5) Streamline Performance Evaluation System : the classic problem of many organizations in Asia is the seniority based performance evaluation system. What they do is to gather the internal requirements and establish an action plan based on collective decision.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 24, 2022

In separate reporting, The Wall Street Journal indicated that one ongoing challenge has been recruiting the needed skilled and unskilled production workers required to match skill standards that are present in China. Apple declined to comment on either the Bloomberg or Wall Street Journal published reports.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Published reports from The Wall Street Journal and other industry and Asia focused outlets continue to indicate that Apple has accelerated plans to source hardware products in other Asia based regions in addition to China. That has been the case in Vietnam, and the looking glass will be in India in 2023.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 12, 2022

According to reporting from The Wall Street Journal , Angove was part of the management team that took retail technology provider Retek public in 1999, and later general manager of the retail business unit of Oracle , when the enterprise software provider acquired Retek in 2005.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Here’s an example: Every year, a huge volume of finished goods are shipped from Asia to North America. Then, the empty containers are transloaded and move into other parts of the country to be loaded with raw materials (for example agricultural products), before heading back onto shipping containers bound for Asia.

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Resilinc

MAY 10, 2022

This, in contrast to much of the rest of world which “has adopted a strategy of minimizing Covid infections and managing waves while avoiding severe disruptions to business and daily life,” wrote the Wall Street Journal last week. And now, Chinese lockdowns and quarantine policies have again fractured global supply chains.

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Ware2Go

JUNE 20, 2023

In May 2023, shipping rates from Asia suddenly plummeted. As of late May 2023, shipping rates “cratered” as reported in The Wall Street Journal. According to the Freightos Baltic Index, the average daily freight rate from Asia to the Western US is $1,500 per 40-foot container. What Are The Current Ocean Freight Rates?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

This excerpt from the Journal of Commerce’s Berth Productivity: The Trends, Outlook and Market Forces Impacting Ship Turnaround Times report (July 2014) summarizes the challenge nicely: If there’s an issue in the container shipping world that’s hotter than port productivity, I’m not aware of it. ports lags those in Asia and Europe.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Wall Street Journal indicated that China ’s exports to the EU and to the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) each dropped by 21 percent. Both Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal opined that the latest export numbers provide added evidence that the global wide demand for Chinese products is waning.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 28, 2023

In its reporting, The Wall Street Journal indicated that the chip giant has been seeking to maximize subsidies and tax credits related to constructing and operating a U.S. There are reportedly other concerns related to the more expensive cost of U.S. based facility over a five year period.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2023

In a published Supply Chain Matters posting in March , we highlighted for readers a published report by the Economist that surveyed actions on the part of various companies toward securing alternative forms of supply networks across other parts of Asia , in addition to China.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

HP released a statement on Monday in conjunction with the Nikkei report indicating that the PC maker was expanding production in Southeast Asia and elsewhere, including Mexico. This week features added evidence specifically in the high tech and consumer electronics supply networks segment. This Nikkei reporting further indicates that the U.S.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

“The areas of most concern are concentrated in developing countries in Asia,” Pyzyk writes. 2] Stephen Fidler, “ Environmental Risks Loom Large Among World Economic Forum Members ,” The Wall Street Journal , 15 January 2020. [3] ”[7] Along U.S. Footnotes. [1] 8] Marks, op.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. consultation firm, runs four ‘Logistics Briefing’ newsletters: Global, Americas, Asia/Pacific and Mergers & Acquisitions. This was the result.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 3, 2020

This scenario reflects some ‘pivot to Asia’ trends that have emerged over the past decade — growing economic might in China, increased global influence in East Asian countries — and accelerates these trends as one possible effect of the pandemic.” ” 4. .” ” Footnotes. [1] ” Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

Foxconn and Asia Market Forecasters Provide Muted Outlook on High Tech Product Demand. Foxconn and Asia Market Forecasters Provide Muted Outlook on High Tech Product Demand. Nomura reportedly indicated in its latest research note that Asia shipments may have reached a critical inflection point.

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Resilinc

JUNE 1, 2021

To cope with the current water shortages and avoid production delays or worse, these two firms and others have started contracting for water deliveries by truck, according to reporting by the Wall Street Journal. TSMC has also said it is seeking groundwater supplies from construction sites.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As we have noted in this thread of updates, to a further extent, shipments from Asia eastward that traverse the Panama Canal are an important added backdrop to ocean transport disruption impacts. Our prior published update was on January 19 th. That compares to $9.8 billion profitability in 2023, and an astounding $36.8

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The issue was especially prevalent for engines operating in hotter climates such as the Middle East and parts of Asia. The Wall Street Journal reported that the engine inspection and repair effort would ultimately cost up to $7 billion. Reportedly, the metal contamination can lead to cracks within engine parts.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 16, 2015

The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Coyote Logistics “is preparing for an initial public offering [in the second half of this year] that could value it at more than $2 billion,” and the deal “is expected to raise a few hundred million dollars.”. Robinson (a Talking Logistics sponsor) and XPO Logistics increase 40.5% for about $5.1

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Sourcing Journal). Nikkei Asia). Journal of Commerce). Alcoa’s third-quarter sales jumped 31% as rising aluminum prices offset a 6% decline in shipments. Vietnamese workers appear to be abandoning factory jobs and returning to rural villages as the country loosens pandemic restrictions. TradeWinds). port or 1-80?0-JOURNAL.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

According to published reports from both Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal , the company will now source its hardware customer fulfillment needs to third-party logistics providers in an effort to reduce product delivery costs by up to half. At one point in 2021, containers transiting from East Asia to the U.S.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The Wall Street Journal and New York Times are reporting that Ukrainian banks and infrastructure agencies have been suffering through waves of cyber attacks in recent days. As Ryan Hass ( @ryanl_hass ), a Brookings scholar on China and Asia, observes, “President Vladimir Putin is the sole author of the crisis unfolding in Ukraine.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

-headquartered Marge Carson—with a 25-year history of manufacturing in Tijuana—announced last year that it would shift its entire business model, consolidate operations and exit all case goods manufacturing in Southeast Asia “in an effort to reduce supply chain and freight bottlenecks,” according to Furniture Today.

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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). We plan to start entering the market by end 2018, or by early 2019,” said CEO Lei Jun to the Wall Street Journal. A Precedent for Success.

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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). We plan to start entering the market by end 2018, or by early 2019,” said CEO Lei Jun to the Wall Street Journal. A Precedent for Success.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 17, 2014

Wall Street Journal. Los Angeles Business Journal. The Smith Breeden Prize is awarded to the best paper published in the renowned Journal of Finance and is presented at the annual American Finance Association meetings. Global MBA for Asia Pacific. UCLA Anderson School of Management Blog. April 2014. March 2014.

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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). We plan to start entering the market by end 2018, or by early 2019,” said CEO Lei Jun to the Wall Street Journal. A Precedent for Success.

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