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Bringing It All Back Home – OTR TMS Supports Reversion to Regional Manufacturing

Supply Chain Collaborator

Will the trend toward a return to “regional manufacturing” boost volumes in over the road transportation in North America as manufacturers move away from Asian overseas operations? Transportation logistics software solutions play a key role in effectuating this change.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Supply Chain Matters

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , halted a consecutive five-months of contraction levels to that of no-change. The S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI® had a February value of 47.3,

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Extreme weather’s impact on supply chains

Resilinc

The disruption has cut off a major trade route for Canada’s exports of minerals, wood fiber, food products, and other products to Asia, and it has created a supply chain nightmare for Canadian manufacturers. “We The vulnerability of these three regions highlights the complexity of factoring climate change into sourcing decisions.

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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

To date, most of our content has covered topics related either to logistics or manufacturing outsourcing. Meanwhile, countries in Southeast Asia, such as Vietnam and Cambodia, are enjoying growth as offshore manufacturing centres.

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Chinese Lockdowns and the Future of Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

.”[3] As a result of these logjams, McKinsey’s Tom Bartman ( @tom_bartman ) reports, “Global supply chains have been buckling under the strain of unprecedented demand and constricted effective logistics capacity. On average, global container shipping rates have more than quadrupled since 2019, and schedule delays have risen.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Due to the rapid change in global business environment, managers find it difficult to gain the edge over competitors. 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.

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Businesses Responding to High Inflation and Supply Chain Inventory Concerns

Supply Chain Matters

This survey of a reported 750 CEO’s and other C-Suite executives was conducted in May 2022, among executives based in North America , Latin America , Asia and Europe. Sources indicated to Nikkei that Samsung desires to more closely review its inventory levels to ensure that stocks are manageable. cyberattacks.