Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

Leaders will again be presented with an environment of uncertainty and differing economic, financial and risk based outlooks, depending on geographic region, or specific industry product demand or supply network sector. Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S. This level represents a contraction of $1.5

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 10, 2023

Last year, during the height of Covid-19 related lockdowns across China’s manufacturing regions, local government agencies reportedly worked with Tesla officials to keep the facility operating with the workforce restricted to campus living conditions.

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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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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

Source: Statista.com. Decarbonization, which means reducing the amount of carbon in greenhouse gas emissions, can help in improving our present condition. Hurricane Ida struck the Gulf of Mexico in August 2021, destroying industrial installations for pharmaceuticals and plastics. Ethical sourcing of goods. Download Now!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 27, 2020

The move from China, even if to other more reliable-in-a-crisis countries like India, Mexico or Singapore, will come at considerable cost. Loss of manufacturing know-how is a loss of leverage. China is more than a point of manufacture; they are also a large global consumer. Not so fast…. Moves back to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In line with prevailing economic forecasting, readers should anticipate continued uncertainty of global markets and the actual likelihood of various regional economic and manufacturing recession conditions in the coming year. By all accounts, there remain a lot of uncertainties and many potential downside risks. Global Economic Themes.

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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. This can also describe the status of today’s consumer packaged goods (CPG) market.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

I had the opportunity to sit in on a very thorough presentation by a member of the Economist Intelligence Unit at the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies meeting today. Dual sourcing and longer term contracts – This is always a challenge. For example, the CHIPS Act passed recently).

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

manufacturing is not experiencing a “renaissance” Industry experts conservatively acknowledge that off-shoring has slowed, and perhaps “stabilized” Although around 80,000 manufacturing jobs have come back to the U.S. Manufacturing has gained 700,000 jobs since 2010. manufacturing. As the U.S.

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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. Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times.

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Logility

JUNE 8, 2022

Notable new and existing customers placing orders with the Company in the fourth quarter include: Ariela & Associates International, Bemis Manufacturing Company, Bondi Sands Australia Pty Ltd., Diversey, Inc., Polar Electro OY, Timex Group USA, Inc., Vista Outdoors, Workwear Outfitters, LLC.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Every product used or manufactured today relies in some way on these chemicals and chemical intermediates. These chemicals, polymers, resins and raw materials either appear in the direct supply chain or are present in the suppliers’ supply chains. Second sources may also be overwhelmed with business and shifting customer priorities.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2021

Omega Pharma International Nv, TBC DE Mexico S.A. During the quarter, SaaS subscription and/or software license agreements were signed with customers located in the following 8 countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, United Kingdom, and United States. Trinseo S.A., and WEG Equipamentos Elétricos S.A.

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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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Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

The energy business presented the best opportunities so that is where I headed after school. I spent a long time with Bechtel doing large projects all around the world including Mexico, Thailand, Egypt, and India. I joined BP a year before the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico. I’m an engineer by training.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

On Monday, I would speak in Orlando Florida at the Terra Technology event; and on Wednesday, present the keynote at the Logistic Summit & Expo in Mexico City. I am a manufacturing gal by training. Include the supplier’s warehouse and manufacturing locations. This work is important to me. What drives my passion?

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Elementum

MAY 27, 2015

manufactured goods over the next decade. But Walmart is not alone in its move towards “reshoring” jobs, moving factories back stateside after a decade-long exodus to cheaper manufacturing facilities in places like Southeast Asia. Manufacturing technology is improving in the U.S., Making Waves. may be beneficial.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

During the quarter, SaaS subscription and/or software license agreements were signed with customers located in the following 10 countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Empresa Siderurgica del Peru SAA, Intertape Polymer Corp., Mustad Netherlands B.V.,

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Logility

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

C&A Mexico, Cariuma Central Pte. During the quarter, SaaS subscription and/or software license agreements were signed with customers located in the following 11 countries: Australia, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom, and United States. Color Image Apparel, Inc., Diversey, Inc.,

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

So stated Ken Hughes , a leading consumer and shopper behaviouralist, in his keynote presentation at Trasnsplace’s 16th Annual Shipper Symposium a couple of weeks ago. Transplace TMS Screenshots (source: Transplace). “Consumers are the disruptive force today, not technology.”.

