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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

In a prior published commentary, we provided highlights of March and Q1-2022 global production indices along with their implications. We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. Trucking disruptions in these areas threaten the flow of inbound and outbound inventory. .

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Inditex Achieves Added Business and Supply Network Accomplishments

Supply Chain Matters

Further reported was the highest profitability performance in a decade in the midst of high inflation and disrupted global transportation and logistics networks. That was counter to Inditex’s prior stance to operate a very lean inventory levels. All of that stated, the global fast fashion retailer faces continued challenges.

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Supply Chain Resilience: What is it and how do you boost it?

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Covid, Brexit and the war in Ukraine have all sent supply chain shocks around the globe, forcing firms to rethink their business-as-usual supply chain management strategies, and concentrate instead on building supply chain resilience. But what exactly is supply chain resilience, and how do you build it into an organisation?

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Report That Global Ocean Container Rates on the Decline

Supply Chain Matters

The sub-text of this report is that much of the cargo that has been planned for either back-to-school, fall, and holiday related fulfillment is either in-transit or mostly already arrived at warehouses. The report’s cited data from the Freightos Baltic Index indicates that shipment of a 40-foot container from China to the U.S.

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August 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices- Declining Momentum Accelerating

Supply Chain Matters

Falling sales have not only led increasing numbers of factories to cut production but have also meant warehouses are filling with unsold stock to a degree unprecedented in the survey’s 25-year history. Similarly, raw material inventories are accumulating due to the sudden and unexpected drop in production volumes.”. . Bob Ferrari.