Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Our previous posting in this series of global wide manufacturing PMI highlights was in early January summarizing both December and Q4-2022 reported indices data. Sector data reportedly indicated that contraction was centered in intermediate and investment goods while consumer goods output levels rose for a second consecutive month.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 5, 2023

Some good news is that the reported data reinforces that global supply chain wide pressures have eased considerably. As noted in our highlights, of March and Q1 data , such a state can imply a breather, a turning point, or pending shifts. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2023

The data further points to added warning signs that strongly suggest added contraction in the quarter to come. Further indicated was that only 10 out of 29 nations for which June data was available experienced a production increase, 7 of which were in Asia. product demand volumes.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

While global supply chain wide pressures have eased considerably, the data points to a number of warning signs that would suggest added contraction in the months to come. Factory orders reportedly increased to the greatest extent since January of 2021, while May data reportedly indicated a sharp and accelerated rate of material purchases.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

along with Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. Commenting on the March data, Timothy Fiore, Chair of ISM’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee indicated in-part: “ Demand remains at the early stages of recovery, with clear signs of improving conditions. From our lens, the data points to India. reflecting a 1.3 an increase of 2.5

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Resilinc

MAY 17, 2022

Climate change first arose as a topic in supply chain management because most of the greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted by OEMs and large retailers are produced by supplier and logistics firms. See Resilinc blogs on this topic here and here.) Physical risks to supply chains from climate change are only recently coming into focus.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

trade preference program—was established by the Trade Act of 1974 to promote economic development by eliminating duties on thousands of products imported from one of the 129 designated beneficiary countries and territories, including India, Thailand, and Indonesia. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)—the largest and oldest U.S.

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Unleashed

JUNE 22, 2022

It’s been a long two years for manufacturing and logistics businesses at the sharp end of rapidly-changing global events. But which sub-sectors of manufacturing and logistics struggled most to fulfil orders during the pandemic, and how quickly did they rally? In fact, for many, the crises have only strengthened their resolve.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

trade preference program—was established by the Trade Act of 1974 to promote economic development by eliminating duties on thousands of products imported from one of the 129 designated beneficiary countries and territories, including India, Thailand, and Indonesia. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)—the largest and oldest U.S.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

trade preference program—was established by the Trade Act of 1974 to promote economic development by eliminating duties on thousands of products imported from one of the 129 designated beneficiary countries and territories, including India, Thailand, and Indonesia. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)—the largest and oldest U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

However, the data indicates that spending is clearly being influenced by product promotions and discounting. Commenting on the 2023 data and the outlook for the EU manufacturing sector in 2024, Dr. Cyrus de la Rubia, Chief Economist at Hamburg Commercial Bank , indicated in-part: “ The destocking process is showing no signs of letting up.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

based companies had indicated in survey data and in concerted actions that termed China Plus sourcing strategies that either explored alternative, nearshoring, or reshoring efforts were being undertaken. product demand needs while a portion will shift to Thailand to support Asian market demand needs, according to cited sources.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

trade preference program—was established by the Trade Act of 1974 to promote economic development by eliminating duties on thousands of products imported from one of the 129 designated beneficiary countries and territories, including India, Thailand, and Indonesia. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)—the largest and oldest U.S.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 29, 2021

Some of the others countries who helped us in this time of grave crisis included Bhutan, Ireland, Romania , Portugal, Hong Kong and Thailand. DHL and FEDEX played a major role in inbound logistics and distribution. Here is where AWL India came into picture as a private domestic logistic partner of HLL.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

In our summary and perspectives focused on July 2022 reporting , we opined that July data reinforced a trending toward declining global supply chain production momentum. The top three regions exhibiting PMI growth were noted as India, Australia and Thailand. Supply Chain Matters Insights and Perspectives on the August Data.

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Vinculum

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The ecommerce revenue growth trends of Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, and Indonesia over the period till 2028 all show a growth of over 60%. In most of these countries, social media usage is also very high and data shows that social media video is the top channel for discovery of products. and Philippines at 8.2.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Commenting on the September data, Bennett Parrish, Global Economist at J.P. In its reporting of the country’s official PMI data, Reuters cited local economists indicating that the country’s manufacturing economy is struggling to regain traction after avoiding contraction in Q2. compared to value of 49.4 reported for August.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

Labor Department Producer Price Index ( PPI ) data, which reflects the prices paid to suppliers increased 11.3 As noted in our Supply Chain Matters commentary in June and Q2 data , this same index value at the end of June fell to an 18-month low of 52.2, The latest U.S. for the month of December 2021. percentage points from Q1 to Q2.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 5, 2016

To the enthusiasts of ‘salvation by big data’ and the Internet of Things (IoT) – let’s consider the facts. The Google vehicle has collected 3,500,000 miles worth of driving data through a reasonably sophisticated array of IoTs, a massive amount by any stretch of imagination.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 25, 2020

It’s a matter of time before many China-based supply chains shift into Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand, or come home. Digitizing and centralizing data streamlines remote work and multi-party collaboration. How Best to Prepare. If you do the math, these necessary upgrades are a no-brainer to get past this Supply Chain storm.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

That stated, February’s activity appears to have regional specific connotations with upturns in production volumes across areas of Asia , specifically the ongoing re-opening of China ’s manufacturing sector, and upturns in India , the Philippines and Thailand manufacturing and supply chain activity levels.

