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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Output reportedly rose in China, India, Brazil and the United States , while declines continued in the Eurozone , Japan and the United Kingdom. We would add our observation that this is typical given the typical post Lunar New output increases derived from the seasonality of spring and summer inventory order rates.

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Top 6 Wholesale Distribution Trends for 2019

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Unfortunately, much of the changes are factors caused by the escalating trade wars between the two largest nations in the world: the United States and China. At the same time, the United States grew further in size as the world’s largest contiguous market. Business Costs Will Rise. Supply Chains Will Be Redefined.

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Chinese New Year Shutdown 2020: How to Prepare

ShipBob

The Chinese New Year (abbreviated as CNY) in the United States is often nothing more than a blip on the radar. In mainland China (and even in other countries that celebrate the holiday such as Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, and Brunei), the Chinese New Year holiday is a very big deal.

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Webinar Recap: The Case for a Pan-American Manufacturing Ecosystem

Resilinc

The quest for greater supply chain resilience will involve some re-shoring of manufacturing to the United States, as advocated by the Biden Administration in its recent recommendations for securing supplies of key materials and products. That has dramatically increased the cash tied up in inventory,” said Rogers.

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From Triage to Transformation… Building Resiliency with Agile Supply Chains

LevaData

The bitter China–United States trade war might actually have helped organizations prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic. A decades-long lean manufacturing effort focused on minimizing costs, reducing inventories, and driving up asset utilization had removed buffers and flexibility to absorb disruptions. Keeping the lights on.

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From Triage to Transformation… Building Resiliency with Agile Supply Chains

LevaData

The bitter China–United States trade war might actually have helped organizations prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic. A decades-long lean manufacturing effort focused on minimizing costs, reducing inventories, and driving up asset utilization had removed buffers and flexibility to absorb disruptions. Keeping the lights on.

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The Natural Rubber Supply Chain! Will it Bounce Back?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Over 90% of natural rubber comes from Asia, with Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia making up 70% of the world’s supply of natural rubber. The largest consumers of natural rubber are China, India and the United States, who simultaneously experienced a drop in demand in 2020 also due to the pandemic.