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October Global PMI Reporting-Continued Production Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides a further global supply chain assessment in the highlighting and added insights on reported October 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. value reported for September.

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides a further global supply chain assessment in the highlights and added insights on reported November 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. reported in October. in November.

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5 Procurement Strategies For Small Medium Enterprises

CormSquare

staffing, financing, inventory management, customer service, marketing etc. Subsequently, procurement tends to be an afterthought, when it should be approached strategically! Small businesses spend between 40% – 65% of sales revenue on procurement of inputs. Improved Internal Procurement Processes.

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Global PMI Levels in August Remain Sluggish

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights perspectives and added insights on reported August 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The August reported value rose to a three month high of 49.0 reflecting a 0.8

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Supply Chain Executives are building “Centers of Excellence” – because they support business strategies!

NC State SCRC

In many cases, this is known as “off-shoring”, when these services are located in places like Bangalore, India one of the more common locations for shared services. Services that can be shared among the various business units of a company include finance, purchasing, inventory, payroll, hiring, and information technology.

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

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. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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July 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Indicating Declining Momentum

Supply Chain Matters

Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. On the slightly positive side, the July report indicated that rates of input cost and output charge inflation have both eased to 17-month lows. The top three regions exhibiting PMI growth were that of India, Australia and the Netherlands.