Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

2023 Prediction Three: More Direct Control in Strategic or Tactical Multi-tiered Direct Materials Sourcing will Continue to be a Prominent Element of Business Strategy for Chief Supply Chain or Chief Procurement Officer Efforts. . In this Part Two posting, we provide highlights to Prediction Three outlined in our advisory.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 5, 2023

Of continued interest was that India and Thailand indexes (included in our highlights below) as leading in PMI growth during April. Output, new orders, employment and inventory stocks reportedly all contracted. India Manufacturing activity levels across India remained at high expansion levels in April. in March.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The top three regions exhibiting PMI growth were noted as India, Australia and Thailand. Similarly, raw material inventories are accumulating due to the sudden and unexpected drop in production volumes.”. . Excess inventory levels now remain a more cogent concern particularly among retail industry supply networks. South Korea.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The orders-to-inventory ratio fell to another multi-year low last month as excess capacity continued to build at factories. Of particular concern, the New Orders sub-index declined more than 4 points, reaching a contraction value in September while the Inventories sub-index was 2.6 percentage points higher. South Korea.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. It’s full of lively anecdotes, including many from his experience building a 3,000-employee appliance refurbishing company in his native India. Resilinc: What’s the current status of reshoring manufacturing?

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Previous global materials sourcing and just-in-time driven inventory management policies were laid bear with the realization that supply risk was a more problematic and business critical dimension. Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China Plus sourcing actions.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2022

There are additional signs of a global glut in overall inventory levels, yet selective component shortages remain for certain industries. The decline in output was accompanied by a tick down in new orders as rising inventories have put the brakes on production.”. The S&P Global India Manufacturing PMI® posted a value of 55.7

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

front that retailers and certain businesses may have procured too much inventory , and now that these inventories have arrived, the challenge will be not to exposed to a decline in consumer buying activity in the months to come. There is further growing evidence on the U.S. percent of GDP to 6.2 percentage points from Q1 to Q2.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

According to PLS Logistics , global companies will install procurement managers in China for entire organizations by 2025. Meanwhile, Brazil, Russia and India will become major suppliers as companies access the remaining untapped resources of the world. Globalization Will Become More Important in Everyday Decisions.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

That could signal even more added inventory exposures. Source: S&P Global Monthly PMI Reporting Highlights of Regional Reporting Continued High expansion in India Manufacturing activity levels across India remained at high expansion levels in May, outpacing all other regions. in April to 58.7

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Last evening, global parcel, logistics and transportation services provider Fedex Corp. Equity analysts quickly revised their analysis and outlooks for FedEx and other associated transport and logistics focused businesses. Development. As a result, the carrier announced immediate and direct actions in reducing costs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Key Highlights in Regional PMI Reporting India’s Manufacturing Sector Declines Overall manufacturing activity across India declined in December after accelerating in November. The HSBC India Manufacturing PMI® ( renamed in December ) declined 1.1 India remains the hot spot for emerging market manufacturing economies.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2023

Source: S&P Global Intelligence, July 2023 Highlights of Regional Reporting- Good and Not So Good Continued Production Expansion Across India Increased product demand and manufacturing activity levels across India during June outpaced all other regions. The S&P Global India Manufacturing PMI® fell from a value of 58.7

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

That stated, February’s activity appears to have regional specific connotations with upturns in production volumes across areas of Asia , specifically the ongoing re-opening of China ’s manufacturing sector, and upturns in India , the Philippines and Thailand manufacturing and supply chain activity levels.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

We further cited CMS provider Pegatron ’s announced manufacturing investment in India, and expansion in Vietnam. Noted was that the digital transformation of Lean practices requires new definition and direction for just-in-time inventory management flows. Number Nine. February 4, 2021. Number Eight.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Reportedly, destocking activities increased with finished product and raw materials inventories decreasing by the end of the quarter. The S&P Global India Manufacturing PMI® however declined to a value of 57.5 The reported September PMI reported value 49.1 was relatively unchanged from the 49.0 value reported for August.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Morgan indicated, in part: “ With business optimism and the orders-to-inventory ratio also both dipping to their lowest levels in two-and-a-half years, the outlook for production remains downbeat.”. percentage points for October while the Inventories Index declined three percentage points. percent growth level reported for Q1.

