Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

Merchants have worked through the excess inventory that piled up on store shelves and in warehouses over the past 18 months and are now focusing on replenishing items rather than stocking up on goods to have on hand in case of supply-chain disruptions. Average worldwide costs of shipping a 40-foot container rose 23% in the week through Jan.

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RFgen

JULY 6, 2014

As the welcoming manufacturing climate in China has seemingly eroded over the past several years, organizations hoping to take advantage of the country’s low cost of production have increasingly decided to look elsewhere. The company has operated out of China for 12 years but is expanding its reach in the U.S.

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RFgen

JULY 6, 2014

As the welcoming manufacturing climate in China has seemingly eroded over the past several years, organizations hoping to take advantage of the country’s low cost of production have increasingly decided to look elsewhere. The company has operated out of China for 12 years but is expanding its reach in the U.S.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 10, 2019

and China has been a ping-pong-like match for the ages, sending tariffs flying back and forth. trade war/tariffs with China. An overwhelming majority of consumers report their recent spending is “business as usual” considering the trade war with China. The ongoing trade war between the U.S. At this point, the U.S.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 31, 2024

Salaries You Can Expect in Supply Chain Management Region-Wise: Here is a list of salaries for different supply chain designations: Demand planner, Supply chain analyst, Master scheduler, Purchasing manager, Inventory manager, Logistics manager, Procurement manager, Materials manager, Supply chain manager, and Supply chain director.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 10, 2019

and China has been a ping-pong-like match for the ages, sending tariffs flying back and forth. trade war/tariffs with China. An overwhelming majority of consumers report their recent spending is “business as usual” considering the trade war with China. The ongoing trade war between the U.S. At this point, the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

The increased cost of working capital and supplemental inventory levels to mitigate fulfillment risk is likely to revert back to just-in-time inventory management. Manufacturing job losses were reportedly registered for the fourth consecutive month in December, with cuts noted in China , the Euro area , the U.S.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

They write, “The logistics industry first started to take form when Marco Polo traveled to China on the Silk Road. His detailed written record paved the way for future traders and merchants traveling between Europe and China.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

China Singles Day festival, the globe’s singular largest online shopping festival event, culminated on November 11 with indications of another year of muted growth. Further reported was that expectations for sales growth prior to this year’s festival were subdued as China ’s consumer economy continues to struggle economically.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The report authors specifically question whether that use of artificial intelligence based inventory planning on the part of some large and influential retailers will affect this inventory management contrast in the coming months. The report authors context these moves as a return to just-in-time inventory management practices.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The surging Delta virus, devastating floods in China and Germany and cyber attacks on South African ports are amongst the latest in a series of events that continue to send shock waves throughout the system. Until we have this kind of pervasive visibility, inventory management will continue to be largely an exercise in futility.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

China ranks number one as the country from which companies are reshoring, followed by Mexico, Canada, India, and Japan. are: Germany, China, Japan, Canada, and Korea. Chaturvedi: A major question is: What will happen when China is firing on all cylinders, shipping cost come down and COVID is receding in our rear-view mirror.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

The three largest global economies ( Europe , United States , China ) expected to stall. Downside risks that include monetary policy miscalculations, an uncertain outcome to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and further supply network disruptions as a result of more far-reaching spread of Covid variant infection rates across China.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2021

MSU’s Department of Supply Chain Management is the consistently ranked as the top supply chain management school in the country. The department educates students to succeed in careers such as procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and customer service.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 3, 2022

Once again the data collectively provides evidence that disruptions remain occurring among industry supply chains, compounded by the manufacturing, logistics and transportation disruptions occurring in China. The May report noted that the downturn in China based manufacturing output extended into its third consecutive month.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

China promised an “all-round opening up” Europe spoke of its quest for strategic autonomy. But, the global wide Covid-19 pandemic that began in 2020, and drove a significant spike in demand for pandemic related goods in 2021, exposed the vulnerabilities of global wide sourcing under a just-in-time inventory management premise.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 28, 2024

BYD Challenged by Global Logistics Transit and Handling Challenges Global based business media has extensively reported how China based EV producer BYD has managed to overtake Tesla in China domestic EV sales leadership, and in added efforts to target the European EV market as a prime competitor to existing providers in that market.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Previous global materials sourcing and just-in-time driven inventory management policies were laid bear with the realization that supply risk was a more problematic and business critical dimension. and China relative to global trade and critical materials dependencies would be a likely scenario.

