Exiger Perspectives

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Industries dependent on these metals, including defense , renewable energy , electronics, and manufacturing, may experience supply chain disruptions, including delays, price increases, and supply bottlenecks, due to China’s leading role in their production. It is not clear whether U.S. defense and technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2021

There have been extensive supply chain disruptions caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. These disruptions have elevated the supply chain function to the boardroom level. It is now understood that supply chain agility is imperative. OpenText Touts Business-to-Anything Integration.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Strategic Sourcing Success: Best Practices and Key Strategies Of course, there are many definition s of source-to-pay but put simply, strategic sourcing is a data-driven approach to securing the best value for your organization from its strategic suppliers. How Has Strategic Sourcing Evolved?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 31, 2022

While these factors have made organisations more competitive within the marketplace, they have removed the buffers and flexibility to absorb disruptions and delays. Industries such as high-tech electronics and semiconductors, and rare earth minerals are highly susceptible to unpredictability. The supply chain of the future.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

UK electronics manufacturers have seen a sales revenue lift of 30% in 2021 vs 2020, outpacing the average performance of manufacturers of 24%, according to data from a soon-to-be released Unleashed State of Manufacturing report. Average gross profit margin , 2021 Again, these figures are a positive sign for electronics manufacturing.

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QAD

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The global supply chain is facing a perfect storm of challenges, and dealing with it, according to GE CEO Larry Culp , “really is akin to playing Whac-A-Mole.” And the current global supply chain disruptions may be sticking around longer than we might think. As one headache is eased, another pops up.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The company explains, “The growing reliance on artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) devices is creating vulnerabilities across supply chains, with manufacturing and electronics sectors identified as particularly at risk. ” As supply chains work with more suppliers, the risk of a cyberattack increases.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Digital Twin from Infor Nexus Drives Supply Chain Agility for Molex. The fact that most manufacturers struggled to achieve supply chain agility during COVID is not news. Those industries include data communications, medical, industrial, automotive and consumer electronics. The Molex global supply chain is complex.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Some of the strategies companies use to minimize the impacts of hurricanes and floods on their supply chain can be applied to transportation disruptions as well. This can come in several ways, such as electronic updates from your partners or reports provided by your own transportation team, which presents several challenges.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

CPG companies massively reduced assortments to simplify sourcing, production and distribution. Supply chain performance went for a toss and costs sky rocketed. The key lesson is disruptions are constant in supply chain and through better planning, visibility, and collaboration businesses can be better prepared to deal with them.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2024

A redundant supply chain has spare or backup capacity, such as inventory, equipment, facilities, and suppliers, that can be activated or mobilized in case of disruptions. Flexibility is the ability of a supply chain to adjust or change its structure, processes, or products to cope with disruptions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

This is a public, multinational providing different types of electronic and machinery products for different industries. Not surprisingly a company this big, delivering different solutions to a variety of industries, has a complex supply chain. But even multi-sourcing is not enough. Their revenues exceed €25 billion.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Global wide consumer electronics giant Apple is managing multiple supply chain influenced levers geared at enabling a successful holiday fulfilment quarter. There are now three contract manufacturing iPhone assemblers within the country to include Foxconn Technology , Pegatron and Tata Electronics.

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ModusLink Corporation

APRIL 22, 2024

Electronics Kitting and Assembly with 3PL Solutions. By harnessing the capabilities of a global 3PL partner, companies can unlock new possibilities for efficiency, scalability, and innovation in their electronics assembly processes. Seamless coordination across borders for streamlined supply chain operations.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

Whilst 50% of respondents agreed that their use of data/analytics/AI/ML will be central to adjusting more effectively to dramatic supply chain disruptions. In a hyper-connected scenario of the future, entire networks can proactively sense and respond to potential supply chain disruptions.

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Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 17, 2025

The newest additions to the list will impact industries sourcing critical minerals, cotton, and polysilicon used in solar modules from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China. Engage Alternative Sources : Identify and secure new suppliers outside of high-risk regions or entities. billion USD.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 26, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights results of a recent survey indicating the level of global supply chain disruptions. Primary Disruption Drivers According to this report , the Resilinc’s EventWatchAI platform has reported in excess of ten thousand supply chain disruptions thus far in 2024.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 1, 2025

The effectiveness of a supply chain can make or break a business. In recent years, manufacturers have experienced substantial supply chain disruptions , leading to material and labor shortages, quality issues, product delays, and low profit margins. of potential revenue growth 1.

