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

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The impact was across manufacturing plants, transport networks, warehouses, and retail outlets. Our analysis of digital and non-digital manufacturers over time shows an index of profit performance, with digital manufacturers outpacing their peers (Figure 1). Source: IDC 2021—Digital Analysis: Manufacturing.

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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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Global PMI Levels in August Remain Sluggish

Supply Chain Matters

The August numbers once again signal a continued downturn in global manufacturing conditions as output and new order rates continue to fall. The three specific regions of concern are the Eurozone, United Kingdom along with Taiwan. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This year the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26) was held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021. “Even with all new Glasgow pledges for 2030, we will emit roughly twice as much in 2030 as required for 1.5 degrees Celsius,” states the Climate Action Tracker.

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Geopolitical Risks and Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

A survey conducted in the United Kingdom by the Institute of Directors (IoD), a 120-year-old British political organization, found that the larger a company is the more likely it is to be adversely affected by geopolitical tensions. ” Resiliency and Geopolitical Risk What constitutes a geopolitical risk?

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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. The data in question has been sourced from Unleashed Software’s inventory management and business SaaS product. Australian manufacturing booming. Manufacturers in focus.

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October 2022 PMI Reporting Points to Global Wide Manufacturing Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides monthly highlight commentary and perspectives on published October 2022 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Now, October reporting data reinforces global-wide contraction levels in production and new orders, along with manufacturing recession conditions now acknowledged for Europe.