Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 21, 2023

In addition to big name companies such as Samsung , Qualcomm , and others, when it comes to China sourcing, Apple clearly comes to mind as very influential and powerful in terms of supply network strategy implications. as one of many manufacturers exploring production sourcing beyond China.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to two recently published research papers that address evidence of ongoing shifts in global supply component and end production sourcing. The above seems to imply, from our lens, the movement toward China Plus sourcing activity.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Prediction Three of our research advisory indicated that more direct control of strategic and tactical direct materials sourcing would continue to be a prominent element of business strategy in 2023 and beyond. In 2022, more U.S. percent to 11 percent due to disruption in either their engineering, supply, production or operations units.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

2023 Prediction Three: More Direct Control in Strategic or Tactical Multi-tiered Direct Materials Sourcing will Continue to be a Prominent Element of Business Strategy for Chief Supply Chain or Chief Procurement Officer Efforts. . based manufacturing facilities had soared by over 116 percent. Prediction Background.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 13, 2021

Customer service, parts shortages, unprecedented inventory growth, and warrant management can actually take up internal sources and affect profit margins. As a result of the intensifying battle, more and more companies announced plans or are considering shifting manufacturing from China. Shifting to a foreign country can be expensive.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 31, 2023

Background In a number of prior Supply Chain Matters blog commentaries, we have highlighted for readers how global smartphone and consumer electronics provider Apple has behind the scenes been influencing key contract manufacturing and component suppliers to begin to establish alternative sourcing of materials and production beyond China.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

Our annual predictions advisory began with a summary of prevailing global economic, financial and manufacturing outlooks. Reported research from Bloomberg Intelligence indicated that the retail industry is holding at least 20 percent more inventory than they have on average over the past three years. for the month of December 2021.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 10, 2021

Global Supply Chain & Sourcing Director for ECCO Global Shoe Production & Sourcing. I packed my (one) bag to start a considerable journey into becoming a Supply Chain Professional from the manufacturing floor up, with Detmold (Detpak) Packaging. . Family reasons relocated me to Bangkok in 2011. .

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 28, 2021

According to the survey, “Organizations have struggled to respond rapidly to disruptions and to restore operations to a steady state (for instance, restoring inventory levels and the availability of manufacturing and logistics capacity), which further highlights the lack of resilience in supply chains today.” ” 2. .”

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

To date, most of our content has covered topics related either to logistics or manufacturing outsourcing. So, for example, outsourcing sales activity is not typically a good idea if yours is a retail sales company. Indeed, I caution you against outsourcing anything you consider a core business function.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In today’s Wall Street Journal , I was interviewed regarding a case that was just filed against Amazon by a large robotics , claiming that the e-commerce giant backed away from promises made early in the Covid-19 pandemic to support the supplier with millions of dollars in new purchases.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 29, 2019

That’s sort of what retailers are going through right now with the whipsaw nature of the trade war with China. Soon after, realizing the damaging impact on retailers and consumers during the holiday shopping season, he backed the start date off to December 15. But which retailers will be impacted most?

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EMERGE App

JULY 11, 2018

Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! This underscores the importance of China being the world’s manufacturing hub in the past decade, and most likely for the next few decades. Introduction. Products are the lifeline of your business.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The Asia shortfall was attributed to the recent manufacturing disruptions as a result of electrical power restrictions across China’s major manufacturing regions, and especially ongoing strict Covid-19 lockdowns that continue to be initiated by the government. Added Perspectives.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 27, 2022

Design is the first step that happens in apparel manufacturing. For the production, the appropriate raw material is sourced or produced based on the details provided by the fashion designers in the previous step. Next, the raw materials are used to manufacture and put together the designs. And this is where it all begins.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 29, 2019

That’s sort of what retailers are going through right now with the whipsaw nature of the trade war with China. Soon after, realizing the damaging impact on retailers and consumers during the holiday shopping season, he backed the start date off to December 15. But which retailers will be impacted most?

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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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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JULY 21, 2022

In addition, automation has reduced the importance of wages to the overall cost of manufactured goods. Related changes were also under way long before the pandemic, such as a slowing down of investment in China and a shift of focus to elsewhere in Asia, such as the Philippines, India, and Vietnam. To Learn More. Let’s Talk.

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 18, 2018

They range from small-batch soap manufacturing to the distribution of sports car parts. It firmly cemented China as the world’s manufacturing hub. The voracious appetite of US consumers for goods — from Apple products to Xmas trees — saw China become the de facto manufacturer of consumer goods.

