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Driving Sustainable Supply Chain Change

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

IDC’s March 2022 Future Enterprise Resiliency & Spending Survey showed that almost 50% of finance organizations are prioritizing consistent ESG practices and/or policies when considering industry ecosystem design and partners. Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Global Production Levels Falling At the End of 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Commenting on the outlook for 2024, Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence noted in part: “ Given current order book trends, the overall picture from the survey is one of supply exceeding demand for many goods, which points to downside risks to production, employment and prices as we head into 2024.”

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

According to the latest report: “ Surveyed companies commonly reported positive demand trends, greater client requirements and favorable market conditions.” Eurozone Factory Downturn Remains Strong The HCOB Eurozone Manufacturing PMI® report for November was headlined with declining new orders rates and rapidly depleting backlogs of work.

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

Executives in a new survey, 2018 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, are divided about whether a new pact would help Mexico (24.3%); hurt Mexico (21.8%); or leave trade unchanged (25.7%). 2018 Index and Survey Highlights. Malaysia remained the leader for smaller emerging markets. 9, falling below No. GDP growth.

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Global Wide Manufacturing Output Strengthens in March 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Commenting on the March data, Timothy Fiore, Chair of ISM’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee indicated in-part: “ Demand remains at the early stages of recovery, with clear signs of improving conditions. The 2024 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® reported a March value of 50.3, an increase of 2.5 percentage points from the 46.5

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Mid-Year Assessment of 2022 Supply Chain Sourcing Predictions- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China Plus sourcing actions. based GE Appliances is quoted as indicating that the savings garnered by eliminating overseas shipping can outweigh the added labor costs for the U.S. Kevin Nolan, the president of U.S.

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Forced labor in cotton supply chains – Key takeaways from our webinar

SupplyShift

The key to addressing these redundancies and reducing survey fatigue for suppliers is to establish an industry-wide traceability approach. Most traders keep these bale tags when they ship the cotton to spinners. These facilities are located in India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Vietnam. Learn more about the YESS pilot here. .