Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

As our Supply Chain Matters readers are acutely aware, global supply chains are clogged, with businesses, consumers and business customers, and especially various industry supply chain workers collectively frustrated. Background. Availability of Part Two Research Advisory.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

He shared with us what is happening in the procurement talent space: “What I was hiring for 10 years ago is very different for what I am hiring for now. The high fliers are looking more like risk managers advising whether we should be doing certain deals or not. I’m not sure as an industry we have matured enough.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2022

Employees have had to deal with more than two years of the impact of the pandemic on the auto industry, including the ongoing global wide shortages of semiconductor devices and select high tech components along with double-digit increases of supplier parts. Tesla reportedly did not respond to press requests for added comments.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 9, 2022

Citing informed sources, the report indicates that nearly half of its global workforce, from semiconductor engineers to product designers, are seeking the largest base-salary increase in this company’s history. He reportedly further acknowledged that one of the retailer’s approaches to worker safety during the pandemic fell short.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 12, 2022

The evolution of technology, the growing complexity and performance expectations for industry supply chains are driving the need to have people who understand data, analytics and decision-making needs from multiple angles including planning, execution, product management and customer service level performance.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2023

As expected, with this industry’s just-in-time inventory management practices, the implications of the work stoppages cascading across individual automaker’s tiered supplier networks. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Stay tuned.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 27, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to a recently published podcast featuring supply chain technology industry analyst Bob Ferrari speaking on a very timely topic.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Added Perspective As we noted in our last Supply Chain Matters update, these negotiations have reached key crossroad: “ If there are no announcements as to a tentative agreement being made with any of the three automakers this coming week, then the industry should anticipate further escalation and additional cascading disruption.”

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 6, 2016

. = total annual cash compensation) for key roles like Category Manager, Director, and Senior Director of Supply Management. The team would then work to organize and summarize the process documentation for inclusion on the internal contract management website whose primary audience is global procurement.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 11, 2023

The summarized data generated by this survey can be very helpful in career planning and assessing the value of roles and careers in supply chain management roles across various industry settings. This week, ASCM released the results of the 2023 annual survey which was conducted from January through February of this year.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 8, 2022

Shelly Harris, Commercial Director at pallet pool provider IPP shared her experiences as she has forged a successful career: “ Having worked at IPP for over ten years and progressing from manager to director, it’s only upon reflection that I can see how far the industry has come in terms of representation.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 15, 2016

That is exactly what initiatives like the SCRC do, is bridging the world of industrial and service supply chains with the academic and learning environment. The way that people learn to deal with new and difficult challenges is by diving into them headfirst.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2021

These interviews are often the best source of information and are not published. Secondary data sources are published available databases, reports, websites, and so on. Examples might be a “state of the industry” report purchased from a consulting company or a publicly available database such as the Census of U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2023

economy and for industry supply chains. About $3 billion of the forecast reduction is attributed to weaker industry demand and lower shipping volumes while $1 billion is attributed to volume diversion. Once more, the implications of a prolonged work stoppage would have obviously been rather significant for the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 22, 2023

Background In February of this year, numerous business and aerospace industry media reported on the milestone of the largest commercial aircraft order in the industry’s history. Our published Supply Chain Matters commentary highlighting this milestone dwelled on the industry and global supply chain implications of this development.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 4, 2015

We may also see forums for industry collaboration that identifies best practices, shared insights, and an opportunity to drive a standard approach to what are emerging as very large and complex risks in the global supply chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog provides an overview of our 2024 annual prediction themes for industry and global supply chains. However, efforts will take on different levels of prioritization among specific industries or businesses.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

automotive supply chain footprint is the unique nature of existing auto assembly and supplier production sites where foreign based auto manufacturers have elected to primarily locate production within U.S. The notions of win-lose vs. win-win in contract negotiations is real for all parties, and for the industry itself.

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