QAD

MARCH 16, 2023

The future of transportation stands on the brink of a revolution – the shift from the internal combustion engine to cleaner, more efficient electric motors. Given China controls more than 65% of the world’s stockpile of lithium, alternative battery configurations using zinc and other elements are also being considered.

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Ware2Go

JUNE 20, 2023

In this article: Ocean Freight: Key Stats & Industry News Ocean Freight Shipping: What to Watch For In 2023 Freight Shipping From China & Alternatives What Are The Current Ocean Freight Rates? In this age of globalization, using ocean freight to transport goods is increasingly important to emerging brands.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2021

He is an expert in the growth and turnaround of small and medium manufacturing, logistics, and technology businesses. Trend #1: China represent a higher supply chain risk. An older, more expensive population means China is not a low-cost country for business. In this podcast, Joe and Steve discuss 3 emerging supply chain trends.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , halted a consecutive five-months of contraction levels to that of no-change. The S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI® had a February value of 47.3,

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2022

Current supply chain snarls, often associated with overseas factories and logjammed ports, have made manufacturing reshoring a hot topic. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor.'”[2] manufacturing capability, and increasing their inventory positions.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2021

The department educates students to succeed in careers such as procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and customer service. In 1940, the iron skillet was manufactured in Wisconsin from iron ore mined from Michigan and Minnesota. The iron ore will come from a North America.

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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. The impact? But it’s no formula for long-term success, and not every shipper can afford it. Digital transformation is the formula.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 4, 2023

Decoupling from China. It is not just US tool manufacturers that are affected. The goal is to set China’s chip manufacturing industry back by at least a decade.”[4] ” Other experts have noted that decoupling from China won’t be easy. ” Trend 3. Sustainability. And in the U.S.,

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 27, 2021

supply chain for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries. The drive marks a shift for North America, which has long relied on imports for such components, an imbalance that industry executives say is a problem as interest in electrified transportation grows. to expand production, and Tesla is expanding its capabilities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

Roughly the size of a small cooler, Amazon Scout vehicles can transport small packages along sidewalks at walking pace. Porsche looks to advance its efforts against CO2 emissions by calling upon its nearly 1,300 suppliers to only use renewable energy in manufacturing components for its vehicles. Rob Spilman Jr.,

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. Data published at the end of March indicates that for movement of ocean container shipping transit from Asia to North America , the average time had declined to 108 days, upwards of 15.4

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Also, warehouse automation excludes similar systems such as airport baggage handling, manufacturing-line automation, and manually driven forklifts. This growth was primarily attributed to the long-term project business, and regionally to North America and western Europe. In 2021, the SCS segment revenues grew an impressive 44.5

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Resilinc

MARCH 14, 2023

Can the US compete with China? The main mission of this task force is to accelerate the development of a sustainable domestic lithium battery supply chain in North America. Currently, the US significantly lags behind other countries, particularly in two areas: manufacturing knowledge and access to raw and refined materials.

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AB&R

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Labor shortages, port congestion and manufacturing delays are throwing off the supply chain’s delicate balance. China Any discussion of supply chain disruptions in the U.S. cannot ignore the elephant in the room: our dependence on China. relies heavily on China for manufacturing of components and finished goods.

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

Many sectors are affected by droughts, including agriculture, energy, water, utilities, and manufacturing. Drought in China Impact on Supply Chain The Yangtze River Basin, home to Asia’s longest river, boasts a staggering annual cargo volume of over 3 billion tonnes. In April, the Panama Canal Authority will reevaluate water levels.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

for the more advanced economies in Europe and the North America. For the global multi-national, Powering global growth in China and India is tougher, and with less intellectual property risk, than driving a digital transformation in North America and Europe. This includes driverless transport and local delivery.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The global transportation system in 2021 is experiencing a unique and unexpected crisis. Market participants state that the cost of transportation has increased from approximately $1,500 to $6,000 – $9,000 per container in February this year. A problem also linked to shipping companies. What happened to the containers?

