Enterra Insights

JULY 30, 2021

As Tom Standage ( @tomstandage ), editor of The Economist ‘s ‘ The World in 2021 ‘, reminds us, the digital path to purchase is increasingly becoming the customer journey of choice. ”[2] Were that survey conducted today, I suspect an even larger number of consumers would report losing confidence in the supply chain. times India.”[4]

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions from purchased energy. They have asked they value chain partners to take four actions: Report their scope 1 and 2 emissions by the end of 2022. PepsiCo’s Internal Supply Chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In truth, it went well beyond what was being reported in the newspapers and on TV. Consumers were hoarding, stores were limiting purchases, and there was a general sense of chaos. At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, supply chain disruption became a common phrase in the media. The answer, it turned out, was a lot of things.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

A report also found that a fifth of the 2,000 largest publicly-listed companies in the world have pledged to pursue a net-zero strategy. Headquartered in Singapore, YCH’s network of DistriParks and supply chain hub are located in more than 100 key cities in Asia, including China and India.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 19, 2017

Order fulfillment channels are becoming more complex as the possible combinations for purchase and returns explode. Global purchasing power. Emerging economies, those classed as part of the E7 (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Turkey), are hitting the leaderboard of the top 10 countries with the most purchasing power.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Check out What is Virtual Procurement and Why Should You Care? Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? Secondarily, we will include information from other procurement professionals and procurement firms about their experiences, what they forecast, and what they are seeing.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 3, 2022

The only way to remain on top of these events is through the incorporation of big data analytics.”[3]. The Market Trends staff at Analytics Insight observe, “Advanced analytics is a collective term for a wide range of analytics techniques that make use of cutting-edge computing techniques such as machine learning. .”[4]

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. Cotton production in India could dip 4% from 2021, down to 34 million bales in the 2021/2022 marketing year. How the Supply Chain Crisis is Impacting Businesses and Consumers.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

We normally do our Talking Logistics episodes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but we have one today at 12 ET with Alaster Love from Transplace, where we are going to discuss “ Big Data and Analytics in Oil and Gas Transportation.” Cass Freight Index Report – October 2014. India and US reach WTO breakthrough over food (BBC News).

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 1, 2025

The topic/report will finally be on the logistics M&A through the end of May. The report will be available free for paid Substack subscribers but I’ll provide a summary and a link to the report in case you’re interested in either purchasing it separately or paying for an anuual subscribtion to my Substack articles.

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Locus

MAY 16, 2023

Businesses are bullish about the future of last-mile delivery in India, and the numbers reflect it. A Redseer report states that the last-mile delivery market will touch $6 – $7 billion by 2024. The same report says that e-commerce shipments will grow to over 5000 million by 2025 from 1364 million in 2018.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 12, 2022

With Google reporting that omnichannel shoppers have a lifetime value that is 30% higher than those who only shop via one channel, getting your omnichannel strategy right is critical to creating a customer experience that drives profitability. . Buy online and return in-store (BORIS). Researching products in-store then buying online.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

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.

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QAD

OCTOBER 5, 2021

From integrated multi-currency, multi-GAAP and multi-entity financials to best practice purchasing, from shared services to real-time data and flexible data analytics, Effective Enterprise Management ensures that manufacturers operate from a trusted set of essential enterprise processes that meet today’s and tomorrow’s needs.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 1, 2014

Reports 2014 Second-quarter Results. Amazon to open five new warehouses in India (Reuters). In other M&A news, Zipments acquired NYC-based Hobson , which is “a ship-from-store concierge delivery service offering retailers a one-stop solution for same-day (or next day) delivery of online orders and in-store purchases.”

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CormSquare

JANUARY 10, 2017

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. Following are the 5 strategies that can help SMEs in nearly any phase of their procurement efforts. Improved Internal Procurement Processes.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

Although the economy has proved remarkably resilient, there are so many unknowns at play that no one can predict what future economic conditions might be. Having said that, few if any economists are predicting a bright, short-term future. She explains, “There are signs that shoppers may be running out of gas. .”[3]

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 8, 2025

Reported April 22 Our trends in April have held consistent with March, and while market conditions remain soft, we've seen no appreciable downturn over the past two weeks, despite the tariff environment. Automotive Parts Genuine Parts , Q1 ending March 31. Brent Kirby – President Toys Hasbro , Q1 ending March 31.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

