Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI™ reported a value of 57.3

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Examples include Apple, Google, Amazon, IBM, and many others, that produce very little, but have contract manufacturers such as Jabil, Flex, and others produce for them. Companies have outsourced so many of their processes, through “Business Process Outsourcing”, that many now just sit as marketing companies. What’s next?

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MARCH 26, 2024

This deliberation highlights the acute pressure original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) face in meeting near-term objectives, particularly those for 2026, deemed pivotal in the transition towards battery electric vehicles (BEVs). manufacturing prowess and reduce dependency on foreign components, particularly those sourced from China.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The takeaway for September was that global manufacturing activity officially fall below the 50.0 As we have noted in our September and Q3 PMI highlights commentary, more manufacturers and retailers will be focused on efforts to offload excess inventories over this final quarter. up from an August reading of 59.7.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2023

Implications The June report’s narratives and implications can be viewed from two increasingly different frames of reference, one being the logistics and warehousing services industry, the other being manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers and businesses that are anchored in supply chain cost sensitivities. The June value of 45.6 declined 1.7

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . Global Supply Chain Pressure Index.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

The Logistics Managers Index Report® , compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), reported an April 2023 value of 50.9,

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Other insights pointed out in the May LMI report are that the current rate of contraction is strongest in upstream firms, namely manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors, compared to their downstream retail industry counterparts. The reported May value of 47.3 compared to the April value of 50.9,

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2023

billion investment in its existing Gigafactory complex located in Sparks, Nevada. Because of that, Lopez reportedly insisted that Tesla initiate the use of recycled water throughout the planned Monterrey manufacturing complex which CEO Musk reportedly agreed to do. Supply Chain Matters recently highlighted an announced incremental $3.6

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

The authors specifically make mention of geopolitics along with the ongoing effects of the pandemic impacting many manufacturing regions in China. This index reportedly rose to 3.29 , up from a reading of 2.8 in March, suggesting a worsening of global supply chain conditions. after reaching an all-time high of 76.2 in March.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

Similarly, factories in areas of Shanghai , Shenzhen and Jalin provinces have had to restrict workers to manufacturing campuses in order to maintain operations. Further, 86 percent of manufacturers indicate disruptions to trucking and shipping networks were impacting their supply chains. US Logistics Index.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The company’s Sparks, Nevada based gigafactory can also produce megapacks. Reportedly, the megapack to be produced in Shanghai can store 3.9 MWh of energy. In 2021, Tesla acquitted a former JC Penny distribution center located in Lathrop, California for the initial production of megapacks.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

The Logistics Managers Index Report ®, compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , reported a May 2022 value of 67.1,

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

For manufacturers, retailers and other businesses with an objective toward reducing prior unprecedented and explosive increases in transportation and logistics services, the takeaway would be one of positive trending with a specific caveat. The July value of 45.4 declined 0.2 percentage points from June’s value of 45.6.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 13, 2025

Global-wide manufacturing levels as tracked by the composite index produced by J.P. Reportedly, at the end of 2024, global manufacturing activity levels remained at a state of contraction amid international trade volume declines. According to the December 2024 report , the reported LMI reading was 57.3, for Upstream firms.

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