Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. Background. Prediction Background.

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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. Geo-Political and Hybrid Government Policy Dimensions. Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This was the year that supply chains regained some of their footing finding firmer ground. But the supply chain industry resolved some major issues and formed a more certain path ahead. To be sure, volatility and unpredictability still disrupt supply chain operations. It wasn’t a breakthrough year.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods by giving customers more visibility and greater confidence to accurately predict delivery times. As this new global economic system grew, a corresponding supply chain—complex, powerful, virtually unquestioned—became its structural support system.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2022

Ukraine in the news: War in Ukraine disrupts ships around the globe. Walmart steps up automated store distribution. Cyberattack on Toyota’s supply chain shuts 14 Japanese factories. E2open acquires Logistyx Technologies. Xerox addresses $300m backlog due to supply shortages.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

According to FreightWaves, the FreightTech 100 2023 is “[…] a selection of the most innovative companies in the freight technology space.” Faced With Persistent Supply Chain Difficulties, School Districts Are Forced to Adapt. Like Many Industries, Wire and Cable Nervous as Supply Chain Issues Disrupt Operations.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 15, 2019

This strategy involves a country from a high-cost country area — typically US, UK, Canada, Australia, and West European nations — purchasing materials from resource-rich low-cost countries; think China, India, Indonesia, Bolivia, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, and East European nations. New technology and capacity. Shipping costs.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Here is what I expect to see next year: Global supply chain footprints will continue to expand.

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QAD

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. Turkey’s merchant marine boasts 1,234 vessels, including 57 bulk carriers, 54 container ships, 363 general cargo ships, 124 oil tankers and 636 other vessels. Regardless of the shipping mode required, it is easy to move goods to and from Turkey. of the workforce.

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Proxima

JULY 27, 2023

The government released its Defence Command Paper on 18th July, just two days before the Summer Parliamentary recess. The Government’s initial analysis in 2021 was broadly correct: Russia remains the biggest danger to UK security, with China remaining a looming threat. So, what does the report tell us?

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? 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. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 29, 2020

He writes, “The death of globalization and world-encompassing supply chains has been foretold so often that it is hard to imagine it might actually be happening. Commerce soared as the cost of shifting goods in ships and planes fell, phone calls got cheaper, tariffs were cut and the financial system liberalized.

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Resilinc

MAY 24, 2022

This period of high prices and margins coincided with—and was partly supported by—supply chain disruptions, including the February 2021 deep freeze on the Texas Gulf Coast and port and shipping congestion in much of the world. German trade group VCI reports that petrochemicals prices rose by 21.6%

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

As I spent the time reflecting over the last three weeks, the number of articles streaming into my feed on supply chain implications was high, but most of them were wrong. Some stated that the war marks the end of the global supply chain. By definition, this requires a global supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 19, 2022

Unless you are part the food supply chain, you might not be aware that last July China ceased exporting fertilizer to the rest of world. And, following Russia’s unprovoked attack against Ukraine in February 2022, which spurred international sanctions, Russia, in retaliation, also halted fertilizer exports.

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Resilinc

APRIL 4, 2023

Over the past year, Resilinc’s supply chain disruption monitoring platform EventWatch AI has sent out 242 alerts on sanctions against Russia. Thus far in 2023, EventWatch AI has sent 19 updates related to sanctions against Russia; 15 of those alerts were sent in February alone.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 14, 2022

For global businesses, supply chain resilience is the name of the game. As a result, supply chain leaders have been exploring alternative, more predictable options. The key will be to leverage available opportunities and address gaps to ensure the SEA supply chain can compete on a global level.

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Logility

DECEMBER 20, 2022

We know our clients need more and more ways to take control of their supply chain operations, end to end. Check out four of the areas we’re advising our clients to be thinking about heading into the New Year, to help prepare their supply chain for 2023. . Governments may start to intervene 1.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Welcome to Elementum’s Supply Chain Market Report. This monthly newsletter observes one or two important macro trends through the lens of Supply Chain Management. We review how those trends are likely to impact Supply Chain and what leaders can do to adjust. I mean, technology is advancing every single day.

