Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

2023 Prediction Three: More Direct Control in Strategic or Tactical Multi-tiered Direct Materials Sourcing will Continue to be a Prominent Element of Business Strategy for Chief Supply Chain or Chief Procurement Officer Efforts. . Background. In this Part Two posting, we provide highlights to Prediction Three outlined in our advisory.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

Frasquet is the executive director of corporate procurement, although his responsibilities include a much broader set of supply chain responsibilities than just sourcing. Belcorp Corporation, headquartered in Peru, manufactures cosmetics and personal care products for women in 14 nations across South and Central America.

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Logility

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Today’s unprecedented supply chain disruption challenges have led to executives looking for new ways of managing their supply chains, not just for today, but to prepare for future unpredictability. Prior to the pandemic, efficiency meant just-in-time manufacturing, but disruptions exposed the flaw in this approach.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

The increased cost of working capital and supplemental inventory levels to mitigate fulfillment risk is likely to revert back to just-in-time inventory management. Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

A manufacturer in China doesn’t read the specs on an order. A supplier in Mexico mixes up two similar parts. Otherwise known as a distributed ledger, the automatic recording of data into the blockchain allows for cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum or Bitcoin to serve as way more than just a store of value. Download white paper.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

Our annual predictions advisory began with a summary of prevailing global economic, financial and manufacturing outlooks. Since that time, the IMF along with the World Bank have been issuing revised downward forecasts. economy in 2022 have been ratcheted down to just over 2 percent. Economic Outlook Significantly Changed.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 28, 2021

”[1] After providing a brief overview of the economic devastation created by the pandemic, international banker Joseph Moss observes, “What has been perhaps less visible but just as impactful has been the damage the virus has inflicted on the world’s supply infrastructure and, in particular, global supply chains. .”[1]

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

To date, most of our content has covered topics related either to logistics or manufacturing outsourcing. We’ve arrived at an age where, realistically, you can outsource just about any business activity, including all those involved in managing a supply chain. But just because you can outsource it all doesn’t mean you should.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

Walmart will pay more for domestic sources, but will not be burdened with the inventory and purchasing FOB. As we go into the first week of 2023, many are wondering what’s ahead for global commerce and supply chains. He writes a weekly blog on Linked In which I follow religiously.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In this second Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight the ongoing supply chain and manufacturing implications of the labor strike involving the three U.S. Stellantis indicated to CNBC in a statement that it questions “ whether the union’s leadership has ever had an interest in reaching an agreement in a timely manner.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 31, 2014

Manufacturing teams used to manage the supply chain group. Today, in most organizations, the supply chain team manages manufacturing. The irony is that fewer and fewer people within the supply chain team understand manufacturing. Instead, many of these teams just accept manufacturing strategy as a constant.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The approach of “ Just in time ” and “ supply chain management ” focused on optimizing efficiency and reducing waste. But at that time, the reduction of waste was mainly due to economic reasons, not environmental.This was because waste means greater economic loss. Bhattacharjee, 2015).

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 17, 2019

Mexico border, his words seem unusually predictive. Specifically discussing how the internet of things will impact supply chains, he said: The internet of things provides companies the ability to source parts and inputs, and sell, globally. Mexico trade risks. A time to take action. government’s role in supply chains.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

I spent some time visiting this week with Sensata in Aguascaliente Mexico. Sensata is a major manufacturer of automotive sensors, with major customers such as Continental AG, BMW, Bosch, Nissan, Caterpillar and others. At the time, Nissan had just opened a second manufacturing facility, which hired over 12,000 people.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. In this Q&A, Chaturvedi shares his views on rebuilding American manufacturing, reshoring, nearshoring, and other topics of the moment in supply chains. Resilinc: What’s the current status of reshoring manufacturing?

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

GTC Software is not just about Compliance. Using GTC to optimize operations is the next step, beyond just using these solutions to ensure compliance to trade laws and regulations. The automotive provisions in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) can help illustrate this point. to 75%, from past provisions.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

In this Part 2 blog post, we will continue to explore how automotive manufacturers are carrying out effective supply chain initiatives and their innovative solutions. Salim: Our automotive customers are increasingly looking at how to counter inflation but at the same time how to enable supply chain resiliency.

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Elementum

MAY 26, 2022

Some of the most successful firms have hung on for too long with failed philosophies and prioritization models — like Lean, and Just-in-Time provisioning. They expanded first into other parts of eastern Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, India), then into eastern Europe (Poland, Ukraine) and Mexico. 1) Build in China; .

