Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Put simply, a supply chain consists of various components — raw materials, transportation, manufacturing, goods, etc. ADS is able to Sense, Think, Act, and Learn ® about the environment in which businesses operate — including the complexities of the supply chain industry. Both models have been used for decades in the industry.

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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. Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters March 23 rd edition of our COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict News Capsule, we provide updates to ongoing industry supply chain developments and disruptions of concern to our reading audience. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. . East Coast Ports the Likely Next Test.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 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 publishing later this month. Let’s begin with the sharing of excerpts from our first prediction.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The three colossal ‘Black Swan’ events of recent years – COVID-19, the Suez Canal closure and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine – are being supplemented with numerous economic challenges. Digitalization Digital disruption is impacting most industries and people.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In our Supply Chain Matters news capsule of September 27, we pointed out that business, supply chain and transportation media had reported this that the cost of shipping a container of goods from China to the U.S. The real story is how accurate and responsive such adjustments turn out to be in quarterly and annual business performance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning.

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Logility

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Production halts, container and transport shortages, and port logjams are just a few of the factors eating away at both efficiency and profits. Then came Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Between them, Ukraine and Russia account for approximately one-third of global wheat production. What’s a supply chain manager to do?

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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. Higher cost levels will need to be mitigated or reduced.

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QAD

AUGUST 16, 2022

As the supply chain breaks, manufacturers must find new suppliers and new transport routes and find them rapidly, so that production doesn’t come to a halt. Even as industries start to recover from the effects of the pandemic, significant issues remain: Ongoing work stoppages in China due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Potential U.S.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

But by March, China’s industrial production declined with quarantines and lockdowns. Geopolitical event alerts issued by EventWatch AI grew by 521% in the first six months of 2022—mostly due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Resilinc has published its 2022 Half Year report. Russian hackers also stepped up attacks on U.S.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

This latest development will exacerbate the situation for companies in many industries, particularly those which are heavily reliant on energy resources. Even companies without a direct supplier connection in Russia or Ukraine will experience debilitating disruption across industries from energy to agriculture.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 17, 2023

A panoply of other issues and uncertainty Companies are grappling with the likelihood of an economic recession, increasing layoffs, persistent inflation, an unending war in Ukraine, and the prospect of a presidential election in 2024. Pushback against green investments is another source of uncertainty.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog shares a mid-year assessment of previously published 2022 predictions for industry supply chains published at the beginning of 2022. Eurozone business confidence reportedly slid to a 25-month low amid the Ukraine conflict and elevated inflation rates.

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Resilinc

MARCH 28, 2023

This blog looks at the latest impacts of the energy crisis hitting the EU and Asia, including the industries affected, the outlook for global markets, and the overall supply chain impact. Compounding the problem, natural gas prices have risen due to cold weather, coupled with the effects on natural gas supplies of the Russia-Ukraine war.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

Last year multiple companies needed to urgently relocate their employees and their families from Russia and Ukraine. We can use this same method to represent customer orders, suppliers, manufacturing sites, warehouses, transportation assets, and all other agents that you have in your company’s value chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

Our stated takeaway from for the Q1 data was that indices were no longer reflecting the optimism indicated in February, and instead that of growing headwinds and added geopolitical concerns related to effects of the Ukraine conflict and China’s potential economic stumble as a result of a strict COVID-19 isolation policy. points to 73.9.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog unveils a summarized overview of our annual prediction themes for industry and global supply chains for the year 2023 and beyond. We will then proceed into what we expect major themes to be in 2023. . Current Year 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

In our previously published Supply Chain Matters Editorial commentary , The Federal Reserve’s Interest Rate Action and the Signal for Assessment , this Editor provided a summary of likely implications that industry supply chain leaders and their respective teams should be focusing on in the coming months. cyberattacks. percent, compared to 9.7

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ModusLink Corporation

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Yes, COVID caused many issues, but other factors, including geopolitical changes, the war in Ukraine, weather events, peak season , and economic instability, have altered the fabric of logistics. The decline in container rates will precipitate further declines across other transportation modes and in all geographies.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2022