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Elementum

AUGUST 31, 2022

Welcome to Elementum’s Supply Chain Market Report. This monthly newsletter observes one or two important macro trends through the lens of Supply Chain Management. We review how those trends are likely to impact Supply Chain and what leaders can do to adjust. I mean, technology is advancing every single day.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 7, 2016

A couple of weeks ago, The New Yorker published an article highlighting how “a new generation of airship engineers, some backed by significant government and private investment, is convinced that, given new technologies and new materials, the public can be sold on airships.” The article goes on: Last March, the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

The high stock levels are the result of retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers stockpiling everything from beer to DIY tools, chemicals and clothes as COVID-19 lockdowns snarled supply chains and shut factories. Now, global demand is falling as borrowing costs have risen, so companies have started running down stocks.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 10, 2023

The Ferrari Research and Consulting Group thru its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog, provides a reassessment of our prior prediction related to supply chain ESG strategy and action plans over the next 2-3 years. Renewed Urgency Last week provided yet another stark warning. degrees Celsius that occurred in August 2016.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 30, 2023

A new year is underway, and what better way to begin our 2023 blog activity than with a summary of the freshest news from the supply chain and logistics theatre? But is that a real possibility, or are the predictions of supply chain mayhem just so much panic and hot air?

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2023

The rapid adoption of technology is imperative in transitioning to a New Normal. Non-technology factors are the flip side of technology in building adaptive, agile, and resilient supply chains. Likewise, inflation, rising interest rates, and continuing employment also disrupted supply chains.

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Exiger Perspectives

MARCH 8, 2023

Spearheaded by the Russian invasion of Ukraine , governmental and international bodies, fronted by the Office of Foreign Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), European Union (EU) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , hammered Russia with an unprecedented volume of sanctions in the hope of thwarting Russian aggression towards Ukraine.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights unfolding developments pointing to actions toward positioning India as a secondary global hub of Apple iPhone production. By far, the most high tech industry supply network influential player remains that of Apple.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an editorial perspective on political actions that occurred this week, specifically the State of the Union Address the release of a new U.S. Trade Policy agenda, and where government and global supply chain policies can either collide or align. . State of the Union Address.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 3, 2020

As demands change, so must our supply chains. Working in close cooperation with the government of two Chinese provinces, Sichuan and Chongqing, these companies moved manufacturing facilities to inland China. As such, each option can serve your supply chain in a different way. Reasons to consider rail service.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

EU proposes supply chain emergency powers, spooking business. After a successful pilot program at 70 stores, Walmart Canada is expanding its partnership with software company Focal Systems to bring a computer vision artificial intelligence solution to stores throughout the country. average hourly wage above $17.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

I thought I understood all the major supply chain implications of the pandemic until I began reading Yossi Sheffi’s new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy beyond Covid-19. Now of course, companies must map out the potential impacts of the Russia Ukraine war. Russia shells Ukraine.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Recent events remind us how big the world is and how vital ocean supply lines are for the global economy. That means maritime shipping lies at the very heart of the global logistical system. From Russia in the Black Sea to Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea new security risks have emerged. patrol the Horn of Africa.

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Passages, capes, and straits are defined as geographical areas through which international shipping routes must transit. Chokepoints commonly have shallow, constricting depths, which hinder navigation and place restrictions on ship capacity. Potential for closure or interruption. Gibraltar and Suez during World War II).

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Resilinc

MARCH 12, 2024

Discover the top geopolitical risks set to affect the global supply chain this year. With the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas War, and the crisis in the Red Sea, the shockwaves these conflicts sent throughout their nations and the world have been felt everywhere—especially in the supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In his first week in office, President Biden signed Executive Order 14005, Ensuring the Future is Made in America by All of America’s Workers, launching a whole-of-government initiative to strengthen the use of federal procurement to support American manufacturing.”[1] However, supply chain journalist Robert J. ”[4].

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American Global Logistics

JULY 5, 2023

Books and other media on logistics, strategy, technology/AI, and the future are included. Sheffi’s title is an apt metaphor for how today’s supply chains function. He compares supply chains to conveyor belts. Namely, the supply chain represents a continuous flow of data, information, money, and products.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In particular, we saw significant events reshape the global supply chain landscape. That entailed a strategic move by businesses worldwide to reduce supply chain risk. This shift led to shorter lead times, increased control over supply chains, and lower shipping costs. This put 3PLs in the spotlight.

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