Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of March and Q1- 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which reinforce a state of stabilization within global supply chain networks. However, we discern some added signs excess inventories and of production sourcing shifts. That stated, the reported 49.6 but represented 0.6

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

As consumer spending fell, the days of escalating ocean freight and extreme shipping variability eased this year. Build in-market sourcing. Rationalize global strategies to focus on building markets based on in-market sourcing. The ride is uphill, but the visibility is low. What is normalcy?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions including the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index reaching its lowest level lowest level in six years and one-half years. freight, logistics and parcel movement industry. The April report commentary took note that European and U.S.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 14, 2024

Manufacturing inventory management is crucial to the success and profitability of your manufacturing operations. This guide for manufacturers explains how it works and explores the most effective ways to manage inventory in manufacturing.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Mexico is seeing strong growth in manufacturing. market and secure redundant sources of supply. demand and a revival of the auto sector, investors are moving in and banks are getting ready to finance new projects,” in Mexico, reported Bloomberg in April. “Due Due to strong U.S. Due to strong U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2023

freight rates have reached their lowest levels in nearly six years. What was eye catching in the report was that the March reading the was the lowest in the six and one-half year existence of the LMI index. In essence, it is confirmation of a freight recession condition. percentage points below the February value of 54.7,

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 23, 2023

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 34th Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. Background As our readership is likely aware, this report provides a snapshot of the U.S.

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AFFLINK

AUGUST 17, 2022

Automation in manufacturing can help be the driving force to lift some of the burden felt by many distributors across the globe. According to a recent report by Instawork, 60% of industrial businesses struggled to keep up with increased demand last year. Over the last 12 months, 58% reported additional demand increases.

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 29, 2021

The freight market has been on the receiving end of several systemic shocks that continue to affect industry providers and shippers alike. And when you add in the current labor and commodity shortages along with an inflationary environment, it is apparent why freight rates have been steadily climbing. increase from the previous period.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The freight industry of today is evolving rapidly. It is no longer bound by the traditional constraints of the economy, and Amazon is gearing up to begin expanding to be the best of the global freight shipping providers. 8 Freight Shipping Trends Shippers Must Know for 2017. Freight Rates Will Increase.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Global commercial aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced that Amazon Air has signed an agreement to lease ten Airbus A330-300P2F air freighters from Altavair , a worldwide provider of aviation finance focusing on leasing, re-purposing, and selling commercial jet aircraft and engines. All rights reserved. .

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported this week (Paid subscription or metered view) that ocean container freight rates related to the most active global shipping lanes continue to decline amid what is traditionally considered the peak shipping period leading up to the holiday fulfillment season in the November-December period. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 33rd Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. This report provides a snapshot of the U.S. This Year’s Report Themes and Key Messages.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to two recently published research papers that address evidence of ongoing shifts in global supply component and end production sourcing. The above seems to imply, from our lens, the movement toward China Plus sourcing activity.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

A new report from the Food Marketing Institute and Boston Consulting Group highlights the effects increased demand had on organizations in the CPG marketplace. The study analyzed supply chain performance at manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers throughout 2020. cost per case. Speak to Zipline’s Retail Logistics Experts Today.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Everything from contrast dye, to tubing, to medical devices with embedded semiconductor chips would suddenly become difficult to source. Interos reports using AI to continuously map and monitor 400 million plus companies, billions of relationships and attributes, against multiple risk signals. Then the risk solution fills in the gaps.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. Sourcing was both a cost as well as landed cost decision factor.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

China fully shutdown its manufacturing output during this phase affecting consumers globally. Manufacturing Planning. Visibility into Tier I, II and III suppliers, de-risk by developing alternates, build practical BCPs (business continuity plans) and China + 1 sourcing strategy. Recovery Imperatives: Phase II.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report. Late 2021 saw Maersk continue to shift towards vertical integrations, with acquisition of Senator, a German freight forwarder for $644 million dollars. While Facebook is looking at virtual reality, Alibaba and Amazon are looking more at freight.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The digitization of commerce created a path for giants like Amazon and Alibaba to dominate their respective storefront/fulfillment and sourcing roles in the market. million freight containers each year. That digital reach extended to importing as well.