During this unprecedented period of non-stop global supply chain disruption, the Supply Chain Matters blog provides readers with additional industry specific examples, along with their implications. The industry consensus is that the ongoing chip shortage will extend to 2023. General Motors. market declined 5 percent in the quarter.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

One of the biggest contributors to inflation is the increase of oil and gas prices, which will remain high as long as the conflict in the Ukraine rages. Some of the supply constraints are also due to the destruction of key infrastructure in the Ukraine for shipping of these commodities. War in Ukraine turns into global conflict.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2022

Industry supply networks can thus expect the consequences of another round of cascading disruptions. This latest disruption comes on the heels of the intensifying Ukraine conflict, and the implications of global energy, agricultural and mining commodity supply network disruptions impacting industry supply chains in the subsequent weeks.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 6, 2022

While developed regions have managed to sustain some production momentum, there are growing concerns related to continued high levels of cost inflation and added global transport disruption. Source: JP Morgan and S&P Global, March 2022. Global Wide Production Activity. The average PMI value for Q1-2022 was 53.3, United States.

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QAD

MAY 23, 2023

Product Sustainability Begins in the Field and Factory Sustainability has become a priority for businesses of all shapes and sizes and across every industry. With statistics like these, it’s clear that ethical sourcing isn’t just important from a legislative and trade compliance perspective, but is simply the right thing to do.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

The metaphor was reflective of when global shipping lines elected to take advantage of such disruptions to drive up shipping rates and ancillary charges to unprecedented levels with ongoing financial impacts to multiple industries. The industry supply chain implications are extremely impactful. . A Sudden Tide Change.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 29, 2022

As businesses report their financial performance for the first quarter of 2022, Supply Chain Matters continues with highlights of select bellwether firms that can be considered a relatively good indicator of ongoing industry supply chain challenges and how senior executives view the remainder of 2022. We are not immune to these challenges.”.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 24, 2022

Right now, the industry cannot rely on historical data, so the value of real-time data and analytics has never been more important to help companies pivot and adapt.” I have argued for years that globalization is moving towards regionalization as global wages rise and transportation costs increase.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 24, 2022

Specifically indicated: “ That in part reflects supply constraints from continued labor shortages and global supply disruptions related to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. That, however, implies a close collaboration among private industry, international regulatory agencies as well as legislators. That would be spot on, as well.

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2022

Covid, Brexit and the war in Ukraine have all sent supply chain shocks around the globe, forcing firms to rethink their business-as-usual supply chain management strategies, and concentrate instead on building supply chain resilience. But what exactly is supply chain resilience, and how do you build it into an organisation?

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 3, 2022

Once again the data collectively provides evidence that disruptions remain occurring among industry supply chains, compounded by the manufacturing, logistics and transportation disruptions occurring in China. April’s value equated to that of February 2020, at the start of the global wide Covid-19 spread that originated from China.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Supply Chain Matters once again highlights some positive news for global supply chain management teams, specifically transportation and logistics related teams. As supply chain logistics and transportation teams are keenly aware, rates peaked to more than $20,000 per container for both routes at this time last year.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 20, 2022

There are mixed views in business and supply chain management settings as to whether customers would be willing to both maintain brand loyalty or pay extra for products that are deemed to be sourced and produced from sustainable sources and social responsibility driven labor practices.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 10, 2022

Moeller Maersk report of Q1-2022 financial performance provides indications of what multi-industry supply chain management teams can expect for the remainder of 2022 in the area of ocean container transportation. billion increase in ocean transport and an $834 million increase in logistics services. billion, an increase of $6.9

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BlueYonder

JUNE 16, 2022

In his recent blog , Anmol Khurana discussed the immediate effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict for companies shipping products in and out of the region. Even more damaging are the potential long-term impacts for the world’s food supply as Russia seizes Ukraine’s grain supplies and harvesting equipment.

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QAD

JULY 5, 2022

However, if you manufacture or transport goods, especially those that have any seasonal value in the winter, you better start preparing now because the days are now getting shorter and the disruptions that are impacting the market today will extend into the future. Transportation Issues. Packaging Materials. Winter is coming.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the formal declared end to the Covid-19 pandemic along with commenting on the industry supply chain learning that has emerged. From our perspectives, that statement should and will likely resonate among multi-industry supply chain professionals.

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