Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Global Wide Production Activity. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Companies of all sizes have been capturing the value from Global Supply Chain to increase the economies of scale and scope for years. Due to the rapid change in global business environment, managers find it difficult to gain the edge over competitors. However, you may wonder what kind of practices really work.

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Shipsy

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Manufacturers across globe have faced multiple challenges in Supply Chain from time and again that changed (increased / decreased) with. Variation in user demand, SKU Proliferation Export-Import Cross-border laws Environmental Compliances Competition (local/global) Globalization. Meeting Customer Service Standards.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Supply Chain Matters once again highlights some positive news for global supply chain management teams, specifically transportation and logistics related teams. That would be a clearer sign of conditions of manufacturing recession for some regions, especially countries in the Eurozone. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

The supply chain industry is on a years-long digital transformation journey, and one of the key objectives that industry leaders almost universally aim to achieve is true end-to-end (E2E) visibility across their complex global networks of suppliers, partners and customers. It’s the right goal.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2020

These firms facilitate the movement of parts and materials from suppliers to manufacturers and finished products from manufacturers to distributors and retailers. Vendor Managed Inventory. Global Trade Svcs. Inventory Management. Global Trade Management (GTM). Global Expansion. Small Package.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Since early 2020, global trade has been buffeted by waves of increased customer demand, supply chain challenges, and constant uncertainty and volatility. Take Conner, the manufacturer of FORT, a magnetic pillow fort. But then global freight kicked in. . Door to door costs were even more significant.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The pandemic halted many supply chains last year, closing factories and stores, and limiting manufacturing and distribution operations. Construction of manufacturing plants and new warehouse sites were also postponed or canceled entirely due to market uncertainty. Many workers decided to retire, re-locate, or consider new professions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. Malcolm McLean spurred the global shipping revolution when he had to wait too long for his cotton bales to be unloaded. Now that’s an ROI!

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights an added dimension to our monthly summary of global supply chain activity trending and implications. In a prior published commentary, we provided highlights of March and Q1-2022 global production indices along with their implications. Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The fact that most manufacturers struggled to achieve supply chain agility during COVID is not news. But Molex, a global electronics and connectivity solutions company, has been investing in their intelligent digital supply chain strategy to improve their supply chain agility and customer experience. It is part of Koch Industries.

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QAD

DECEMBER 17, 2020

If at any point during the lifespan of that product and at any inventory level, the item’s temperature varies from the required set-point or beyond the defined time constraint, quality suffers and the product no longer functions as it was meant to, or in the worst case puts patients at risk. The Battle for Air Cargo Capacity.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

These firms facilitate the movement of parts and materials from suppliers to manufacturers, and finished products from manufacturers to distributors and retailers.”. Preferably, these services are integrated, or “bundled” together by the provider.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. Background. Prediction Background. Technology where it existed is quite dated.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

These firms facilitate the movement of parts and materials from suppliers to manufacturers and finished products from manufacturers to distributors and retailers. Vendor Managed Inventory. Global Trade Svcs. Inventory Management. Global Trade Management (GTM). Global Expansion. Small Package.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

You can’t just turn around a giant cargo ship. companies with global operations, one of the most effective ways to mitigate risk is to ship smarter. Once cargo has shipped, there are no “backsies.” Everything from custom duties to cargo inspections can create bottlenecks within the supply chain.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 10, 2020

From a manufacturing perspective, logistics management software facilitates effective planning of the supply chain itself and implementation of the final delivery to the end consumers. Ambiguity in inventory visibility, tracking, and management. Ambiguity in inventory visibility, tracking, and management.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 10, 2020

From a manufacturing perspective, logistics management software facilitates effective planning of the supply chain itself and implementation of the final delivery to the end consumers. Ambiguity in inventory visibility, tracking, and management. Ambiguity in inventory visibility, tracking, and management.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 10, 2020

From a manufacturing perspective, logistics management software facilitates effective planning of the supply chain itself and implementation of the final delivery to the end consumers. Ambiguity in inventory visibility, tracking, and management. Ambiguity in inventory visibility, tracking, and management.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The financial impact of global trade has always been enormous but never more so than today. Accelerated by lockdowns and increases in the consumption of goods, global trade hit $28.5 It’s challenging to get fixed prices for global freight. We expanded to additional lanes, reaching 12 core trade lanes plus a global average.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