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Unfortunately, much of the changes are factors caused by the escalating trade wars between the two largest nations in the world: the United States and China. The Rise and Rise of China. The rise of China in the past decade coincided with a global economic boom after the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Business Costs Will Rise.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Implications of Covid Lockdown Challenges Across China. First and likely foremost is perspectives on ongoing sourcing of materials and finished goods production across China. The Drewry Worldwide Container Index specifically related to average spot-rates for container movements from China to U.S. averaged $2.37

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

China, obviously, is a formidable force and is overtaking the US now. And then there was a McKinsey article, which commented recently, that in the next four years, India would be the third biggest manufacturer , just lagging after China and the US. Planning and managing inventories. Managing cross-functional drivers.

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Unleashed

JUNE 22, 2022

To find out, we have created a Product Lead Time Index using data from our inventory management software to track how product lead times have changed since the height of Covid-19. Certainly, we saw adoption of our inventory management software rise by over 80% between 2019/20 and 2021/22. Plastic and rubber products 19.27

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

Among global CEO s, 38 percent indicated that rising tensions among the US and China , along with the Ukraine conflict’s implications will likely have a major impact on business operations in the next 12 months. Inventory Management Assessment- Samsung Electronics. 44 percent are highly concerned.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

China The two recognized indices of PMI within China each reflected an easing of prior production growth. The Caixen China General Manufacturing PMI® , a reflection of either private and SMB businesses recorded a value of 50.0 The overall average for Q1 increased 2.4 percentage points from that of Q4-2022. for February, and 49.2

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Further indicated were signs of weakness occurring in China , Japan , Malaysia, South Korea , Taiwan and Vietnam. Morgan indicated in part: “ Near-term forward looking indicators also headed lower, most notably the finished goods orders-to-inventory ratio which fell further below 1,0 from an already contractionary reading.”

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Elementum

MAY 26, 2022

Staffing losses, supply constraints, and continuing pandemic disruptions (especially in major ports throughout China) have made the demanding business of moving goods tougher than ever. 1) Build in China; . Although still a net exporter, China evolved to become a major importer of goods as well.

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Logility

OCTOBER 21, 2021

For example, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ordered detainments of shipments of cotton and cotton products from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) in China due to forced prison labor in these areas. Balance inventory and demand.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 27, 2022

Countries, especially in South Asia, like China, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, etc., Inventory Management. Poor inventory management and zero transparency can be the result of some serious supply chain issues within an apparel business.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

Here again, my prior blog notes how much inventory we have in supply chains today – and how certain parties are pushing back their excessive demand forecasts, and punishing their suppliers. Unfortunately, a lot of the bloated inventory is stuff that consumers don’t want – or can’t afford. Price is still the determining factor here.

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TransAudit

JUNE 27, 2023

Benefits of Machine Learning in Supply Chain Management One of the most potent applications of machine learning lies in inventory management. In today’s volatile market, companies often grapple with the issue of maintaining too much or too little inventory. Europe, China, and Singapore.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Now some of this is certainly attributable to lower volumes of freight coming out of China related to the timing of Lunar New Year and, of course, Coronavirus-which continues to remain a significant issue and is not only driving down exports from China but also driving down imports to China. Chris Peckham.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Now some of this is certainly attributable to lower volumes of freight coming out of China related to the timing of Lunar New Year and, of course, Coronavirus-which continues to remain a significant issue and is not only driving down exports from China but also driving down imports to China. Chris Peckham.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

The main countries affected by the drought are China, Japan, South Korea, and the US, as the Panama Canal facilitates 46% of container movement from northeastern Asia to the US. The current situation in the Panama Canal has already caused China-US spot shipping prices to rise by as much as 36%.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2019

With the national warehouse vacancy rate hovering at record lows and warehouses bloated with inventory pulled in from China during 2018 to get ahead of impending tariffs, companies can combine flexible storage options with advanced technology to create an end-to-end supply chain solution that works. Tariffs and China.

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Clear Spider

DECEMBER 18, 2019

For example, the United States announced new rules governing nitrogen oxide emissions from trucks, Singapore announced a carbon tax to limit greenhouse gas emissions, and China introduced a soil pollution law and shut down many heavy pollution factories. Want to learn more about Inventory Management Solutions ? Happy New Year!

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Resilinc

MARCH 4, 2019

China trade conflicts and Brexit—posed some of the most potentially costly and disruptive supply chain impacts in 2018. And delays at new customs checkpoints threatened to derail finely tuned inventory management practices. And early indications are these will continue through 2019 at the least.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 4, 2022

China is the fastest growing eCommerce market in the world, and in 2020 37% of online shoppers in China made purchases through video shopping. Bloomberg estimates that in 2022 an astonishing 20% of all online shopping in China will be conducted via video.

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