Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

”[3] The China Problem. China’s zero tolerance policy for dealing with the pandemic repeatedly created unanticipated and undesirable disruptions. Even though China has now relaxed those policies, the country is dealing with a severe Covid outbreak that continues to cause disruptions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Currently, companies struggle with rolling electric outages in China. Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong. Today, inventory fire sales abound. Headline news included Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s and Macy’s struggling with inventory bloat and offering deep discounts. Why We Cannot Get Inventory Right.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button by Lora Cecere , Founder, Supply Chain Insights Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. These core assumptions are no longer true.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Many companies buy forward inventory ahead of tariffs being implemented. This strategy, however, may incur additional warehousing and storage costs, and firms may experience accounting challenges where an inventory is considered an asset, which could affect cash flow. Relocating production from China. Operational strategies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2022

With COVID-19 inspired Global policies in place, day-to-day routines for industries on a global scale had to change how they operate within the supply chain sector. slowdowns in China, and?unloading Although organizations have solutions to manage their inventory, labor, and warehouse operations, they?continue

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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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Logility

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Sanctions, blocked Ukrainian ports, and stalled transportation routes have also disrupted the China-to-Europe supply chain. Rethink just-in-time inventory policies: There could be another pandemic or another war. By 1979, China was one of the globe’s fastest-growing economies.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Inventory Management in a High Inflation Environment ; Clint Reiser. Instead, they are likely to carry higher levels of inventory as a lower cost alternative to minimizing disruptions. Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices ; Polly-Mitchell Guthrie ( Kinaxis ). Will it take decades? Clint Reiser.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Our belief was that the year 2021 provided companies as well as government policy makers considerable painful evidence to the inherent vulnerabilities of globally extended and highly complex supply chains and of the needs among businesses to be able to better respond to major product demand and supply shocks.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The staff at SupplyChainBrain explains, “Overstocked retailers are cutting back on lenient pandemic-era return policies heading into the holiday season.”[2]. Today’s consumers take a lot of factors into consideration when they make a purchase — including product availability, price, delivery dates, and return policies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. The system wasn’t prepared for the surge, driving up pricing for transportation and sapping inventory levels. The coronavirus disruptions highlighted the stressed nature of lean and just-in-time inventories.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 25, 2024

billion, a reflection of increased price discounting and a building inventory of unsold vehicles. In the latter category, global vehicle inventory expressed in days of supply was reported as 28 days, compared to 15 days in the year-earlier quarter. Financial headlines included quarterly total revenue declining 9 percent to $21.3

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Vinculum

APRIL 19, 2020

What about China? Amid the chaos of local and global SCM operations, all eyes of the world are on China as it strives to emerge out of this crisis. There are two reasons for this: The pandemic started in China and has now gained a degree of control there too. Not every aspect can be solved with policies or planning.

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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 25, 2023

China promised an “all-round opening up” Europe spoke of its quest for strategic autonomy. And industrial policy – backed with lots of state cash – is no longer a dirty word.” each positioning their own forms of industrial policies. and China, tensions between Europe and the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2021

There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. The system wasn’t prepared for the surge, driving up pricing for transportation and sapping inventory levels. Supply chain disruption is a fact of life for every company that moves any type of product.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Emerging market and developing economies, excluding China are now expected to grow 2.9 China is now forecasted to grow 5.6 The latest forecast includes somewhat similar downside cautions: “ The possibility of more widespread bank turmoil and tighter monetary policy could result in even weaker global growth. percent in 2022.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

Inventory will remain bloated for the first half of 2023, – and supplier relationships will be tested. For instance, a large apparel brand requested about 20 of their largest textile mills (many in Pakistan, Singapore, China, and other regions) to travel all the way to San Francisco for a “Vendor Summit”.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Specifically for retail and consumer goods focused supply chain management teams, a short-term tactical concern is the ongoing management of excess product inventories, which in many cases, need to be trimmed before the end of the year. Profitability objectives are paramount, but inventory overhang remains a significant challenge.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

However, we discern some added signs excess inventories and of production sourcing shifts. Further concerning was that the volume of warehouse finished goods inventories rose to the greatest extent in four months. percentage point increase in March while the Inventories sub-index dipped to the contraction value of 47.5,

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ToolsGroup

MAY 28, 2020

Current Pandemic COVID-19 and its impact in China. As a consequence inventory became difficult to plan. As product demand signals on certain products drop, companies will find themselves with excess inventory, often with a limited shelf life, and they will need to look at offloading that inventory.

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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.

China 40

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QAD

JANUARY 24, 2023

With a war raging in the Ukraine, ongoing COVID restrictions in China, and the holistic repercussions that are still being felt from the pandemic, the traditional supply chain is quickly undergoing a digitization revolution for more visibility and control.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 20, 2022

Executives are beginning thus to consider development of policies for either development of a domestic capability, or a means for managing the supply of these items from global sources. In addition, a multi-agency materials inventory portfolio based on in-depth supply market analysis is needed. to import from China.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

Without a doubt 2020 will be etched in our memories as the year of multiple disasters, with the Covid-19 pandemic, trade issues between the US and China, wildfires in Australia, social unrest in Hong Kong, drastic declines in oil prices, turbulent financial markets and other politically dominated issues in emerging markets.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Next year will see some positive growth but only 1.7%, reflecting slowing growth in the US in China and recession in Europe. China will likely see a modest rebound after the 2022 slump, moving to only 5% growth. Deteriorating ties between China and EU/US force full decoupling. China’s zero COVID policy leads to severe recession.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

Our stated takeaway from for the Q1 data was that indices were no longer reflecting the optimism indicated in February, and instead that of growing headwinds and added geopolitical concerns related to effects of the Ukraine conflict and China’s potential economic stumble as a result of a strict COVID-19 isolation policy.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2022

There are additional signs of a global glut in overall inventory levels, yet selective component shortages remain for certain industries. Of increased concern was indications that rates of decline accelerated in China , while output levels in the United States contracted after 29 months of consecutive growth. for October, and 50.1

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

A China Plus sourcing stance has become ever more important as is longer-term alignment to government induced supply chain policies and legislation initiatives for deemed critical materials. Throughout most of 2022, China’s zero tolerance Covid-19 lockdown policies precipitated numerous manufacturing and transportation disruptions.

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20Cube Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2022

This growth is accredited to the economic expansion and policy changes in countries like India. Owing to the market policies of the Asian countries, the region has seen a lighter impact of inflation than the rest of the world in the last couple of years. International Travel Policies. Disinflation.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Reportedly, destocking activities increased with finished product and raw materials inventories decreasing by the end of the quarter. A Rebound in China’s Production Activity Levels The two recognized indices of PMI within China indicate a rebound in production activity in the final month of Q3. China Business Council.

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EMERGE App

AUGUST 5, 2018

What is Inventory Management? Inventory management, in a nutshell, describes your efforts to manage, assess and report on the flow of your stock of goods. You might be using pencil-and-paper, spreadsheets or sophisticated inventory management software to do this. Two Essential Features of Inventory Management Today.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

One of the more concerning areas at this time is that of China , where one of the most troubling outbreaks of COVID-19 infections, and consequent containment policies from China ’s regulators, continue to impede trucking transportation, ocean input and export movements. Because of this, both Inventory Costs (91.0)

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

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. China Based Manufacturers Remain Impacted by Extended Population Lockdowns.

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