Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

As noted in the below figure, this index now reflects a rather discernible downward slope about to meet sub-50 value contraction. The bottom three were listed as Poland , Taiwan and Myanmar. Regarding future outlook, the August report indicates that Taiwan businesses were increasingly pessimistic regarding production levels in 2023.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Wei, the CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) addressing a tech symposium last week, indicated that an endemic shortage of relatively low-cost semiconductor devices, ranging in cost from 50 cents to $10 dollars, continues to dog global automotive manufacturers in their ongoing volume manufacturing needs.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Industry professionals have put in tireless hours and taken strategic measures to keep the supply chain moving and meet customer demand. This means carriers have not been able to fully utilize their capacity and meet the demand for container shipping, which is why freight rates are reaching record highs. IDC via IEEE Spectrum).

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 22, 2016

Knowing supply chain risks affect a firm’s capability to make supply meet demand, what should a firm do to mitigate these risks? This is how Dell managed to make limited supply of different products to meet demand after the Taiwan earthquake. Clearly, redundancy (extra inventory, more suppliers, etc.) can help, but it is costly.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 25, 2021

The car companies’ rush to procure more chips occurred when demand from semiconductor manufacturers’ largest customers—makers of computers, smartphones, game consoles and other IT and telecom gear—had soared due to stay-at-home practices.

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Resilinc

JULY 20, 2021

In the decades since, Linton and his teams at IBM, LG, Flex and other companies have driven billions in annual procurement to China and other Asian countries, helping to create the Asia-centric manufacturing supply chains of today. But instead, to meet consumer demand for fast deliveries, DCs have proliferated.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

based manufacturing strategy, with a decision to source manufacturing at a CMS provider located in Taiwan. In our last Supply Chain Matters update related to Peloton in mid-July , we highlighted the announced reversal of a U.S. Bob Ferrari. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

That is the role of marketing or sales or procurement. Yes, I believe that supply chain overlays on top of the sales and marketing organizations and the procurement function. However, twenty minutes into the meeting, it became very obvious that their role in life was defending their current position in the healthcare.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 14, 2016

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) are designed to boost economic growth through trade by opening markets by way of progressive removal of customs duties, eliminating or reducing trade barriers and tariffs, lifting restrictions on services and even through public procurement. Taiwan, Province of China.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 15, 2015

A shorter monsoon season in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia will help miners procure more materials, used heavily in the electronics industry. But the typhoons will threaten Taiwan, China, and Japan, leaving countries like Indonesia in need of precipitation.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The genesis of Apple ’s reliance on China stems from both company founder Steve Jobs, and CEO Tim Cook’s supply chain perspectives that Taiwan and China based contract manufacturers and suppliers provided the company the most flexibility and agility in annual on-the-fly new production introduction cycles and volume production ramp-up needs.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 10, 2018

It can even be a skip-level meeting – it doesn’t have to be with your manager. It mentioned procurement and I thought that looked interesting – I do enjoy shopping! So, I started looking for buyer or procurement roles. I stumbled on a procurement/project management role at a small global defense contractor. DH: Exactly.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

As a result, companies like AstraZenca, BASF, Colgate, Reckitt Benckiser, Seagate, and Taiwan Semiconductor outperformed their peer group in the period of 2006-2014, but sustained improvement becomes more and more difficult. Was the product disposed in a way that meets corporate social responsibility objectives?

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Vendors act as extensions of Belk’s fulfillment centers, while Belk is able to offer a broader product assortment to meet customer needs. In 2017, Smith & Nephew expanded its use of business network and cloud-based applications to support a centralized, efficient procurement process for managing spending from end to end.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 10, 2018

It can even be a skip-level meeting – it doesn’t have to be with your manager. It mentioned procurement and I thought that looked interesting – I do enjoy shopping! So, I started looking for buyer or procurement roles. I stumbled on a procurement/project management role at a small global defense contractor. DH: Exactly.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2019

In fact, JOC.com sites many Southeast Asia countries—including India, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia—have significantly grown their imports into the United States, anywhere from 13-37% compared to last year. Procure enough capacity. And, total imports on trade were up 1.4% during this period.

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