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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. and Warehousing Prices (90.5) Because of this, both Inventory Costs (91.0) this month. ’.

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Wake-Call for Added Resiliency Within Healthcare Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

Initial Assessments On July 19, CNN reported that Pfizer had conducted an initial assessment of damage and indicated that most of the damage occurred in the facility’s attached warehouse rather than production areas. Our initial analysis has identified less than 10 drugs for which Pfizer’s North Carolina plant is the sole source for the U.S.

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Advanced Analytics for Supply Chain: 10 use cases

DynaSys

Sourcing and supplier performance. Visibility is fundamental to efficient procurement, especially if supplier relationships span design, manufacturing, and distribution. Warehousing and distribution. Transportation and Logistics.

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Evidence Mounts of Non Peak Holiday Season in Transportation and Logistics

Supply Chain Matters

While 209,000 workers were added in June, 14,000 freight and parcel carriers were cut and 6,900 warehousing and storage jobs were lost. In the past we would expect to see transportation and warehousing ramping up hiring in late summer ahead of peak season. ” warehouse workers in June of 2022. There were 1.96

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Former Senior Amazon Executive Dave Clark Named CEO of Flexport

Supply Chain Matters

Bloomberg had reported that the sudden departure had signaled that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is seeking changes in the consumer retail division, which was admittedly overbuilt with excess warehouse capacity in 2021.

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Another Peloton Supply Chain and Customer Service Turnabout

Supply Chain Matters

The saga of fitness hardware and services provider Peloton Interactive took yet another turn last week with an announcement of the pending closing of the company’s owned North American warehouses and the shedding of field customer support teams, along with other moves. Further announced was an assessment of owned retail operations in the U.S.

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Realties of Declining Global Trade and Transport Rates More Evident

Supply Chain Matters

As we noted in our specific 2023 prediction focused on the global transportation industry sector , entering 2023, industry perspectives were on the ability to be able to maintain higher rates by basis of multi-year signed contracts executed at the height of shipping rates.