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Digital and the Supply Chain—How Far Have We Come?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

“Two years of digital transformation in two months,” was the comment that one retailer made when discussing how COVID-19 had accelerated their digitalisation journey. The impact was across manufacturing plants, transport networks, warehouses, and retail outlets. Source: IDC 2021—Digital Analysis: Manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Success Prompts ToolsGroup-Lãberit Partnership to Expand into LATAM

ToolsGroup

We are also expanding our presence in Latin America, Africa, the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom, reflecting our growing interests in these countries. After fruitful collaboration in Europe, the partners in supply chain software implementation celebrate a significant regional expansion.

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New Balance Has Plans for Added U.S. Manufacturing

Supply Chain Matters

Athletic and leisure footwear manufacturer New Balance has advanced plans to build the company’s sixth footwear manufacturing facility within the United States. Commenting on the Skowhegan facility expansion, Joe Preston, New Balance President indicated: “ Manufacturing has always been at the core of our company culture.

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The Unleashed Manufacturing Health Index: Signs of Recovery as 2023 Closes

Unleashed

New manufacturing data reveals the small to medium manufacturing sector remains in recovery mode, with global performance largely mapping to local economic conditions. New Zealand manufacturing, meanwhile, is at an historic inflection point, with stagnant performance in multiple sectors.

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New data: NZ manufacturers back at pre-Covid level + Aus booms

Unleashed

The latest data shows New Zealand’s manufacturers appearing to shrug off the ‘80% economy’, reaching pre-Covid levels of activity at the end of June. Australian manufacturing booming. Manufacturers in focus. Data has been aggregated by country and does not reflect individual company performance. UK and US report.

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Prepare for Anything: Supply Chain and Ecosystem Predictions for 2022 and beyond….

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

By the end of 2022, half of all manufacturing supply chains will see the benefits of supply chain resiliency, resulting in a 10% reduction in disruption impact. Holmes worked at the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech). The COVID-19 pandemic has been global, with no country or organization immune from its impact.

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The Day of Reckoning for Sustainability Claims

Logility

The latest developments from the United Kingdom and United States show there is strong action being taken to change the way materials are sourced. If suspected and unable to show verifiable proof, the importer has three options: Take the products out of the US market and export them somewhere else. Destroy the merchandise.