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Logility

JUNE 8, 2021

During the quarter, SaaS subscription and/or software license agreements were signed with customers located in the following 9 countries/territories: Brazil, Canada, France, Mexico, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States. Logility, Inc., and Demand Management, Inc., New Generation Computing, Inc.

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Freightera

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Deglobalization will accelerate, and reshoring and localization of manufacturing will continue 2023 has seen a severe freight recession, especially in North America, with significant overcapacity and declining rates for ocean shipping as well. Circular economies will increasingly be sustainable, and local economies as well.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

During the quarter, SaaS subscription and/or software license agreements were signed with customers located in the following 6 countries: Belgium, Canada, France, Mexico, New Zealand, and United States. Notable new and existing customers placing orders with the Company in the second quarter include: Diversey, Inc., Gerdau Ameristeel US, Inc.,

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Logility

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Blockchain Allows Brand Owners and Retailers to Trace Source Materials Ahead of Pending U.S. In addition, we see broad applicability across many industries as consumers demand greater visibility and understanding of where products are sourced and manufactured.”. ATLANTA/MIAMI — December 3, 2020 — Logility, Inc.,

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Inmar

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, and the British UKIP politician and impassioned force behind Brexit, Nigel Farage, recently shared a stage to discuss trade and tariffs — one through a lens of nationalism and the other through the lens of globalism — in front of executive leadership from top grocery manufacturers.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 16, 2022

Andrew Kinder ( @Kinder_ai ), a Senior Vice President of industry and solution strategy with Infor, insists, “COVID-19 has taught manufacturers a bitter lesson. Purchasing agents should have a complete picture of where and how resources originate, and routes associated with each step in the progression.” Footnotes. [1]

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

I also provided an early look at one of the supply chain physics laws that I will be working on with my colleague Tom Linton, who also presented at the conference: Supply Chain Physics Law 3 : Shorter distances between parties in the supply chain improve efficiency, communication, and speed of execution. and will operate more efficiently.

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Locus Robotics

JULY 5, 2019

We recently conducted a Locus demo and presentation for 30 supply chain executives with a very large global brand. After our presentation, one of the executives got up and spoke to his team. With e-Commerce sales approaching and soon surpassing 10% of total retail sales and growing, how and where purchases get made are forever changed.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This edition will cover all things related to the Semiconductor Supply Chain: Why semiconductors have been supply constrained What manufacturers are doing to respond What the future of the industry will look like According to Gartner, the semiconductor industry grew a staggering 26.3% in 2021 and is projected to grow another 7.4%

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Elementum

AUGUST 31, 2022

This edition will cover all things related to the Semiconductor Supply Chain: Why semiconductors have been supply constrained What manufacturers are doing to respond What the future of the industry will look like. But this growth presents a unique, global supply chain challenge. in 2021 and is projected to grow another 7.4%

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 21, 2024

According to a White House briefing , Intel itself has plans to invest upwards of $100 billion to build and expand these semiconductor fab and supply network support facilities in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico , and Oregon with the potential to create upwards of 30,000 jobs. sourced capability. fab and associated capabilities.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 8, 2020

Review your entire supply chain – top to bottom , to evaluate where problems are arising and you’re vulnerable, opportunities which may be presenting themselves, and develop a status report and comprehensive supply chain action plan for management. These have led to manufacturing, transportation, and other related strikes and protests.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

If you have questions, you can submit them into the question box in the control panel on the right-hand side of your screen and we will answer those at the end of the presentation. And what that often means is finding a second source, finding other options, another alternative. Now I would like to introduce our speakers.

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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. Additionally, the company’s manufacturing expertise will enable the reduction of production costs. manufacturing facility in 2014.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

At the end of the presentation, we’ll address as many questions as we can, and you can upvote submitted questions to increase its priority. The ITAR controls the manufacture, export, and brokering of defense articles and defense services. But I’ll touch on it at various points through this presentation. Craig Ridgley.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

At the end of the presentation, we’ll address as many questions as we can, and you can upvote submitted questions to increase its priority. The ITAR controls the manufacture, export, and brokering of defense articles and defense services. But I’ll touch on it at various points through this presentation. Craig Ridgley.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2015

almost ready to consider loosening trucking curbs: Mexico (Reuters). This past Tuesday, I gave a lecture at MIT on transportation management systems (co-presented with MercuryGate , which gave the students an optimization problem to solve and a demo of its TMS). November 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI).

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