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QAD

MAY 20, 2021

44% reported extended order fulfillment times and increased supplier prices. 25% reported bankruptcy of suppliers. In 2020, air freight costs from China to the US increased 81%. However, we know that for manufacturers, it’s more than just headlines that matter for your business. What’s Next?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 10, 2022

Moeller Maersk report of Q1-2022 financial performance provides indications of what multi-industry supply chain management teams can expect for the remainder of 2022 in the area of ocean container transportation. based Pilot Freight Services for a reported 47.1 Global shipping services provider A.P. billion, an increase of $6.9

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Locus Robotics

MARCH 9, 2023

By Geoff Whiting, Senior Writer, Red Stag Fulfillment Applying automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to supply chain management is an excellent way for manufacturers to increase the accuracy, speed, and efficiency of operations. AI and ML can be applied to inventory management, demand forecasting, freight route planning, and much more.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

This is the first post in a two part series on the “Changing Face of Manufacturing.” ” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. Drop in the price of crude oil.

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Logility

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In December 2020, the US Customs and Border Protection issued a detention order on cotton products sourced from some parts of China. The values a brand stands for must be observed at every level of production, from product design to manufacturing and delivering the materials that go into them.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Many-to-many can also refer to many participants in a network accessing many, many sources of event data critical to supply chain operations through a public cloud network. Based on ARC Advisory Group’s new global market report, the three largest providers of MSCN, listed alphabetically, are Descartes, E2open, and Infor Nexus.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

Blue Yonder recently was named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) report 1 for the 13 th year 2 in a row. With this new tool, manufacturers, retailers and logistics service providers (LSP) can benefit from Blue Yonder optimization tools via integration to their existing TMS.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2014

For most 3PLs, their customers — across a variety of industries — are growing their presence in Mexico, either manufacturing there or growing their supplier base there, so 3PLs need to align their services and capabilities accordingly to the changing supply chain networks of their customers. percent and truck by 8.8

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 22, 2024

We do so in the lens of supply chain management and manufacturing. There were a reported 97 instances of alleged process noncompliance. According to a published report by The New York Times , the FAA’s audit: “ explored how well Boeing’s employees understood the company’s quality control processes.” That alone is significant.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2021

Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks. Manufacturing and supply chains couldn’t ramp up fast enough. For example, hand sanitizer sales spiked 313% during one week in February 2020, according to reports from Nielsen.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

Our research advisory report for 2023 begins with a review of the themes of our prior three years of predictions and the derived learning for the supply chain management community. A published Future of Freight study sponsored by Deloitte in September 2022 indicated that U.S. Prediction Background. billion in September.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Last week, the industry publication Aviation Week published its report, Pratt GTF Repair Plan Jolts Beleaguered Airline Industry. Specifically noted in the report: “ The effect on the airline industry will be profound.” Reportedly the news of a far broader inspection program caught most airline providers by surprise.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The fact that most manufacturers struggled to achieve supply chain agility during COVID is not news. Molex has more than 80 manufacturing facilities around the world supported by an 18,000 strong supplier eco-system that provide raw materials, electronic components, and services. The Molex Supply Chain. The Advantages of Agility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The law firm Crowell & Moring recently released a survey-based report that looked at how companies are navigating pressures to improve their environmental performance. Are manufacturers engaged in tradeoffs where they are accepting higher costs to reduce emissions? A similar thing is occurring around ESG reports.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 24, 2019

A recent special report by The Economist says that while most people assume that shrinking supply chains are caused by political factors such as tariffs, in fact there are deeper long-term trends at play. Manufacturing was transformed into a global enterprise. This trend has important implications to supply chain planning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Transportation is, of course, a major source of green house emissions. Unilever is one of the world’s largest food manufacturers. When the invoice from the carrier comes in, the TMS’s freight audit module can see whether the expected cost of the trip matches, or comes close to matching, what was expected.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

Bloomberg reports note, “The economic consequences from China’s COVID-19 lockdowns are starting to be felt by companies and consumers across the globe, and expectations are that the reverberations will only get stronger.”[1] China has been called the world’s factory floor and for good reason. ”[2]. ”[2].

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