Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2023

TSMC to Construct its First European Chip Fabrication Facility Industry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) announced this week that the Taiwan based producer will construct its first European based chip facility that will be located in Germany. The fab will be operated by TSMC. legislation, hence the delay.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 30, 2013

The recent press in the Wall Street Journal and other papers on Walmart’s fire in Bangladesh is raising the ire of corporate responsibility groups and human rights groups alike. Who wants to end up on the front page of the Journal? Do YOU know who is in YOUR supply chain?

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights published reports indicating that leading semiconductor fab and device manufacturer TSMC is eyeing a second fab production presence in the U.S. based fabrication facility. based fabrication facility. However, the report cautions that TSMC has not made a final decision relative to this announcement.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The August numbers once again signal a continued downturn in global manufacturing conditions as output and new order rates continue to fall. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The three specific regions of concern are the Eurozone, United Kingdom along with Taiwan.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Wall Street Journal Logistics Report indicated late last week that: “ the backup of container ships off the Southern California coast that was at the heart of the U.S. It is becoming clearer that supply chain procurement and logistics teams elected to route import shipments thru either U.S. West Coast port operators.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2023

Background Within our research arm’s January 2023 published advisory, 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains , we included a prediction that manufacturers would seek more direct control and added resiliency of their component or outsourced production supply networks in 2023. destinations are on the rise. and Canada.

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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. Sustainable procurement: consists of environmentally friendly purchasing that carry reduction, reuse, and recycle.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

China Based Manufacturers Remain Impacted by Extended Population Lockdowns. We now include added updates related to ongoing production disruptions amid population lockdowns across China, increasing concerns related to European supply chains, and added signs for a product demand slowdown within segments of the semiconductor industry.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With the closing of the third quarter, the numbers once again signal added contraction in global manufacturing output as product demand levels weaken. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. This index has now remained below the 50.0

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The Wall Street Journal reported this week ( Paid subscription or metered view ) that Sato has called for an “ EV-first mindset ” including the accelerated development of supply chain and manufacturing methods optimized for EV vehicle platforms. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 24, 2022

The report specifically cited iPhone contract manufacturing assemblers Foxconn, Pegatron , Wistron , MacBook producer Quantra Computer , AirPods producer Inventec , each being asked to evaluate alternative sourcing cost and other factors. Apple declined to comment on either the Bloomberg or Wall Street Journal published reports.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

According to the April report commentary , the industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J.P. remains unclear.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In our prior highlights and perceptions of September and October published indices , we observed that the numbers once again signaled continued contraction in global manufacturing output and product demand levels. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. in November.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Other means were in the ability to manage the headwinds of forecasted reduced global trade volumes thru the mechanisms of either formed multi-carrier capacity alliances metering major trade route capacity, increased blank sailings or additional slow steaming transit times.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 16, 2023

Plans established for 2024 were to increase production capacity to 85,000 vehicles. Specifically indicated: “ We have achieved meaningful reductions in both R1 and EDV vehicle unit cost across each major cost category, including material cost, manufacturing labor, overhead and logistics. The company ended Q2-2023 with a reported $10.2

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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 in May.

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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. That would include alternatives to China under the umbrella of either China Plus or de-risking sourcing changes.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 13, 2023

Our commentary reiterated that over the last three years there were reports indicating that Apple was instructing its contract manufacturers to begin evaluating and seeking out new hardware sourcing outside of China , specifically India and Vietnam , with the former garnering the most attention.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

After a three-day stoppage of rail operations impacting transcontinental shipments of key commodities and manufactured goods, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have reached a settlement calling for final and binding arbitration of differences. Foxconn Forecasts Challenging Operating Environment This Year.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Seasonal Holiday Hiring At Its Lowest Levels Following up on our Supply Chain Matters posting highlighting the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) November 2023 holiday spending forecast , The Wall Street Journal reported this week ( Paid subscription ) that the number of U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 5, 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 edging only slightly higher. That stated, the reported value of 49.6 declined 1.5