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 27, 2020

In many critical supply areas, such as biopharma, the now famous PPE, and high technology medical devices, not just calls, but screams for re-examining supply lines and explicitly, our reliance on China. The move from China, even if to other more reliable-in-a-crisis countries like India, Mexico or Singapore, will come at considerable cost.

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QAD

MARCH 26, 2019

through New Orleans and out into the Gulf of Mexico. Manufacturers of food, beverage and consumer products are facing challenging times, changing consumers and the need to deliver new products to the marketplace faster than ever before. If you look at how this industry operated just 10 years ago, the changes are incredible.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

ShipBob can only fulfill orders for CBD products from our US fulfillment centers that meet the following criteria: Products are manufactured by a US-based company. This form of CBD might be best suited for people who are using CBD for the first time or would like to try CBD without ingesting THC. Products exclude vapes.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

JUNE 16, 2022

Technological advances have produced integrated systems and real-time information, making it possible to implement cross-docking services. Technological advances have produced integrated systems and real-time information, making it possible to implement cross-docking services. You’ll be in and out in no time!

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

To reiterate that reshoring is more than just hype and a very important topic for us to consider the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study found that 54% of companies with above one billion in revenues are now considering reshoring. In fact, since the recession, more manufacturing companies have been lost than gained in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

I will be speaking and working with clients in wonderful locations in Brussels, China, Germany, London, Mexico, Peru, and South Africa. At one time a three to five minute response would be seen as immediate. Now the expectation is immediate or real-time. Today marketing is just marketing. Probably three to five minutes.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. In the process, they reduce cycle times, and speed up customer responsiveness; and they reduce waste throughout their operations.

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Freight Plus

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Aborn experts weigh in on Old Dominion's revenue dropping for the first time in three years. Industrial production accounts for 55%-60% of ODFL’s mix and domestic manufacturing overall is in contractionary territory. They also purchased a bunch of new equipment in early 2019 so their operating costs are a little higher.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 18, 2020

Manufacturers, paper industry executives say, are raising production to meet demand, but there is only so much capacity that they can or are willing to add. .” One of the most baffling twists of the current Covid-19 emergency has been the run on toilet paper. Australia has also reported toilet paper hoarding. ” Reason 3.

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Adexa

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Build a True Digital Twin using Attribute Based Planning A digital twin of your supply chain or your factories is more than just a representation of resources, suppliers, and manufacturing data. In ABP, attributes and their limitations are respected at every stage of planning from sourcing to making to distribution and delivery.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

He is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and US federal agencies, and a speaker with focus on the fields of strategic sourcing, supply market intelligence, and supplier development. In the 1990s, purchasing managers were focusing on how to beat up their suppliers in order to buy cheaper. Highlights from the conversation.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In this final post in the series, he addresses the shift away from out-sourcing to vertical integration. SCN: Manufacturers report a strong trend toward greater vertical integration vs. out-sourcing production. O’Marah: Yes, it is a reversal of the trend to out-source to lower cost countries. or at least Mexico.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 29, 2015

A distributor or manufacturer’s strength is in making product—its focus is procurement and streamlining production, but without the capability to fulfill orders, it is doomed. Due to an increase in wages and manufacturing costs in China, many 3pl companies are “near shoring” — offering increased services in areas closer to the U.S.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 6, 2023

Supply chain issues The global cost-of-living crisis is impacting buying power and spending – and not just for your customers. As costs increase with inflation at its highest in over 40 years, now is the time to review your current situation to understand where you can improve efficiency or reduce costs.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 6, 2023

The global cost-of-living crisis is impacting buying power and spending – and not just for your customers. As costs increase with inflation at its highest in over 40 years, now is the time to review your current situation to understand where you can improve efficiency or reduce costs. Increased supply chain visibility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 30, 2022

The company engages in contract manufacturing services for companies. Then Jabil handles the sourcing and manufacturing of those products. Using a contract manufacturer allows companies to focus on their core competencies, which usually are not designing a product for manufacturing, production, or supply chain management.

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 22, 2015

On-time delivery. Today’s modern supply chains are more than just a back-end conduit to deliver products on time. Embracing customization within the supply chain is not just confined to paint stores. Analytics is the Answer. How to Take an Idea into Practice. Let’s find out. Highest quality. Lowest cost.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 17, 2023

Better systems at customs agencies can lead to increases in cycle times for companies that are not on top of the complex documentation requirements associated with trade. provides enterprise resource planning and other business applications for manufacturers. Adhering to trade law can be difficult.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 26, 2022

Today, leading companies across varied industry verticals that include retail, consumer and industrial products manufacturing, high-tech and semiconductor, life sciences, automotive, telecom, and oil and gas leverage :o9’s Digital Brain platform for transforming their supply chain, commercial and integrated business planning capabilities.

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