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Modern Ways Technology Provides Transportation Management & Freight Spend Visibility

Intelligent Audit

This standard method has helped countless businesses identify where transportation spend is going and where there is an opportunity to optimize. That said, companies can now access modern technology, such as machine learning, to improve the processes of gaining visibility and managing transportation.

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How China’s zero-Covid policy is affecting global supply chains

Proxima

The city’s port lost around 45 percent of its trucking capacity this spring as the city ground to a halt, resulting in around 80 percent of vessels being delayed, in comparison to 20 percent two years previously. The threat of sudden lockdowns continues to loom over procurement teams.

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Additional May 2022 Supply Chain Indices Point to Ongoing Concerns

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights two additional May 2022 indicators of supply chain volatility as well as logistics services trending. logistics trends reinforce a shifting tide along with concerns as to what to expect in the second half of 2022. US Logistics Managers Index. compared to April value of 69.7,

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August 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices- Declining Momentum Accelerating

Supply Chain Matters

The August PMI data provides common themes of accelerated headwinds and added geo-political and/or supply network concerns related to effects of the Russia-Ukraine hostilities and China’s potential economic stumble as a result of a strict COVID-19 isolation policy. Uncertainty remains a keen factor in planning and resource assessments.

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Transformation of Automotive Industry Supply Networks- Size, Resources and Supply Network Scale Matters

Supply Chain Matters

Rivian is encountering a special set of challenges stemming essentially from the legacy of the auto maker that this start-up draws the most comparison to. With the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict’s impact on the supply of cobalt and nickel , key to battery production, many EV manufacturers are facing these challenges.

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September and Q3 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Enter Contraction Trending

Supply Chain Matters

Similar to what we noted as August’s PMI summary takeaways, accelerated demand-driven headwinds coupled with added global recessionary and geo-political concerns related to effects of the Russia-Ukraine hostilities and China’s potential economic stumble as a result of a strict COVID-19 isolation policy are more evident with each passing month.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 28 – June 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on this week’s logistics news. Robots are continuing to become key components in the logistics space. And, in comparison to the previous high-water marks, which were set just three months ago in the fourth quarter of 2021, they show growth of 7 percent and 25 percent respectively. US challenges Canada’s dairy policies.