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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

The global supply chain is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, availability of reasonably priced logistics, and low variability. In March 2023, the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index fell to the lowest level since November 2008. Over the past three years, supply chain cycles shifted.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

China, for example, only produces 14% of their total units, only 3% of those units end up being exported to the United States and 2% to EMEA. A Digital Supply Chain Transformation. We will build one demand signal and produce one supply plan,” Mr. Bailey said. We will manage by exception only.

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Analog Supply Chains are an Anachronism in a Digital World

Enterra Insights

. “The impact of the rebalanced global system [increases the] likelihood that multipolarity will be the end state, as China tries to establish its own sphere of influence in opposition to the West, led by the United States. The point is: The world has changed in fundamental ways and supply chains need to keep pace.

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Snapshot of 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part One

Supply Chain Matters

Our research advisory report for 2023 begins with a review of the themes of our prior three years of predictions and the derived learning for the supply chain management community. The three largest global economies ( Europe , United States , China ) expected to stall. percent in 2022 and 9.7 percent on 2021.

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Availability of Research Report- Your Workforce: The Most Critical Link in Supply Chain Capability

Supply Chain Matters

The advisory identified the various unique challenges associated with customer fulfillment and warehouse operational workers, continual nationwide truck driver shortages across the United States and Europe in areas of compensation, process inefficiencies and collaborative automation needs. Strategy, planning and decision making.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- March 5 2022 Edition

Supply Chain Matters

Intelligent procurement technology provider JAGGAER announced the finalization of a partnership with TealBook , a tech provider that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to gather, predict and refine supplier data and to provide companies with additional product sourcing options.

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What Should Supply Chain Management Teams Anticipate in 2023 and Beyond- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

That will have a direct impact on the dynamics of global container shipping, airfreight and logistics networks. Our overall theme for industry and global supply chains for 2023 is a Year of Adaptation, Realignment and Response to Economic and Geopolitical Forces. Global Wide Transportation and Logistics.