Gartner analyst Debashis Tarafdar says that the large size of a country (like India, China or Indonesia) can mean “significant polarization of population between urban and rural with distinctly different buying capabilities and purchasing preferences. Emerging markets can also be fragmented in terms of their trade structures.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

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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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 9, 2017

With patents for blockbuster drugs expiring and with generic manufacturers from India and China expanding their market into the US, containing costs through speed and agility is becoming critical to pharma companies. In pharma, manufacturing batch sizes are driven by equipment efficiency.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

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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Elementum

AUGUST 2, 2022

Welcome to Elementum’s Supply Chain Market Report. The direct impact of this phenomenon is weakened purchasing power of other currencies relative to the Dollar. BRICS is an alliance between several countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) to do just that. For further reading, check out their full report. .

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 11, 2017

Luxottica has manufacturing facilities in five countries: Italy, China, India, United States and Brazil. It is a captive onshoring and offshoring model, with six facilities based in its home country of Italy, two in China, and one facility each for the US, India and Brazil. An Industry Newcomer: Warby Parker.

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QAD

APRIL 4, 2023

This includes integrating multi-currency, multi-GAAP, and multi-entity financials, implementing best practice purchasing, and utilizing real-time data and flexible analytics. Updates in the past few months address new requirements for Brazil, India, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, United States and other global regions.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 28, 2022

CNN correspondent Gabe Cohen ( @GabeCohenNews ) reports, “Grocery costs keep climbing. There are reports that inflation is changing everything from the products consumers buy to amount of food they eat. Terlep reports that some consumers are turning to dollar stores to find essential products at lower prices.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers with a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series, specifically in providing highlights on reported July 2024 global wide PMI activity levels. Report commentary by Bennett Parrish, Global Economist at J.P. Product demand levels are essentially focused on domestic market needs.

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HICX Solutions

AUGUST 11, 2021

SXM Webinar Series with Art of Procurement. In the first of a three-part Art of Procurement Live Webinar Series ‘Putting the Supplier Experience at the Forefront of Strategic Procurement’ in partnership with HICX, we focus on how to make the business case for Supplier Experience Management (SXM). .

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Logility

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In 2020, the poorest working conditions were identified in Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, Turkey, and Zimbabwe. How can you ensure you are not purchasing from a supplier that had a positive audit but actually practices worker abuse? Yet you may need to buy from these countries.

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QAD

APRIL 9, 2025

Here are areas of opportunity that look at the hidden costs and visibility challenges life sciences today: Demand Volatility and Over-Reliance on Few Suppliers Reliance on active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) manufacturers concentrated in regions such as China and India exposes pharmaceutical companies to significant geopolitical risks.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 22, 2017

JDA’s own Vishal Dhawan and Vivek Wikhe recently contributed an article to STOrai, the magazine of the Retailers Association of India, to provide some guidance and advice for retailers on the omni-channel journey. Brick and mortar retailers hoped that omni-channel would be a limited threat and the cost of disruption may not match the reward.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 23, 2021

Tesla paused accepting bitcoin for the purchase of vehicles. The stand of the government on cryptocurrency in India has been quite unstable. With the growing popularity of cryptocurrency in India, it has become important to regulate them as it is impossible to stop people from trading in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoins.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers with a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series, specifically in providing highlights on reported August 2024 global wide PMI activity levels. Included in the August report summary were production downturns in the Eurozone , Japan and U.S. Consequently.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 2, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers and clients with a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series in providing highlights on reported June and Q2- 2024 global PMI activity levels. Of the 30 nations that were included in the June reading, India, Russia and Vietnam were the three most positive PMI readings.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2021

Yung-Yun’s algorithm scanned tens of thousands of targeted news and company reports to develop the ratings in each category. Secondary data sources are published available databases, reports, websites, and so on. Category strategies are well communicated & drive local purchasing behavior & local supplier relationships.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

Using a data-driven approach, predictive analytics are generated that can encourage agents or retailers to increase their sales performance through gamification, creating a mutually beneficial arrangement. Additionally, their solutions help boost revenue and sales through intelligent stakeholder value management.

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AFFLINK

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The cost of recovery from a disruption in procurement management depends on factors such as supply source, volume, manufacturing location and inventory. A group purchasing organization typically finds that it spends 80 percent of its budget on their top 20 suppliers, and they also organize other resources such as time by spend.

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