Enterra Insights

AUGUST 8, 2022

The cost of over forecasting is severe. Good for someone that wants to buy Halloween candy for 75% off the day after Halloween, but not so great for the candy manufacturer or retailer.”[5] She explains, “Dark chocolate can store up to two years from the manufactured date. ”[6]. .” ”[6].

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

China Based Manufacturers Remain Impacted by Extended Population Lockdowns. The report, citing two informed sources, specifically indicates that between 30 percent and 50 percent of Foxconn’s and Jabil’s planned production output in August were affected by electrical power rationing.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Essentially, automotive isn’t now just a manufacturing entity. And with the historic pace of change likely to feel like a Sunday stroll compared to what’s to come, it’s now imperative that the supply chain matches this level of manufacturing bravery, to align itself more appropriately with automotive’s road ahead.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides a side panel supplementary update to our prior posted blog highlighting the latest reported September and Q3 global and regional PMI indices that indicate manufacturing contraction has begun. This latest forecast indicates, in-part: World merchandise trade volume is expected to grow 3.5

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 10, 2022

billion, primarily driven by ocean revenue increases but included a negative impact of $718 million from the Russia/Ukraine conflict and losses related to terminals related to these areas. EBIT increased $7.5 Outlook for Remainder of 2022.

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Proxima

AUGUST 25, 2022

When Chinese manufacturing cities come to a hard stop on short notice, there are serious consequences for global supply chains, with delays spilling over at local ports, nearby alternative outlets, and into destination ports, causing volatility and confusion right across the market.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

According to FIFA, a staggering 3.572 billon people watched the 2018 World Cup Russia, with 1.12 In the ever-changing world of international sports, relying on static demand forecasts and manual calculations is sure to lead to relegation. billion viewers for the final match. Tightly integrated demand and supply planning.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

According to this report, citing industry research firm B raemar , global ocean container fleet size is forecasted to grow 9 percent in 2023 and 2024 , while container volume growth will moderate in 2023 and rise slightly in 2024. This will be good news in stemming supply chain driven inflation trending. Added Perspectives.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Foxconn Forecasts Challenging Operating Environment This Year. After a three-day stoppage of rail operations impacting transcontinental shipments of key commodities and manufactured goods, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have reached a settlement calling for final and binding arbitration of differences.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Andrew Viteritti, Lead for the Commerce and Regulation division of the Economist Intelligence Unit Global Forecasting group began his presentation by reviewing the current and future state of the global economy. Thus, expect to see sanctions against Russia continuing for at least five years or more. The Curse of Inflation.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As depicted in our mid-year assessments , the global economic outlook significantly changed during this year with the IMF and the World Bank trimming their forecasts for 2022 growth. By Q4, major European manufacturers were exploring alternative sources to produce energy-intensive products such as chemicals and fertilizers, with the U.S.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Probably the best example is the daily weather forecast. of companies that participated in a recent survey by the National Association of Manufacturers. Our personal and professional lives are filled with risk. Every day, we can take actions that mitigate that risk — or we can throw caution to the wind and hope for the best.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 21, 2018

The shortages come as many prepare to party while they follow England’s progress in the football World Cup in Russia. Sales of alcohol and soft drinks are also expected to be boosted after the World Cup by what is forecast to be a long hot summer running through until August.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 29, 2022

Once more, executives forecasted that the online retailer could incur either another loss of upwards of $1 billion or profit amounting to $3 billion in the current quarter, which is quite a range. CEO Andy Jassy indicating in a statement: “ The pandemic and subsequent war in Ukraine have brought unusual growth and challenge s.”

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight the latest quantitative data related to global manufacturing PMI activity levels for April. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Declined. The Global Manufacturing Output sub-index reportedly dropped to a contraction value of 48.5 Manufacturing Indices. in March to 46.0

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I also worked with a team of leading thinkers in developing the Future of Procurement Report (published by KPMG) , as well as publish the BVL International Global Logistics Trends and Strategies report with a team of leading academics and executives in Europe, China, North and South America, Russia, and India.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Others argue the demise of global sourcing; might I add caution? Still, the manufacturing plants and distribution centers are closed. My response is “Hogwash.”

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2023

There were no accurate forecasts because the demands were off the charts. The hostilities among Russia and Ukraine remains a significant concern along with increased geo-political tensions on energy supplies and a de-coupling of U.S. Morgan Manufacturing PMI© reporting , which technically would describe a production recession.