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Supply Chain Network

JANUARY 26, 2012

Little did we know that 2011 would bring earthquakes in New Zealand, a tsunami in Japan and record floods in Thailand which, looking back made 2010 look like a cake walk. I think Adrian Gonzalez (in his Logistics Viewpoint blog) summarized the situation very well when he commented “risk is supply chain’s middle name.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights select June and Q2-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating increased headwinds and challenges in the months to come. Supply Chain Matters Insights and Perspectives of the June and Q2 2022 Data. Global Wide Production Activity.

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Supply chain and logistics consultant, educator, and podcast host Rob O’Byrne has over 40 years of supply chain experience. He has been helping companies design more profitable supply chains for over 25 years, most of them as founder and CEO of Logistics Bureau. It’s embarrassing to say, but I’ve been in logistics since 1975.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 21, 2020

Even when other costs such as coordination, transport, and logistics are taken into account, it still makes sense for many companies to outsource to China as onshore overall production costs would be much higher, a study of Australian manufacturing firms concludes. Diversification.

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RFgen

JUNE 20, 2013

While many companies have witnessed significant success as world trade shifts toward rapid growth markets such as India, China, Vietnam and Thailand, it is important for businesses to effectively manage variables like cross-border and country taxes. Percentage of electronic data capture (AIDC). Important Supply Chain Metrics.

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RFgen

JUNE 20, 2013

While many companies have witnessed significant success as world trade shifts toward rapid growth markets such as India, China, Vietnam and Thailand, it is important for businesses to effectively manage variables like cross-border and country taxes. Percentage of electronic data capture (AIDC). Important Supply Chain Metrics.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

IT Competency: Critical for leveraging technology like smart sensors, AI, and data analytics to enhance visibility and control costs. Figure 1: Identifying gaps in supply chain competency Overall Findings from three segments of industry were identified namely logistics, manufacturing and trading.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Over my career I have established supply chains for global leaders like EMC, Cisco, HP and others in China, Europe, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Mexico and across North America. However Electronics was my passion and after starting out on my own I went back into Electronics for a smaller EMS player in Toronto and China.

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Vinculum

AUGUST 19, 2020

Not only archipelago but the mountainous region and dense jungles of countries like Thailand and Vietnam rise issues for eCommerce companies and logistics partners. The government has taken care of data protection, but lack of information and public awareness prevents them to pay online. In Thailand, 37.5 In Malaysia, 19.8

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

We have been mining the data to understand the trade-offs between growth, profitability, cycle and complexity ratios. Last year, $450M of profits were lost in the Japanese auto industry and Intel lost 1$ billion in revenue due to floods in Thailand and the associated impact on Thai suppliers. The data is hard to get.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 6, 2016

If CTS fails, there can be good reasons for this, such as: data is not comprehensive, data extraction is too difficult, there is lack of business ‘buy-in’, the process is too complicated, or it has not been fed into business strategy. CTS requires commitment.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

A disciplined approach to the collection, cleansing, and standardisation of supply chain data. To put that claim into some perspective, consider this data revealed by Gartner from research conducted in 2014: . Select one strategic logistics partner and build a long-term, close relationship. Reverse Logistics Cost.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 13, 2021

Vietnam’s risk assessment of their weaknesses is the shortcomings in the business climate led by concerns surrounding data transparency. According to Global Edge, this does happens in Vietnam. Connected to the political issues of the country are also perceptions of corrupt practices. Vestring et al.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

I began to focus on the use of technology and strategy to help logistics companies tackle growing consumer demand – the new “need it now” culture. BluJay’s mission is to forge modern supply chains of the future and transforming traditional logistics – slow & unagile habits!

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Menlo Logistics Opening New Multi-client Warehouse in Ladkrabang, Thailand. Kuehne + Nagel inaugurates North America’s regional Integrated Logistics Control Centre in Raleigh, NC, USA. Note: Grand Junction, Kewill, and MercuryGate are Talking Logistics sponsors. IAS ChassisManager Facilitates Street-Turns.

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Vinculum

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The local retailers are also getting smart with proper infrastructure, logistics, and services that have raised the bar of competition. Thus, market research with data-driven insights can be useful for your business. Shipping and logistics. Here are a few ways which will help you decode the cross-border eCommerce maze.

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