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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

I spent a long time with Bechtel doing large projects all around the world including Mexico, Thailand, Egypt, and India. Highlights from the Conversation. I’m super excited that we have Roberto Reichard here today. And in keeping with tradition I like to open by asking, Roberto, who are you and how did you get to where you are now?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 18, 2022

For many years the predominant priority in sourcing has been finding the lowest cost possible. However the continuity of supply issues caused by the pandemic has created a call to repatriate much of this manufacturing into domestic, albeit higher cost, regions. What is the appropriate sourcing strategy going forward?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2022

As organizations look for reducing dependencies on concentrated sources of supply, Eastern Europe, Mexico, and South Asian countries will start providing viable alternatives to the current manufacturing powerhouse countries. American Supply Chain Resilience Act and the German Supply Chain Act are just two examples of this.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

And the fundamental issue is about TIME as a foundational concept for running a company. I identified four options to executives given these uncertainties: Passive Approach – “do nothing”. Wait and See” – make intangible resource commitments. Reactive” – make investments in variable assets. and will operate more efficiently.

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QAD

JUNE 13, 2023

It’s no secret that putting all of your eggs in one basket probably isn’t the best idea, but that’s exactly what manufacturers around the world have been doing for years in offshoring production to China. That includes front-end forecasting and planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics and import/export.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively.

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Arena Solutions

MAY 7, 2020

Panic buying has made it hard to find toilet paper, cleaning supplies, masks, gloves, groceries, and protective equipment as consumers purchase beyond their immediate needs. In our global economy, it has become extremely difficult for manufacturing companies to gain the necessary visibility into their supply chain partners’ ecosystems.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster. Adidas @adidas Adidas is expected to move nearly 20% of its production to more automated factories by 2023 , many of them potentially proprietary.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 10, 2023

Bloomberg reported ( Paid subscription ) that “ this summer’s heat has already put millions of people around the world at risk ” including China, India, Mexico and parts of the United States. However, economic and manufacturing recession conditions are now being observed. Renewed Urgency Last week provided yet another stark warning.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

“I need you to go down to Mexico right away. Our manufacturing lines are going to stop. Why didn’t the site just pay their bills? just pay the darn bills), the reality would prove to be much more complicated. They didn’t have the time, or focus, to handle every invoice problem. Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

At that time the company was not performing well operationally on many fronts. The root cause of the shortages was “immaterial” as the CEO just wanted us to find the parts. We met several times a day to review status and discuss next steps. This time the disaster was in Mexico.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

In the communications, media, and high-tech industries, for example, it’s common for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to price goods on a cost-plus basis, with incentives to expedite hot products, such as the latest smartphone. These functions must integrate easily into current logistics, invoicing , and procurement processes.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 14, 2016

So procurement will buy ahead, and work with suppliers to understand the situation in the market, and that may drive up inventory in one sector. We see clients shifting all the time, and we need to adjust planning recommendations to control inventory. The Personal Systems Group is headquartered in Beijing.

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Resilinc

JULY 20, 2021

In the decades since, Linton and his teams at IBM, LG, Flex and other companies have driven billions in annual procurement to China and other Asian countries, helping to create the Asia-centric manufacturing supply chains of today. based manufacturers will still need a strong supply base from friendly countries.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 26, 2021

Whether to relocate supply or manufacturing from China to another low-cost country or switch to a near-shoring or re-shoring strategy is not a decision to take lightly. That makes the slow but steady increase in the number of large companies doing just that all the more notable. Let’s see what the evidence suggests.

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Resilinc

JULY 25, 2023

Sidney has over three decades of global direct and indirect procurement and supplier management experience. As Head of Procurement at Harman International to VP of Global Supply Chain Management at Aptiv, we learned about this supply chain thought leader’s extensive experience in the world of supply chain and procurement.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

With new supply chain innovations , trends in logistics technology and advancements like automated robots making a big impact on operational efficiency, it seems that supply chain optimization is within reach for more companies than ever before. ” Meet Our Panel of Supply Chain Professionals: Trey Howard Emmanuel Frost Michael D.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 2, 2019

The tariff threat also came as a surprise to financial markets , in large part because negotiators for the two sides had just met earlier this week in China. Forward looking procurement organizations need to begin to take the time to think through how they are going to deal with these issues.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Source: Evan, Flikr. “I My prediction from two years ago that blockchain technology would make its debut in supply chain management continued to blossom into reality in 2017, with the following headlines making the news in just the last few months: SAP Blockchain Initiative Expands to 27 Members. Hospitals, Spanish Companies.”

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Resilinc

APRIL 27, 2021

While the pandemic has given procurement managers fresh ammunition to advocate for greater resiliency within their corporate supply chains, geopolitical experts and a bipartisan coalition of legislators argue that the U.S. There are high risks in depending so heavily on East Asian manufacturers, even if they are close U.S.

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