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Manufacturing sites have been rationalized in terms of, “we don’t need five factories in this country, we only need three, then two, then we don’t need them at all, we’ll move them to China”. Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

To adapt to these disruptions, OEMs and retail chains are seeking to procure holiday goods earlier than usual—which is contributing to the shipping congestion. Such risks are increasing, and careful supply chain managers should be factoring these risks into their long-term sourcing decisions. The droughts in the U.S.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 7, 2023

This includes planning, sourcing, manufacturing, distribution, and delivery of products or services from the point of origin to destinations. It involves growing the beans in one country (like Brazil or Vietnam) and then the beans are blended and roasted in another country. Me : I work in supply chain. Granny : What, chain? ??:

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights the latest financial performance from bellwether firms in CPG , online retail, high tech and consumer electronics regarding ongoing supply chain related inflationary cost and supply impacts on performance. Online Retail. Kraft Heinz indicated that overall sales volumes declined 2.3

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2017

In countless surveys over the past decade, manufacturers and retailers rank “improving supply chain visibility” as one of their top priorities. struck Vietnam. N suppliers have manufacturing sites in a X mile radius of the epicenter. N single sourced parts with revenue impact $X-$YM each are manufactured at this facility.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

There’s an increased chance of the produce getting spoiled as the distance between the supplier and the retailer gets farther, especially now that globalization has widely influenced the market, making it even more complicated. For example, papaya, watermelon, cantaloupe, and berries are available only in tropical countries or during summer.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

My family background was in retail and I thought this was always my path. Closed borders, quarantine restrictions and social distancing requirements for staff combined with an explosion in delivery demand from online retail sales made for a tough period of shipping delays and warehouse backlogs across the globe.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 19, 2016

the world’s largest network of optical retail stores is far along the path from historically being supplier-led to having a strong demand driven supply chain. After that it quickly went on to buy many other optical retailers including the French based, multinational GrandVision SA in 2005. Grandvision has grand plans.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

Define your procurement response strategy. In the retail sector, supermarkets in many countries have seen their highest weekly sales ever, as consumers stock up on goods that they fear may be in short supply. And, assuming it can, how will it adapt to the new realities? The longer-term impacts.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2020

.”[1] They identify twelve areas in which such megatrends can be found: Urbanization, smart technologies, society, connectivity, retail, climate change, energy, economics, infrastructure, healthcare, mobility, and new business models. Most analysts believe the future looks bright for renewable energy sources. ”[4].

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Material Handling & Logistics

MARCH 23, 2018

consumers -- from Under Armour leggings to Bath & Body Works shower gel and Samsonite luggage -- are sourced from Chinese or Hong Kong-based companies and factories, fueling the $450 billion in Chinese goods imported to America annually. Retailers in the U.S. which makes toy scooters sold at American retailers. “I

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The queue of ships stacked high with brightly-coloured containers reached a record of 73 anchored container ships on September 19 and by last weekend still stretched as far as the eye could see — frustrating retailers and becoming a national symbol of an outdated and overwhelmed US supply chain.

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DocShipper Sourcing

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Importing textiles, fabrics or clothing manufactured abroad can be beneficial to reduce your costs. It is a sourcing strategy used by the largest and even the smallest retailers. Sourcing services. Ultimate Guide] appeared first on ?Sourcing

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

During a visit to the manufacturing heartland of Guangdong province in October, Xi reiterated a mantra that China must strive to be self-reliant, especially on innovation. Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam are experiencing a new flood of interest as a manufacturing alternative to China. Companies such as Apple Inc.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 14, 2016

What is the fair price of an apparel product responsibly sourced from Bangladesh, and what price do apparel suppliers need to ensure a safe and sustainable work place and fair wages for the workers in Bangladesh? retailers, U.S. Are big name brands really paying a fair price to a supplier in Bangladesh? During the Conference, Prof.

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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.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

The complexity that allowed efficiencies to be realized at each interlocking layer of the supply chain has now given way to mystery zones of missing parts and overdue retail items. manufacturers have increasingly relied on parts produced in low-cost countries, especially China, a practice known as offshoring. A world transformed.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 23, 2017

Nowhere are disruptions more prevalent than in Low Cost Countries (LCC’s), which have become the focal point for outsourced contract manufacturing for major apparel brands such as Nike, Under Armour, Gap, Apple, and others. The most obvious way to create social responsibility might be just to avoid sourcing markets with low social standards.

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