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Taulia

MARCH 15, 2023

Global supply chain pressures took their toll as Asian manufacturing hubs struggled to keep up with demand from other markets that had emerged from lockdowns. However, this policy response is not without cost, with the IMF now forecasting the UK economy to contract by 0.6%

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Oilfield services market, in general, covers manufacturers, repairers, and maintenance companies specializing in oil extraction and transportation. A general description of these oil and gas service companies could be that they manufacture, repair, and maintain equipment that is used in oil extraction and transportation. From USD 135.1

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2022

An example of supply chain resilience A basic example of supply chain resilience is building in redundancy through dual sourcing: having an alternative supplier for important parts or ingredients. Their Head of Supply Chain, Daniel Bull-Clearie, initially sourced their raw product entirely from their own coastal farm.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Three months into the job, Gorbachov was overtaken in Russia and the grain markets tanked. I’ve reported up to manufacturing, to operations, to finance, to accounting and even to tax and treasury and global shared services. We talked about the sugar market, the currency market, and traded ideas about how to do hedging and trading.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Overcome supply chain challenges – and maximize margins in the face of inflation – with retail planning software and demand forecasting tools. Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune. Intel ).

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 6, 2016

3rd S&OP in Russia and CIS. Manufacturing SC Officer Summit. Logistics & SCM, PLM, Manufacturing, and Procurement 2016. Sourcing 2016 – Messe & Kongress für Indirekten Einkauf und Technischen Handel. 12th Annual European Manufacturing Strategies Summit. SC Forecasting & Planning Conference Europe.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 13, 2015

Brazil had an election that proved to be radically unpopular with the global business community, Russia has alienated itself and is hurting due to the rapid drop in the price of oil, while India and China are in a holding pattern, with tepid growth. This is the biggest opportunity I see for 2015.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

These two innovations opened up the possibility of a diversified global manufacturing system in which products, including the parts that would be assembled into more advanced products elsewhere, could be made in the most cost-effective regions. The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 28, 2019

This is why supply chain managers are always stressing over demand forecasts — something that tops the list of most critical inventory management practices. This isn’t to say you should avoid international sources for goods. manufacturers do to better understand global supply chain operations when exporting goods abroad?

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LevaData

MARCH 30, 2022

They have been in an ongoing firefighting mode with new shortages occurring every few days; Covid, the Russia-Ukraine crisis, and the recent earthquake in Japan are just a few top-of-mind examples. Collaboration with Contract Manufacturers & Suppliers. Diversification of Sources. Brittle Supply Chains.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 23, 2016

Exports – Forecasting the “perfect storm” or something else? Daily indicators point to an export forecast that is much less than stormy, but the big picture suggests otherwise. This can be illustrated by the recent drop in fuel prices, which essentially took a large toll on countries heavily reliant on oil exports, like Russia.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

Cargill Animal Nutrition (CAN) is clustered around five major regions: North America; Latin America; EMEAR, including Russia; South Asia and East Asia. I split this off from global sourcing because we had plenty of buyers but not enough planning and logistics so service and documentation was failing. All three should be in balance.”.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 14, 2022

The pandemic brought to light the inherent problems with the “lean manufacturing” approach that had become so popular in the years leading up to 2020 and set the stage for the unprecedented level of burnout and staff shortages impacting supply chains across multiple industries today.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 20, 2023

This is particularly true for manufacturers. He writes, “If you source from outside and haven’t made checks in a while, it’s worth auditing your supplier list and seeing where parts have changed in spec, increased in price without increasing in quality, or even been quietly substituted for ‘equivalents’ you never agreed.”

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Precoro

MARCH 22, 2023

Such an interruption can affect any of the supply chain steps, often involving sourcing of raw materials, production, and distribution of goods or services. While the worst of the pandemic appears to be behind us, COVID-19's impact on manufacturing supply chains continues to reverberate the landscape.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 8, 2022

The ongoing escalating trade tensions involving China and the United States are a further factor, and to a lesser extent, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and its impact on the Eurozone economy. This is further the challenge of securing long-term supply of titanium metal components which were primarily source in Russia. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 28, 2022

This edition provides four supply chain focused updates related to the following: IMF Once Again Trims Global GDP Forecast. IMF Once Again Trims Global GDP Forecast. percent, two percentage points lower than earlier forecasted. This latest forecast amounts to a trimming of 0.4 The forecast for U.S. percent in 2023.

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E2open

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Channel partners visit multiple sources to build a complete view of sales leads, which is a time-consuming and inefficient process. Planning E2open AI analytics use complex mathematics and inputs such as historical sales, seasonality, trends, and promotional lift and cannibalization to produce accurate forecasts across time horizons.

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Taulia

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic directly resulted in unpredictable shifts in demand, labor shortages, and bottlenecks in manufacturing and distribution. Demand forecasting. Consolidating from internal, downstream and upstream sources can create a single source of truth that could prevent supply chain problems from becoming supply chain crises.

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