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Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This creates a continuous flow of information between design tools, simulation environments, and manufacturing systems allowing all stakeholders to access a single source of truth. A digital thread integrates different tools and data systems (CAD, CAM, ERP, PLM etc.) to maintain continuity across departments throughout the product lifecycle.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

We saw this right at the start of the pandemic, when parts being manufactured in Wuhan province disrupted car manufacturers’ production lines around the world. Indeed, when customers contact us for planning support through our COVID-19 Action Center, they are usually grappling with similar supply chain disruptions–or disconnections. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2021

From an upstream point-of-view, raw material availability, visibility, sourcing and timing will continue to be the primary areas of focus, particularly with organizations looking to mitigate any new market disruptions. From an inbound operations perspective, visibility continues to be a common thread in facilitating this convergence.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Block Chain Enablement: Over the past few years, there have been an increasing number of blockchain use cases in the shipping and international trade industry. A single source of truth, with fair, trusted and a tamper-proof information flow. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – October/November 2020. b) Authenticity.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Supply Chain Resilience: Reshoring as a Response to Global Disruptions Perhaps the greatest driving force behind reshoring is today’s unrelenting supply chain disruptions. Moreover, U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 23, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our industry supply chain readers with an update on the ongoing labor strike action occurring at Samsung Electronics. Once again, High tech and consumer electronics supply networks will need to monitor these ongoing labor actions that are occurring at Samsung Electronics.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2025

For smaller fashion brands, as highlighted by Glossy , the financial burden of tariffs can be especially acute, often forcing them to absorb higher costs or shift their sourcing strategies entirely. China tariffs continues to evolve, impacting industries from tech to fashion. Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

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Exiger Perspectives

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Noncompliance can lead to financial penalties, reputational damage, and operational disruptions. Exigers platform offers a risk-illuminated knowledge graph, leveraging proprietary and open-source data to map supplier networks down to the raw material level. Yet, achieving compliance is no simple task.

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TMC

JULY 6, 2017

A TMS solution provides the supply chain visibility you need. Using electronic data interchange (EDI), it can keep carriers connected , provide access to location tracking applications, and offer application programming interface (API) connectivity to allow for in-the-moment updates. Final thoughts.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 23, 2025

Discover the top supply chain disruptions of 2024 and other significant supply chain trends from Resilincs exclusive data. The supply chain landscape in 2024 was characterized by significant transformations and challenges, with resiliency as a key theme across all industries.

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Resilinc

MARCH 26, 2024

CommodityWatch AI is a predictive algorithm that combines time series forecasting and Resilinc’s proprietary data to predict commodity price fluctuations and supply constraints more than three months out. Classification Models: Supply Chain Disruption Alerts What are classification models?

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 29, 2014

With China already a source for semiconductor raw materials and the China/India end consumer market growing, there will be pressure to supply chips and hard drives to local China/India OEM’s first. This could create a shortage in the US/Europe OEM chain. Global pressure.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Suppliers contribute their expertise in battery technology, lightweight materials, electronic components etc., An organization might collaborate with its suppliers to conduct joint risk assessments and develop contingency plans for potential supply chain disruptions. A classic example is in logistics and transportation.

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Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Companies in other industries like high-tech electronics, aerospace and defense, and clean tech have their own unique set of quality, environmental, and/or security regulations which also significantly impact their product development schedules. Meeting the Challenge of Supply Chain Disruption. References LNS Research.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

The company’s equipment was designed to connect to virtual based instructors utilizing an onboard camera, microphone, and electronic screen, at a rather premium cost compared to other fitness options. The supply chain supporting the delivery of equipment is the de-facto facilitator of this business model.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Manage Make, Source, and Deliver Together. Leaders are blind that the most efficient supply chain (lowest cost) is not the most effective. There are many barriers: authoritative identifiers, multi-tier processes, and data translation across source, make, and deliver for multi-tiers of trading partners. Today’s gap?

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 28, 2022

In this posting , with focus on Samsung Electronics. Samsung Electronics can often provide a meaningful bellwether for ongoing conditions across global semiconductor, high tech and consumer electronics supply networks. Electronic Display. based fab facilities will help to respond to expected future demand.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

We are pleased to announce to our Supply Chain Matters readers the listening availability of our latest podcast: Overcoming Supply Chain Disruptions and Instilling Supply Network Resilience in Post Pandemic Supply Networks. This is a not to be missed podcast that provides many valuable insights.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As businesses report their financial performance for the 2022 final quarter and full year, Supply Chain Matters highlights select bellwether firms that we consider a relatively good indicator of anticipated 2023 industry supply chain challenges. For the quarter that ended on December 31, 2022, the company reported KRW 70.5

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