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Beyond sector transparency – Insights from Textile Exchange Conference

ChainPoint

Supply chain management in the textile industry is evolving rapidly. At the Textile Exchange Conference in Colorado Spring, Colorado U.S., we met many in textile and apparel to discuss challenges of this industry. So are the available tools for textile supply chain mapping and management.

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U.S. Freight Logistics Industry Recession Continues with Some Hopeful Signs

Supply Chain Matters

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions including the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index reaching its lowest level lowest level in six years and one-half years. freight, logistics and parcel movement industry. The industry consensus right now is that container volumes will decrease upwards of 2.5

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. VF Corporation (VFC) is a global apparel, footwear and accessories company headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Water levels falling in the Rhine, the Loire, and the Colorado River. Definition of Form and Function of Inventory: Source Supply Chain Insights. Event Companies Are the Nemesis of the Industry. Mondelez also underperformed the industry average in growth, inventory turns, and Price-to-Book valuations.

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Is Vertical Farming Falling Flat?

Enterra Insights

Freelance writer Scott Pruden explains, “Vertical farming’s supporters tout its many benefits — among them, saving arable land and preventing deforestation, cutting agricultural water use, locating food sources in urban centers, and making up for a decline in the number of farmers.”[1]

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U.S. Logistics Manager’s Index Drops to an All Time Low in May

Supply Chain Matters

The May report narrative reinforced that “ the negatives seem to outweigh the positives in the logistics industry.” logistics industry continues in a state of recession. Last week, project44 announced a 10 percent workforce reduction and provided the warning that other industry cutbacks should be expected. The post U.S.

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June 2023 US Logistics Managers Index Drops to a Revised Low

Supply Chain Matters

Implications The June report’s narratives and implications can be viewed from two increasingly different frames of reference, one being the logistics and warehousing services industry, the other being manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers and businesses that are anchored in supply chain cost sensitivities.