Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Despite some relief from inflationary pressures in recent months, businesses throughout the logistics industry and beyond are being forced to make difficult decisions. After a week of high-highs and low-lows within the global logistics industry, we’ve gathered the nine stories you need to know. Retailers are brought in to sell.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 31, 2022

The further disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could cause major disruptions to the global supply chain and impact South Africa. Supply chains over the years have predominantly focused more on minimising end-to-end costs, reducing inventories while driving up asset utilisation. Supply chain challenges.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel. And this was before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.

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Logility

MARCH 29, 2022

Manufacturers and shipping companies assumed that because of layoffs, demand would drop. This then led to … A shipping container shortage: Containers piled up across the world once they were emptied. Ports became overwhelmed: Orders outstripped available containers, which caused the cost of a shipping container to skyrocket.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 26, 2023

We see more and more how global conflicts like the war in Ukraine, labor issues like the potential of a strike during negotiations on the West Coast, and other socioeconomic factors impact supply chains around the world. It allows you to track and manage packages from when you ship them until they arrive at their final destination.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 14, 2022

Many manufacturing companies still rely on Excel for all sorts of tasks including scheduling, inventory management and data analysis. Within the manufacturing industry the use of sensors, IoT or IIoT is paramount for collecting essential information. Collecting data for effective usage with business intelligence.

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Unleashed

JUNE 22, 2022

Covid restrictions, Brexit, labour shortages, rapidly-changing customer demand and the war in Ukraine, have all contributed to shortages of key raw materials and components – squeezing margins and causing long lead times and higher prices for customers. This indicates that they’re on the road to recovery. .

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QAD

AUGUST 16, 2022

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. Continued fallout, including transport congestion, limited air freight and rail freight transportation in the Asia-Europe lanes, because of the Russia/Ukraine conflict.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Even before the pandemic, global supply chain were fragile thanks to factors such as the US-China trade war, less efficient shipping routes and a huge drive to cut costs by consolidating loads. The transportation industry will also bear the brunt, as it has the highest energy intensity of all major industries.

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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. The Curse of Inflation.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

But the supply chain industry resolved some major issues and formed a more certain path ahead. We had a hangover from the pandemic: Which led to continued inventory shortages, closures of manufacturing plants in China, congested ports, and underemployment. Cargo planes could not fly out of or into Russia or Ukraine.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

A company can choose to maintain a high level of costly inventory to ensure short lead times, and a family can decide to live farther away from work and school but buy a bigger house. Last year multiple companies needed to urgently relocate their employees and their families from Russia and Ukraine. Let’s continue with this analogy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2022

This, however, lead to many problems, as the industry became less forgiving to a woman without a husband. Despite discrimination because of her gender and disability, Lillie Drennan is remembered as a pioneer for women who want to work in industries traditionally dominated by men. Ukraine invasion and the semi-conductor chip impact.

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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. For those businesses located in the U.S., United States.

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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. US-based consumers evaluate pricing on every purchase, including considering the shipping costs associated with e-commerce. 2 November 2022.

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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

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. We especially take note of where there have been significant developments and noteworthy shifts in areas of predictions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Our lives became more interesting with the onset pandemic, followed by labor shortages, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, rising oil prices, and the oncoming recession. In the meantime, the inventory data quality has evolved, and the supply planning teams have been reorganized in some countries. Yosun holds B.S.

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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. Upwards of over 100 container ships were queued across the Pacific Ocean seeking to be processed by the major U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported this week (Paid subscription or metered view) that ocean container freight rates related to the most active global shipping lanes continue to decline amid what is traditionally considered the peak shipping period leading up to the holiday fulfillment season in the November-December period.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 21, 2022

There are many causes, for example, container ships from Asia are now too large to traverse the Panama Canal (20 years ago they were not), so they offload on the West Coast of the United States and are compelled to truck all goods to the East Coast. The current war in Ukraine will further destabilize the global supply chain.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2023

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, and James Peck , VP of Supply Chain Execution Presales, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and from webinars and automotive events that we prepared for.

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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. million EU nationals to leave , which had an effect on the availability of workers for a range of industries.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 24, 2022

Demand factors are responsible for about one-third, with the remainder resulting from ambiguous factors ” He further states that the larger impact of supply factors implies that inflationary pressures will not completely subside until labor shortages, production constraints, and shipping delays are resolved. That would be spot on, as well.

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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. Inflationary pressures reportedly remain high as are concerns for added financial, business and economic impacts months to come. .

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

The upstream supply chain refers to the flow of inventory in the pre-production stage, mostly in relation to the organization’s suppliers. This was followed shortly by the Great Resignation, with resignation rates in the manufacturing industry almost hitting 60% in late 2021. Let’s get into it. What is the upstream supply chain?

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Resilinc

JANUARY 10, 2022

The consequences of weather-related strains on supplies of corn, soy, and other food commodities—on top of existing inflation trends and rising shipping prices—means that food prices will stay at or near their record highs thought 2022, according to analysts interviewed by UK-based grocery trade journal The Grocer.

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 27, 2023

Although the industry is multifaceted and varied, encompassing everything from household goods to food & beverage to apparel and more, most arms of the consumer goods industry are facing similar challenges. We believe execs in many industries feel the same. What’s on the road ahead for consumer goods manufacturing?

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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. Bed Bath & Beyond.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

They collectively provide evidence that the prior disruptions still occurring among industry supply chains, compounded by the latest manufacturing, logistics and transportation disruptions occurring in China, will have a longer economic and service level effect in the coming months. Panelists reportedly pointed to lengthened del ivery times.

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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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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

While the industry continues to be rocked by world events, uncertainty has become the new normal. How the War in Ukraine is Impacting the Supply Chain and Raw Material Prices. Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Will the supply chain ever catch a break?

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As fall quickly approaches, shippers are busy preparing for the stressors of the peak shipping season. Read about all this and more in our roundup of recent logistics industry headlines. . Read about all this and more in our roundup of recent logistics industry headlines. . Loomis Express Narrowly Avoids Strike.

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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. Enhanced Risk-Modeling Turns ESG Risk into an Opportunity Supply chains are and will likely remain in flux amid the war in Ukraine, COVID-19 disruption and global recessionary risks.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

The reorientation, even reinvention, of the industrial supply chain over the past 50 years has transformed the way things are made: your toaster, your car, your computing devices, your food. As outlined in an article in The Maritime Executive , it: … dramatically reduced the cost of loading and unloading a ship.

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Elementum

JUNE 30, 2022

Over the last 2 years, Supply Chain teams have been struggling to procure and manufacture enough inventory. Global supply constraints have come from (1) supply-side disruptions like China’s Zero-COVID policy and the Russia / Ukraine conflict and (2) from demand pressure as federal stimulus flooded the market with extra cash in 2020 and 2021.

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RFgen

MARCH 22, 2023

At present, these challenges arise from these ongoing factors: Geopolitical tensions Economic fluctuations Climate change Evolving regulations While China seems to have moved away from its Zero COVID Policy , freeing up production and shipping streams, unpredictability is still present. 3PL specialized in storing and shipping products.

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