China Freight Manufacturing Procurement Vendor Strategies 
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 18, 2023
Growing tensions between China and trading partners. As consumer spending fell, the days of escalating ocean freight and extreme shipping variability eased this year. In the face of variability, this is two-to-six weeks too long to make allocation or procurement decisions. Build in-market sourcing. Unrest in Sudan.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
But SHIFEX, the freight forwarder rate index, recently recorded the lowest ocean freight rate between China and the port of Long Beach in 24 months —a rate of $3,500 to move a 40-foot container. The signals tend to lag what is happening in the market and companies tend to be slow to cut production.
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Supply Chain Matters
APRIL 4, 2023
However, we discern some added signs excess inventories and of production sourcing shifts. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. From our lens, the latter is evidence of recessionary manufacturing conditions that are now stabilizing. That stated, the reported 49.6
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
I was on the phone with Australia, China, Indonesia – really everywhere – trying to negotiate directly with suppliers. The organization realized that everything they had saved over the last 10 years by contracting with a preferred vendor, they lost in three months when they had to go off contract and find alternative suppliers.
Logility
OCTOBER 14, 2021
In December 2020, the US Customs and Border Protection issued a detention order on cotton products sourced from some parts of China. import authority in the space of three months against goods made by forced labor from China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). It marked the sixth such enforcement order from the U.S.
Logility
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Prior to the pandemic, efficiency meant just-in-time manufacturing, but disruptions exposed the flaw in this approach. Sanctions, blocked Ukrainian ports, and stalled transportation routes have also disrupted the China-to-Europe supply chain. By 1979, China was one of the globe’s fastest-growing economies.
Resilinc
AUGUST 31, 2021
Even the rush to invest in new semiconductor manufacturing is exacerbating the shortages. Even the equipment used to make semiconductors requires a lot of semiconductors, accordingly “lead times for new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are out 12 months.”. Then the Delta variant hit, changing demand again.”.
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