ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

Gartner analyst Debashis Tarafdar says that the large size of a country (like India, China or Indonesia) can mean “significant polarization of population between urban and rural with distinctly different buying capabilities and purchasing preferences. They have a powerful demand-driven planning system, but with a light footprint.

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Elementum

AUGUST 24, 2015

Copper, generally considered a good metric for the health of the global economy, is doing poorly. Oil prices have fallen $20/barrel since June to $40/barrel, which is bad news for oil producing areas like Russia, the U.S., The Wall Street Journal reported that exports and imports from China were down 8.3 and the Middle East.

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Resilinc

JUNE 21, 2022

And just in the last few days, trade media such as Mining.com, MetalsNews, and FXStreet have posted headlines predicting more price drops—”Copper price sinks to 10-month low on recession worries”—and major price increases—“Copper prices set to rise as supply lags.”. dependent on foreign sources. Learn more about CommodityWatch AI.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides a monthly highlights of reported January 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Overall, global activity reportedly showed signs of increased production output and corresponding activity levels, but the gains were mostly in developing and lower-cost regions. increased 1.1

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EazyStock

MARCH 14, 2023

The right purchasing and logistics strategies give companies an edge during these unique, uncertain times and, during the return “to normal,” a greater competitive advantage and continued growth. With the right strategies in purchasing, logistics and supply chain, you can navigate through a recession and come out as a winner.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

Developing end-to-end supply chain management software, Gravity optimizes operations, mitigates risk, and controls costs. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86 per ton; the standardized container cut that cost to just 16 cents a ton … The U.S. billion metric tons as of 2017. New solutions for a new reality.

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Exiger Perspectives

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

If the senior management team has not ensured that the SCRM program objectives set across the different functional areas are appropriately aligned to optimize performance, teams may have differing views on program goals and the “metrics that matter” The executive sponsor should push to remove silos.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 18, 2022

The 3D-printing construction method offers versatility, range, speed and lower costs than traditional construction, according to the company. Russia-Ukraine war is worsening shipping snarls. Biden announces US will move to revoke Russia’s “most favored nation” trade status.

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American Global Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

The cost of U.S. However, there is a need for more precise and comprehensive metrics to understand the full economic impact of supply chains. The findings of this report are valuable for North Carolina and serve as a model for other states, regions, and the country. Today, they face new challenges and opportunities.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

As it is, even Amazon’s full potential is stifled by the existence of silos, as revealed in a Wall Street Journal report in 2017. Offshoring cost advantages were often a delicate matter in any case: lower worker wages had to be balanced against increased freight charges, duties, taxes, and damages during transit.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Most supply chain professionals probably consider “cheap steel and aluminum” a good thing: lower raw material costs generally mean lower prices on intermediate materials, parts, and finished goods. And chances are that few in the procurement field have ever given much thought to whether they were sourcing “high-carbon” steel or aluminum.

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