Containers are piling up in ports, international shipping has been hammered, Western companies are battling to source products from traditional suppliers, and disruptions are being experienced throughout the global supply chain. And, according to some analysts, things could get worse—a whole lot worse! A Case in Point: Apple.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In fact, IDC predicts that manufacturers across Asia who digitally transform and accelerate sustainable innovation to improve supply chain operations, will increase their revenue by 20 percent in 2025. Dynamic routing has empowered logistics providers to consider plans B, C and D, offering alternative options of ocean and air freight cargo.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

We had a hangover from the pandemic: Which led to continued inventory shortages, closures of manufacturing plants in China, congested ports, and underemployment. Cargo planes could not fly out of or into Russia or Ukraine. and global economies factored considerably in supply chain disruptions. and the global economy.

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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.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Refrigerated transport is a vital component of global supply chains. To further support how refrigerated transport is so valuable in a global supply chain, below are several more reasons: 1. In a global supply chain, two factors are constantly changing: the need to meet tight deadlines and the need to keep up with the competition.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases. On the tech aggregator side, this is not the first time Amazon would provide global freight services.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations. Published October 25, 2019 in Global Trade Magazine. You can’t just turn around a giant cargo ship. companies with global operations, one of the most effective ways to mitigate risk is to ship smarter. Once cargo has shipped, there are no “backsies.”

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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

Abrupt governmental decrees, designed to contain the rapid global spread of COVID-19, were being matched by equally unsettling private-sector decisions to cancel or postpone public events, college classes, athletic competitions, worship services, and much, much more. A retailer will have empty shelves. But recovery may be fragile.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Inventory Turnover Breakthrough … Go Back To The Basics! Understanding the top 10 global supply chain risks can work to reduce their impact. on a scale of 1-10 regarding its concern for the impact on global trade. Capacity fell by 3 percent, and up to $14 billion in cargo was unable to dock. Subscribe Here!

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Ware2Go

JANUARY 7, 2022

Recent supply chain disruptions , including images of cargo ships stuck off the West Coast , have led eCommerce shops to rethink their just-in-time and just-in-case inventory strategies. . About 9% even had stopped offering free shipping to recover costs, while 7% held off on ordering peak inventory to see if prices would level off.

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Precoro

APRIL 18, 2023

In today’s globalized economy, extraordinary events on one continent can be felt worldwide, as companies tend to have complex supply chains involving suppliers from multiple countries. Cargo Status Current information about the location and status of cargo is the first pillar of supply chain visibility.

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Unleashed

MARCH 1, 2020

Manufacturers rely on suppliers and lead times to plan out their production line. Suppliers are a critical part of the supply chain and your final product as a manufacturer. As a result, these variations can directly affect your manufacturing line. As a result, these variations can directly affect your manufacturing line.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

With a wide array of products stored in its fulfillment centers, Amazon can consolidate orders and optimize its inventory management systems. To overcome this, Amazon has developed sophisticated inventory management systems that allow them to efficiently store and retrieve products from their fulfillment centers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

There is a need to re-shore where possible, and relocate manufacturing and supplier relationships. With the rise of the global multi-national, Asian flows are essential to today’s manufacturing operations. Today, this is not a valid assumption, and most manufacturers lack the inventory buffers for inconsistent flows.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Businesses, especially those in manufacturing, are trying to rebound and return to some sense of normal; whatever that means. Supply chains were pushed to their breaking points in 2020 for all manufacturing vertical segments, resulting in: Halted or slowed production by manufacturers in the auto industry. Labor Issues.

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Clear Spider

APRIL 18, 2023

Green Manufacturing Uses efficient equipment powered by clean and renewable energy to consume less energy, release fewer pollutants, and reduce fuel costs. Think Lean to Go Green Lean inventory management is a greener approach to managing your inventory. That’s where powerful inventory management comes into the picture.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 26, 2016

These firms facilitate the movement of parts and materials from suppliers to manufacturers, and finished products from manufacturers to distributors and retailers. Among the services which they provide are transportation, warehousing, cross-docking, inventory management, packaging, and freight forwarding. Global Expansion.

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