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

Company executives cited good progress in addressing the previously acknowledged overbuild of customer fulfillment and warehousing capacity while overall number of employees was reduced by 6 percent. The manufacturer has now reduced its expectations for industrywide smartphone shipments to flat or minimal growth.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Last week we cited a report by The Wall Street Journal indicating that the CEO of the globe’s largest freight forwarder, Kuehne + Nagel , indicated that “ There’s no peak season to be expected in 2023.” If prior history is a measure, container shipping lines will undertake capacity management measures to shore-up rates in the coming year.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This blog is based on an article that recently ran in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Procurement, “ Supply chain agility: An imperative in an unpredictable world.”. In today’s age of great volatility, agility has become the new competitive differentiator. Going Digital to Interact with Your Ecosystem.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Both Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal indicated in their reporting that such comments marked a distinct change in tone for Musk, who indicated last year that Tesla was a company that was “ recession resilient.” Continuing vehicle price cuts across the board have taken a toll without corresponding manufacturing cost decreases.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Consultancy UK).

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. EU Energy Chief Sees Hurdles to Carbon Overhaul ( Wall Street Journal ). FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 17, 2021

Today’s Wall Street Journal article on the impact of the Texas winter storm on the petrochemical industry highlights many of the challenges that exist with this supply chain, that has been overlooked for perhaps too long. ” Discussions with experts on the Gulf Coast have also shared the challenges faced in this region.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2023

Postal Service, Amazon Logistics and others will seek to handle any fallout, the sheer volume level exceeds available industry capacity and will result in cascading disruptions for industry supply chains. Manufacturers and wholesalers are likely prioritizing material needs to avoid added disruptions as best they can. economy in $71.1

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Proxima

MARCH 27, 2020

As highlighted in a recent Journal of Commerce webinar, essentially, what we are experiencing is an extended Chinese New Year with an added massive backlog of supply coming in approximately 30-60 days. COVID-19 impacted every aspect of Chinese manufacturing and shipping capability. Think about this from a practical perspective.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 25, 2022

The COVID 19 restrictions impacting areas of China ’s largest cities and manufacturing regions continue and have extended into their fifth week. The manufacturing areas most impacted currently include areas around Shanghai , Jiangsu and Jilin provinces. Among TSMC’s largest customers are Apple and Advanced Micro Devices.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 8, 2013

As noted in a Wall Street Journal article today , low cost countries all have the same problems that factories in Bangladesh do. The same unsafe working conditions prevail, and you are just as likely to encounter the problems with capacity and subcontracting that we’ve noted in other blogs.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 29, 2022

Reporting on the latest Amazon financial performance, The Wall Street Journal cited March data from Mastercard SpendingPulse indicating that March marked the first month since the pandemic began where E-commerce sales declined, and in-store sales rose. He further declared that the company is no longer constrained by labor and capacity.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 4, 2018

Also, the expanse and coverage of these technologies have multiplied, as enterprises continue to integrate with suppliers, co-packers, manufacturers, warehousing teams, and procurement service providers. 6] Laura Guitar, “ How to prepare for 2018: The Year of the Crisis ,” The Business Journals , 16 January 2018.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 11, 2022

As our production volumes continue to grow, it is becoming increasingly challenging to secure vehicle transportation capacity and at a reasonable cost during these peak logistics weeks. As noted in the statement above, parts delays are now compounded by both end of quarter shipment surges with transportation availability and the term.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

To demonstrate that classic (single time series demand input) optimization and stochastic (multiple time series demand input) optimization can yield substantially different results, we will analyze a network of a company A that has four manufacturing plants that need to service demand in every mainland US state.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Background Within our research arm’s previously published industry and global supply chains predictions advisory published at the start of this year, we predicted that manufacturers would up their efforts this year in restoring more direct control and added resiliency in their direct materials component and outsourced manufacturing strategies.

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