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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

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Supply Chain Matters features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Tech , a compilation of funding, partnership and other noteworthy announcements related to supply chain technology support. Our latest update features discernable supply chain consulting along with supply chain technology acquisition developments.

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Global Supply Chain Volatility Continues to Moderate But Not Inventory and Warehousing Costs

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Logistics Managers Index. According to the September report , growth is increasing for inventory levels, inventory and warehousing costs. Report authors made specific mention of a current glut in available finished goods inventories with the Inventory Cost sub-metric reading of 77.2 for September.

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November U.S. Logistics Manager’s Index- Noteworthy Trending

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Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that declined to contractionary level and reflecting rather noteworthy trending. The report specifically indicates : “ November’s dip was largely triggered by a decline in Inventory Levels (-9.1) which is attributable to Q4 holiday sales and the subsequent dips in Warehousing Capacity (+3.6)

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June 2023 US Logistics Managers Index Drops to a Revised Low

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Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that again dropped to an all-time low for June 2023. According to the June report summary , the primary driver of the latest decline was the inventory metric, which reportedly contracted 6.5 Consequently, the warehousing capacity metric increased a reported 6.8 percentage points in June.

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Evidence Mounts of Non Peak Holiday Season in Transportation and Logistics

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While 209,000 workers were added in June, 14,000 freight and parcel carriers were cut and 6,900 warehousing and storage jobs were lost. In the past we would expect to see transportation and warehousing ramping up hiring in late summer ahead of peak season. ” warehouse workers in June of 2022. There were 1.96

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Supply Chain Volatility Indexes Moderate in February

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A further significant change noted was Warehousing Capacity moving back into expansion levels by 10.2 That stated, Warehousing Prices and Inventory Costs remain expanding at accelerated rates and the authors caution: “.it percentage points down from the January reading of 57.6. The chairperson of the U.S.

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

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Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that dropped to an all-time low for May 2023. In the area of existing warehousing costs, the report points out that while such costs continue to grow, it is expected that as older contracts signed during the boom times between 2020 to 2022 expire, new cheaper rates will be negotiated.