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Global Wide Manufacturing Output Strengthens in March 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Global Manufacturing Output Levels Strengthen Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMIĀ® 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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October Global PMI Reporting-Continued Production Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

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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So Your Supply Chain is Banning Bangladeshā€¦.and Going to Cambodia?: ā€œThe Ugliest Race to the Bottomā€

Supply Chain View from the Field

Companies like Nike and Disney have publicly stated that they are not going to Bangladesh for apparel sourcing in the future. In Thailand, workers at a factory producing Nike apparel were forced by military personnel allegedly hired by the manufacturer to sign a petition allowing them to be paid less than the minimum wage of $4 a day.

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Top 6 Wholesale Distribution Trends for 2019

EMERGE App

They range from small-batch soap manufacturing to the distribution of sports car parts. It firmly cemented China as the world’s manufacturing hub. The voracious appetite of US consumers for goods — from Apple products to Xmas trees — saw China become the de facto manufacturer of consumer goods.

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China Flexes Its Global Logistics Muscle

Material Handling & Logistics

Announced in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the plan would link Chinaā€™s Silk Road Economic Belt Project in Central Asiaā€”which was aimed at connecting with Europe via Central Asia to increase trade between the Asia-Pacific region and Europeā€”with its Maritime Silk Road stretching from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean.

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Needed: A New Way to Manage Risk in Low Cost Countries

NC State SCRC

Nowhere are disruptions more prevalent than in Low Cost Countries (LCCā€™s), which have become the focal point for outsourced contract manufacturing for major apparel brands such as Nike, Under Armour, Gap, Apple, and others. The most obvious way to create social responsibility might be just to avoid sourcing markets with low social standards.

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Supply Chain Disruptions Are New Opportunities ā€“ LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Crisis Response – At the outset of the crisis, itā€™s easier to visualise a horizontal and linear supply chain with the 4 flows disrupted and adversely affecting the Core Supply Chain Functions, of Planning, Sourcing, Production, Distribution, last mile Deliveries and returns management or reverse logistics. Diversification.