Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides our monthly highlights commentary and perspectives on published monthly global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Now, with September and full Q3 reporting available, global manufacturing activity has officially fallen below the 50.0 Global Wide Production Activity. represented a 0.5

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Global Production Continues to Contract Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® ended 2023 on a noted lackluster footing. Manufacturing production reportedly contracted at a slightly quicker pace in December, dashing hopes for a point of stabilization. The December reading of 49.0

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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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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

Business and supply chain focused media reports already point to increased supplier and manufacturing investment in regions such as Mexico, Eastern Europe, India, Vietnam and other regions as responses to added supply network resiliency or agility. based manufacturing facilities had soared by over 116 percent. Canada or Mexico.

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Stord

APRIL 26, 2022

The Three Types of Supply Chain Strategies Making Waves Today, we’re seeing businesses take creative approaches to increasing the resiliency of their supply chain, and these strategies boil down to three categories: changes to the way goods are manufactured, transported, and stored. Two popular trends? As the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The May report indicated that the global wide PMI has now been below the neutral 50 mark for nine consecutive months, and again an indication of manufacturing recession conditions. in April to 58.7 value in April to 58.2 value in April.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights select June and Q2-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating increased headwinds and challenges in the months to come. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. Global Wide Production Activity. Select Regional Highlights.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Last evening, global parcel, logistics and transportation services provider Fedex Corp. Equity analysts quickly revised their analysis and outlooks for FedEx and other associated transport and logistics focused businesses. Development. As a result, the carrier announced immediate and direct actions in reducing costs.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The continuing lack of labor, equipment and capacity has highlighted systemic issues and the need to create a truly 21st century supply chain to ensure resiliency against the next major disruption.” He explains, “Typically, when manufacturers see demand increases, they increase capacity to make more things.

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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

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. India reportedly accounts for 3 percent of production capability. Bob Ferrari.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 7, 2015

This is one of the key reasons beverage manufacturers should not see Asia as a single market. As a beverage manufacturer considering growth, you can’t simply expect everyone to buy your single-formula product all over Asia. Unlike Europe or North America, Asia has very little controlled temperature transport and storage capacity.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

The July numbers signal a continued downturn in global manufacturing conditions with output and new order rates reportedly falling at faster rates. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Manufacturing production reportedly decreased for the second consecutive month.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 8, 2020

Identify where in the supply chain your firm may have spare capacity , to assist in National/Regional relief efforts. It’s not only physical commodities that are in need, it could also be transportation, distribution, or even warehousing related space or activities to move vital supplies and equipment around. Sharpen the saw.

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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. Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China de-risking sourcing actions.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 19, 2020

Almost 75 percent of US companies are experiencing capacity shortfalls in their supply chains, due to Coronavirus-linked transport disruptions , a new study has shown. Some US manufacturers, however, have resorted to airlifting supplies from China at a premium price. When the Going gets Tough, the Smart get Smarter.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

MARCH 10, 2023

If manufacturing didn’t continue to have supply chain interruptions, if labor had been more available, 2022 truly could have been full throttle. Conventional freight market forecasts center around the confluence of 2 primary factors: supply of seated trucks vs demand for truck capacity. 2022 closed at 3.5% unemployment. <embed>

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 28, 2021

But the world’s demand for clean energy is running up against some hard realities in the global supply chain and one of the most erratic transportation markets in history. That includes making sure manufacturers upstream of your project can reliably get raw materials. When capacity is this tight, you need more foresight in planning.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

Essentially, demand for deliveries skyrocketed yet the capacity of delivery firms shrunk. Reducing reliance on different modes of transport or a single source location, while diversifying collaborative relationships within the market is key defensive strategy. Transport management systems are more important now than ever before.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In line with prevailing economic forecasting, readers should anticipate continued uncertainty of global markets and the actual likelihood of various regional economic and manufacturing recession conditions in the coming year. Global Wide Transportation and Logistics. Global Economic Themes. percent GDP growth for 2022, followed by 2.7

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 18, 2016

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

To date, most of our content has covered topics related either to logistics or manufacturing outsourcing. Meanwhile, countries in Southeast Asia, such as Vietnam and Cambodia, are enjoying growth as offshore manufacturing centres.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 26, 2022

The second aspect of this movement are media reports indicating that Apple has informed its major contract manufacturers that is wants to boost product sourcing outside of China , preferably India or Vietnam. and Chinese based high tech electronics providers.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2020

” Other energy trends include improvements in storage capacity to provide around-the-clock energy from renewable sources and advances in smart grid technology. They suggest looking at Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. ”[4].

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 29, 2019

negotiating lower costs from Chinese manufacturers where they have leverage. While Vietnam is a popular choice, reports are surfacing that the country’s limited manufacturing capacity is already heavily booked and their ports and other infrastructure are maxed out. increasing inventory before the deadline.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This year’s supply chain pressures have had ripple effects throughout the economy that are hurting US retailers and manufacturers. Logistics, labour and manufacturing headaches combined are likely to add another $223bn to US retailers’ costs this holiday season, Salesforce estimates. The stakes are high. Where’s it all going to go?”.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 29, 2019

negotiating lower costs from Chinese manufacturers where they have leverage. While Vietnam is a popular choice, reports are surfacing that the country’s limited manufacturing capacity is already heavily booked and their ports and other infrastructure are maxed out. increasing inventory before the deadline.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

A senior executive from a large global manufacturer came to speak in my MBA class this week, and discussed the major shifts in global business that was occurring due to the emergence of omni-channel capabilities in the supply chain. Capacity for order fulfillment is a massive question in the omnichannel environment.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 9, 2016

Supply chain management as a field evolved as large organizations saw the need for dedicated functions responsible for management of materials, which included purchasing of raw materials, management of manufacturing processes, and logistics (movement of materials). The mid-1960s witnessed a dramatic growth of the materials management concept.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Dr. Yossi Sheffi is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , where he serves as Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL). Consider manufacturing companies: “It used to be—go to China for products, parts, and material. Operations managers now must be more discerning.

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