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2023 Mid-Year Check-In: Current Status of Supply Chains and What’s Next?

Logistics Viewpoints

And recent disruptions, including the war in Ukraine, placed supply chain resilience as a priority on the top of the agenda for CEOs. But others provided clarity on labor management’s value for them in comparison to an alternative. All of these issues remained relevant in 2023 as well (see Conference Board C-Suite Outlook 2023 ).

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2023 Supply Chain Priorities, Perceptions, and Initiatives – Preliminary Results

Logistics Viewpoints

In addition, the Board asked executives what steps they were taking in response to the war in Ukraine. We approached the topic from the perspective of importance in comparison to other objectives and change in importance over time. The most frequently chosen option for CEOs was “ Focusing on making supply chains more resilient.”

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The Argument- Semiconductor is the New Oil

Supply Chain Matters

While the Intel CEO’s comments are not the first to compare the two capabilities, the timing is especially poignant in the backdrop of the conflict occurring in Ukraine , and the heightened tensions between China and the island of Taiwan. He has additionally been speaking to EU leaders with similar comparisons.

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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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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

The Russian invasion of Ukraine stretches into a much longer war resulting in serious disruptions to the food, automotive, and semi-conductor supply chains. Mondelez Comparison to Nestle and Industry Average for the Period of 2012-2021. Water levels falling in the Rhine, the Loire, and the Colorado River. The winter offers no relief.

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Additional May 2022 Supply Chain Indices Point to Ongoing Concerns

Supply Chain Matters

Despite this slowdown, it should be noted that we are still observing a healthy rate of growth in transportation, but one that pales in comparison to the unsustainable growth rates observed in 2021. ”. Regarding overall logistics focused inventory levels, the report authors indicated that the May 2022 value is 10.6 The latest U.S.

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Economic Aspects of Supply Chains

American Global Logistics

As the baseline for comparison shifts to 2021 results, economic contraction becomes a possibility. Other geopolitical risks, such as tensions between Russia and Ukraine, along with unpredictable regimes in Iran and North Korea, have the potential to disrupt global supply chains as well.