Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2022

Further reported was that about two-thirds of the company’s inventory was still in-transit at the end of the most recent quarter. In 2021, Nike experienced discernable production and transportation disruptions for products sourced in Vietnam as suppliers struggled with Covid-19 lockdowns, labor and transport shortages.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

As the calendar now moves to the second half of 2022, it is important to focus on rapidly changing developments including a marked escalation in geopolitical tensions that impact global supply chain strategies. In 2021, global economists and think tanks were coming to a consensus that a long-term decoupling between the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Of particular concern was the Inventory level index, which rose 9.1 percentage points to 80.2 to an all-time high.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 16, 2022

The Logistics Managers Index for May indicated that inventory costs are now one-third higher than they were last year. CFO ’s, if they have already done so, will be calling for a comprehensive inventory management analysis, especially if prior decisions were made to take on added inventory as a supply network risk mitigation measure.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

Supply chain logistics B2B platform provider project44 produces a series termed Supply Chain Insights by project44 which extracts select data from the provider’s tracking of global transportation and logistics flows. A July edition provided two reports that responded to the question- Are Global Supply Chains Recovering ?

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The year featured continual component shortfalls, explosive inbound materials cost increases and continuous global transportation disruptions. The overall theme depicted in the November reporting was an intensification of a global manufacturing downturn. Current Year 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 28, 2023

From our lens, the global wide Covid-19 pandemic provided ample evidence of the fragility of healthcare supply networks including the sourcing of critical drugs within Asian and other countries, subject to disruptions by natural disaster, effects of climate change or disruptions to global transportation. and other countries.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

We additionally noted trending indicating that many businesses were factoring uncertain product demand and supply network risks, and that was going to make industry supply chain strategies far more challenging in the weeks ahead. This is a significant milestone for ongoing planning and execution strategies. . representing a 0.6

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

This posting provided additional commentary related to the ongoing global shortage of semiconductor components utilized in automotive manufacturing. Noted was that the digital transformation of Lean practices requires new definition and direction for just-in-time inventory management flows. Number Nine. February 4, 2021.

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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. Similarly, raw material inventories are accumulating due to the sudden and unexpected drop in production volumes.”. . Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The announced rate hike was justified by executives by a need to boost revenues amid an estimated 11 percent decline in daily package volumes and acknowledgement that the company now has more capacity than current transport demand. The dynamics of the market are such that something has to give.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

We also concluded that there would not be a peak shipping season this year because of both muted production levels as well as the high levels on inventory that exist in warehouses across the globe, and especially across the United States.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 9, 2023

Further, some industries are defining more direct control under the notions of supply chain vertical integration, or complete transformations of strategic supply networks in the case of global automotive industry manufacturers. We pointed out that in 2022, more U.S. firms were expected to reshore upwards of 350,000 jobs in 2022 alone.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2016

In my opinion, there will be more than one way to procure capacity, rates, and services for the 2016-2017 season. Moving and planning inventories on both fixed and spot—or even pegging rates to an index—are options. The post 6 Things to Consider as You Plan Your 2016 Budget appeared first on Transportfolio.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Certainly no company could have foreseen the shutdown of the global economy in the early months of 2020 — or the continuing effects of COVID-19, such as port closures, throughout 2021. In this role, he leads his organization to drive thought leadership and go-to-market strategy for supply chain execution and logistics solutions.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2019

As many shippers front-loaded inventory in the second half of 2018—especially the fourth quarter—to avoid potential tariff increases, the market saw drastic volume increases beyond what we’ve come to expect from years’ past. Higher inventories to avoid tariffs. 5 strategies for 2019’s ocean peak season in September and October.

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