Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

the strategies were exploring nearshoring of prior foreign production, diversifying supplier networks and adding additional contingency inventories. HP Specific Moves This latest report goes on to indicate that a portion of production sourcing, estimated to be upwards of 5 million units, will shift toward Mexico to support U.S.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Low-cost country sourcing is a procurement strategy that falls under a broad category of procurement efforts called global sourcing. Higher production capacity. If your company doesn’t have the capacity or infrastructure to manufacture as it would want to, they can only outsource it to a company that has the capabilities to.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2023

Mixed Picture for Manufacturing Activity in Mexico The S&P Global Mexico Manufacturing PMI© report for June was headlined with a mix of what was termed positive developments of rising production levels contrasted with demand decreases. product demand volumes. reflected a significant 3.5

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

2023 Prediction Three: More Direct Control in Strategic or Tactical Multi-tiered Direct Materials Sourcing will Continue to be a Prominent Element of Business Strategy for Chief Supply Chain or Chief Procurement Officer Efforts. . Canada or Mexico. Prediction Background. Higher cost levels will need to be mitigated or reduced.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

For example, US-based companies may be quite fortunate if they have access to manufacturers right on their doorstep in Mexico, a country with far lower labour costs than the rest of North America. Through collaboration with your procurement partner, you can reduce inventory levels and then potentially downsize your warehouse capacity needs.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The smaller Panamax ships (~5,000 TEU capacity) will consume ~63,000 gallons of marine fuel per day when operating between 20-25 knots. Meaning-if production in China begins to ramp back up to “normal” capacity, there could/should be a spike in volume in April/May. This in itself will stretch domestic capacity. Chris Peckham.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The smaller Panamax ships (~5,000 TEU capacity) will consume ~63,000 gallons of marine fuel per day when operating between 20-25 knots. Meaning-if production in China begins to ramp back up to “normal” capacity, there could/should be a spike in volume in April/May. This in itself will stretch domestic capacity. Chris Peckham.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Sustainable supply chain management: The original model of Supply Chain Management follows a linear production that hypothesizes the constant input of natural resources and an unlimited capacity to assimilate waste. When the product has a defect after its production, it is sent back to the inventory to reuse or recycle it.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The overall pace of decline in overall new business was noted by the report authors as the steepest since January and have led Taiwanese manufacturers to lower their purchasing activities, drawdown inventory levels and continued staff level reductions. The inventories index decreased 2.1 Suppliers continue to have capacity.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times. Reducing lead times from suppliers can help turn inventory faster, freeing up cash and ultimately satisfying customers. These are three examples: Rule 3.1:

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

A further factor was that air cargo rates are now down upwards of 80 percent because of lower volumes and excess capacity among carriers and commercial airlines. The company’s range of diverse business services spans many dimensions of industry specific logistics, inventory management, transport and last mile services.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 17, 2021

Christoper Matthews points out that a number of critical areas were impacted… “The power outages brought the world’s largest petrochemical complex to a standstill, forcing more plants in the Gulf of Mexico region to shut down than during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. as supplies tighten.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

With output contracting for the fifth consecutive month and business optimism reportedly dipping to an 11-month low, the report pointed to cutbacks occurring in manufacturing employment, purchasing and inventory levels globally. Suppliers continue to have capacity.” The October PMI reported value fell to a three-month low of 48.8,

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The industry’s news cycle has pointed to increasing inventories of unsold EV ’s at dealer lots. Future Production Capacity Bloomberg noted in its reporting that Tesla is now slow walking the automaker’s plans for a previously announced investment in a new factory complex in Mexico.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

Hurricane Ida struck the Gulf of Mexico in August 2021, destroying industrial installations for pharmaceuticals and plastics. The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. More time and energy is spent on forecasts to reduce inventory that is no longer in use. Route Optimization.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

Noted in the June report was that among the five sub-indexes that constitute the manufacturing PMI , the production index, new order index and supplier delivery time index were all above the 50 threshold, and the raw material inventory index and employee index were all below. for June, compared to a reported value a value of 48.1

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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 Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2022

As organizations look for reducing dependencies on concentrated sources of supply, Eastern Europe, Mexico, and South Asian countries will start providing viable alternatives to the current manufacturing powerhouse countries. In the current capacity constrained environment, such technologies will become a significant competitive advantage.

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ThroughPut

MAY 31, 2022

Capacity and inventory buffers: Building buffer capacity is the simplest way to build supply chain resilience, whether by way of maximizing productivity or building inventory to ensure that stockouts never happen – while at the same time ensuring that overstocking and wastage are never an issue.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 18, 2022

Countries like China, India, and most other Asia countries, along with Eastern Europe and Mexico became the preferred location for manufacturing. With responsibility for Global Commodity Management and Procurement, and the sourcing of billions of dollars of goods and services, I saw this dynamic play out first hand.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 16, 2022

Reliable financial analytics across the enterprise — including branches, plant assets, fleets, and inventory — are required. McCrea reports, in response to the current situation, “some companies are procuring materials from more U.S. But, to do so takes more than planning and capacity alone.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Services Matias Offer on SCMDOJO Logistics Consulting Maritime Freight Sourcing and Procurement Logistics Technology Sourcing Executive Mentoring Guide: Matias, our supply chain consultant, has also created Maritime Freight Sourcing and Procurement Guide , which is available from SCMDOJO Academy.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

All of the above (and other down-stream KPIs and processes) are heavily influenced by the accuracy of a demand forecast: if the demand forecast is much more accurate, a company is more likely to have the right product, in the right quantities in inventory and will have less of the products in inventory that is not required.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

Cut inventory costs Be it a brick and mortar store or an online business, inventory is always present and it costs money. To avoid skyrocketing inventory expenditure, you need to keep accurate inventory count. To avoid skyrocketing inventory expenditure, you need to keep accurate inventory count.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 29, 2019

increasing inventory before the deadline. Loading up on inventory drives additional inventory carrying costs, insurance and often contracting for more storage. While near-shoring to Mexico, Canada or the U.S. It provides a little breathing room to make better sourcing, inventory and pricing decisions.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 29, 2019

increasing inventory before the deadline. Loading up on inventory drives additional inventory carrying costs, insurance and often contracting for more storage. While near-shoring to Mexico, Canada or the U.S. It provides a little breathing room to make better sourcing, inventory and pricing decisions.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Mexico and Canada are heading into 2018 with no clear plan for saving the North American Free Trade Agreement,” states a Bloomberg article published on December 15. If they actually follow through on their promise and oil prices continue to rise next year, how will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in response?

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