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

China Silk Road Rail Link Disrupted. After a three-day stoppage of rail operations impacting transcontinental shipments of key commodities and manufactured goods, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have reached a settlement calling for final and binding arbitration of differences. Canadian and U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 28, 2024

This funding is reportedly contingent on preconditions which include a delayed filing of its 2023 annual report with regulators and continued negotiations with an established auto maker on a joint manufacturing agreement related to North America based production. production based facilities.

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AB&R

APRIL 29, 2022

Labor shortages, port congestion and manufacturing delays are throwing off the supply chain’s delicate balance. cannot ignore the elephant in the room: our dependence on China. relies heavily on China for manufacturing of components and finished goods. Total imports from China jumped 16% between 2020-2021.

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Elementum

JUNE 6, 2016

Mexico may become the global manufacturing nerve center if the country plays its cards right. According to Deloitte’s 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index, Mexico ranks number eight out of 40 countries including Canada, Sweden, and Vietnam. These advantages give the country an edge over, say, China and Brazil.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 15, 2024

This disruption affects various industries, including suppliers for global retailers and car manufacturers. The British Retail Consortium warns that higher transportation and shipping insurance costs could lead to delays and price hikes, potentially affecting product availability over the coming months.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 8, 2024

Extreme weather like this would damage manufacturing and transportation infrastructure in the U.S. Deep Impact (1998) In Deep Impact , a comet strikes the earth, creating a mega-tsunami that devastates the Atlantic coasts of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. and key regions worldwide.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. How the War in Ukraine is Impacting the Supply Chain and Raw Material Prices. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Consultancy UK).

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 31, 2014

Manufacturing teams used to manage the supply chain group. Today, in most organizations, the supply chain team manages manufacturing. The irony is that fewer and fewer people within the supply chain team understand manufacturing. Instead, many of these teams just accept manufacturing strategy as a constant.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

across the EU, and in China. The responsibility for container safety is shared across the supply chain, with solutions for safer container transport including proper packing, stowage, and securing of containers, and reporting of correct weight. Colorado also adopted the rule but will have a heavy duty truck provision begin in 2027.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 9, 2015

China has been the fastest-growing market in the last decade and it continues to lead the pack. After China, other regions that have growth potential, according to 3PL and supply chain executives, are North America, Asia (not including China and India) and Western Europe, in that order.

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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. To understand why, look no further than China and compare its beer market to another large country such as the US. You may need a product for Northern China, its variant for Southern China, and another variant for Western China.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Magazine as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America. location, facilitating delivery of lithium inputs and shipment of battery-grade lithium products over multiple transportation routes. According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal , the tech provider has been awarded contracts to a number of U.S.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

As public health epidemiologists warn that the coronavirus epidemic is far worse than earlier envisaged and that other countries should consider tough containment measures similar to those imposed in China, the likely human cost of the outbreak is enormous. The consequences on supply networks?

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2017

CX North America Information Services Inc. Brings Advanced Freight Collaboration Solutions to the Transportation Industry. warehouses from Chinese merchants selling on its site—taking on a role it previously left to global freight-transportation companies.” companies that move manufacturing operations overseas?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 27, 2013

The “reshoring” of manufacturing operations from China and elsewhere to the United States continues to make headlines. And earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal published an article about how the toy maker K’Nex has moved most of its manufacturing operations from China to its factory in Pennsylvania. Do you agree?

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 4, 2023

We further cited a report indicating that China based rival BYD has dominated the EV market in China , overcoming parts shortages while accomplishing a threefold increase in year-over year EV and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales. China , and eventually Europe. Zhu recently made a visit to both U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 3, 2023

This factory has had its own challenges related to China ’s former zero tolerance Covid restriction policies which caused the facility to have to deal with a campus lockdown conditions on a series of occasions during the second half of 2022. assembly plants as well as sales operations in North America and Europe , in addition to China.

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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. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI™ reported a value of 57.3

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 8, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we provide highlights of manufacturing and supply chain developments involving electric vehicle automotive producers at the 2022 mid-year point. An added challenge has been the ramp-up of new manufacturing facilities in Austin, Texas and Berlin Germany. Volkswagen. Rivian Automotive.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

… The Industrial Revolution, with the invention of the steam engine, started manufacturing production, machines, and factories which, combined, ushered the society into the modern era. Those became the main means of transportation.” India and China alone account for half the increase in energy use by 2040.”

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