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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. As Companies Expand Globally, So Will the Level of Operational Complexity.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

Noted in the June report was that among the five sub-indexes that constitute the manufacturing PMI , the production index, new order index and supplier delivery time index were all above the 50 threshold, and the raw material inventory index and employee index were all below. for June, compared to a reported value a value of 48.1

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 23, 2013

Two out of three respondents stated that their company’s logistics capability is negatively influenced by poor transportation infrastructure, which is a problem particularly in emerging markets. Proactive strategies should include research and development, procurement, production and sales.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

the strategies were exploring nearshoring of prior foreign production, diversifying supplier networks and adding additional contingency inventories. Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China de-risking sourcing actions. For those businesses located in the U.S.,

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BlueYonder

MARCH 31, 2015

The invitation-based event witnessed high brain power with optimization gurus and analytics experts from across supply chain planning, retail, pricing and revenue management coming together from all parts of India. Connecting the dots between demand, fulfillment, transportation and warehouse management was the theme for JDA’s Rajiv Bhuta.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 18, 2013

Two out of three respondents stated that their company’s logistics capability is negatively influenced by poor transportation infrastructure, which is a problem particularly in emerging markets. Proactive strategies should include research and development, procurement, production and sales. 5. Talent shortfalls.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Output reportedly rose in China, India, Brazil and the United States , while declines continued in the Eurozone , Japan and the United Kingdom. India again led all other regions, while Germany and Austria remain at highest levels of PMI contractionary levels. The HSBC India Manufacturing PMI® rose from 56.5

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand. Because one of the major costs in a business, if you take in procurement and cost of goods, is supply chain. That’s been a massive trend.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. FastMarkets ).

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 9, 2023

the strategies were exploring nearshoring of prior foreign production, diversifying supplier networks and adding additional contingency inventories. Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China Plus sourcing actions. For those businesses located in the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 19, 2022

Sanctions make these elements harder to procure elsewhere while preventing many companies from using existing Russian sources. government clarified that it “has not imposed sanctions on the production, manufacturing, sale, or transport of agricultural commodities (including fertilizer), agricultural equipment, or medicine” related to Russia.

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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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QAD

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Enhancements include: QAD Internationalization adds updates to help customers meet recently required international compliance standards for Brazil, China, Hungary, India and other countries. Restricted Transactions are now supported for key inventory transactions, which complements 21 CFR Part 11 and GxP regulatory requirements.

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ShipBob

MAY 19, 2022

By leveraging these fulfillment centers, merchants can store their inventory closer to the customers, which allows them to keep the cost of global shipping low while ensuring faster deliveries even to international customers. ShipBob also helps to alleviate many of the complications related to customs and import duties.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

But what has happened is that we have created a proliferation of purchase orders for every single order, and because the volume has escalated, organizations have once again used labor arbitrage to move their PO processing to China or India. And an entire industry has sprung up around processing PO’s which is a non-value added function!”.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 28, 2022

China and India, along with the continued effects of the Russia and Ukraine conflict on the Eurozone sector. percent GDP growth, while the forecast for India was cut 0.8 The original IMF forecast for 2022 GDP growth was 4.9 percent in the agency’s World Economic Outlook report published in October of last year. The forecast for U.S.

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Vinculum

JUNE 15, 2020

Whenever we come across this term ‘Warehouse’, we imagine a big closed place which is used for storage of the goods to be transported, whether inbound or outbound, trucks moving to and fro, lot of labourers would be working etc. Top warehousing markets in India witness a growth of 77% year -on -year in leasing in April 2018 – March 2019.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2019

As many shippers front-loaded inventory in the second half of 2018—especially the fourth quarter—to avoid potential tariff increases, the market saw drastic volume increases beyond what we’ve come to expect from years’ past. Higher inventories to avoid tariffs. However, this year CNY volumes were not as strong as previous years.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Shipping Executives Anticipate Longer Disruption According to a published report from Bloomberg this week , the CEO’s of two global transport carriers indicated that the Red Sea threat is likely to disrupt shipping for weeks or months longer. retailers are already experiencing notifications of extended arrival times of ordered inventory.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Output reportedly rose in China , India and Brazil and fell more slowly in the Eurozone , Japan and the United States. India led all other regions in overall PMI growth while Austria, Czechia and France were the bottom three contractionary conditions. The HSBC India Manufacturing PMI® recovered from a noted 18 month low level of 54.9

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