Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 29, 2023

Global auto producer Toyota encountered a “ systems related ” shutdown of auto production operations across Japan according to multiple news reports. A company statement indicates that the automaker was scheduled to resume production operations by the start of the second work shift today among its 14 Japan based production plants.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Even before the pandemic, global supply chain were fragile thanks to factors such as the US-China trade war, less efficient shipping routes and a huge drive to cut costs by consolidating loads. Put your logistics, supply chain and procurement teams on high alert for computer viruses and increased phishing attempts.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights select June and Q2-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating increased headwinds and challenges in the months to come. Global Wide Production Activity. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. United States.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

Our 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chain advisory remains available for complimentary downloading at our Research download site. Our annual predictions advisory began with a summary of prevailing global economic, financial and manufacturing outlooks. percent this year, after the global economy grew a reported 5.9

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

Resilience and Agility in Supply Chains: Navigating Change in a Dynamic World Feature Article by J eroen Hendriks , Director at Art of Supply Chain Sdn Bhd The global business landscape has become increasingly complex and volatile, posing significant challenges to supply chain management.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 5, 2022 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership. Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX).

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. China ranks number one as the country from which companies are reshoring, followed by Mexico, Canada, India, and Japan. are: Germany, China, Japan, Canada, and Korea. But when the industry again has a global surplus, the high-cost U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group shares a Part Two commentary addressing our mid-year assessment of previously published 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains published at the beginning of 2022. 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 Game Changer

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The global pandemic resulted in unexpected shortages of goods and disruptions in delivery which continue to this day. The concept of only bringing in inventory on demand is very compelling when inventories are considered costly, wasteful and cash drains. The global pandemic proved that this single point of failure is real.

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AFFLINK

OCTOBER 8, 2020

When there’s even a small disruption, companies that maintain minimal inventory levels to reduce holding costs or are dependent on always using the lowest-cost providers are most at risk. Importantly, flexible supply chains cut costs and improve cash flow, in part through a 10% to 40% increase in inventory turns.” – Bain & Company.

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MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 30, 2014

MIT CTL researchers Ranjana Mary Ninan and Christopher Sean Wang created such a device for their SCM Program thesis Visualizing and Quantifying Global Supply Chain Risk . But persuading managers, and notably procurement professionals, to build supply chain risk into their decisions can be an uphill battle. A broader view.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

What would prevent from the Japan carriers NYK, “K” Line, and MOL to make the next move? 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.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of reported February 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Overall, global activity reportedly showed signs of increased production output for consumer goods production levels but continued muted growth for intermediate supply network and investment goods production levels.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. It is estimated supply chain disruptions and inventory shortages affect 4% of inventory for some large companies, and 40% of inventory for smaller companies.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2016

What would prevent from the Japan carriers NYK, “K” Line, and MOL to make the next move? 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.

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Precoro

JUNE 21, 2023

Accounting policies and assumptions in areas such as inventory valuation methods, depreciation methods, and criteria for estimating fair value. The latter set, which is used on a wider scale globally, was developed and is maintained by the International Accounting Standards Board ( IASB ).

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Finance & Accounting. Human Resources.

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QAD

APRIL 4, 2023

Updates in the past few months address new requirements for Brazil, India, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, United States and other global regions. It provides the production insights needed to rapidly respond to unplanned inventory shortages, equipment failures and productivity slowdowns.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

In this regular edition of our featured column, Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Management Technology , we provide a capsule synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based multi-industry supply chain readership.

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ThroughPut

MAY 31, 2022

Capacity and inventory buffers: Building buffer capacity is the simplest way to build supply chain resilience, whether by way of maximizing productivity or building inventory to ensure that stockouts never happen – while at the same time ensuring that overstocking and wastage are never an issue.

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Unleashed

APRIL 20, 2020

Confronted with a pandemic, we’ve seen global supply chains struggle to cope with the consequences of isolation and work-from-home orders. The last global recession was in 2008, leading some economists to believe the next one is overdue. Forecasting a global recession is tricky, but here are three indicators economists look out for.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented global supply chain disruptions, impacting the flow of parts and finished goods around the world. Importantly, flexible supply chains cut costs and improve cash flow, in part through a 10% to 40% increase in inventory turns. The current crisis exposes the vulnerability of this approach.

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Bristlecone

MARCH 31, 2020

By: Sunil Pandit, Director, Global Practices, Bristlecone. The financial crisis of 2007-08 was referred to as a black swan event because it caused catastrophic damage to the global economy and triggered widespread disruption to people’s lives. Take a close look at inventory management policies.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 23, 2024

Accomplished procurement veteran and author Tom Linton provides valuable insights into the supply chain risk management landscape in 2024 in this exclusive Q&A. In this Q&A, Tom shares insightful stories from his over 20 years in procurement and tells us what should be top of mind for supply chain managers in 2024.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

The original intention was to reduce inventory through multiple deliveries – and this worked well in places like Japan, where suppliers are located near the production facility. But in a country like the US, or in global supply networks, it is actually doing enormous harm to the environment, and is complicating transportation networks.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Finance & Accounting. Human Resources.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides a monthly highlights of reported January 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Overall, global activity reportedly showed signs of increased production output and corresponding activity levels, but the gains were mostly in developing and lower-cost regions. increased 1.3

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Meanwhile, it appears that the Trans-pacific Trade Partnership (TPP) will move forward without the United States ; Japan just completed a trade deal with the European Union ; Brexit negotiations remain contentious ; and the World Trade Organization’s role and relevance are being challenged.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2017

The barriers to global trade may or may not occur, as there is a lot of political influence on behalf of many industrial interests. Jason also shared a number of interesting and compelling graphs that suggested other things going on in the global economy. India and China are both growing at rates of 6-7% as well.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

“If you have a tsunami and part of your supply chain is knocked out, as happened a few years ago, you have better info about where parts are,” he said, referring to the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. Like oil prices, interest rates impact supply chain policies and decisions, especially with regards to inventory.

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Resilinc

APRIL 5, 2022

More than two years after the global pandemic began its epic disruption of supply chains, political and corporate leaders around the world are calling for a major redesign of globalized supply chains to emphasize security and resilience over cost and efficiency. “A To attain true domestic self-sufficiency in semiconductors, the U.S.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Peter Guinto capped his 12-year Air Force career in procurement by serving on the federal COVID supply chain task force and becoming head of contracting for the Medium-altitude UAS Division—the unit responsible for keeping the United States’ edge in warfighting drones. What are some key areas of concern we need to be thinking about?

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