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Vietnam Inks Deals to Buy $3 Billion U.S. Products Before Talks

Supply Chain Brain

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The difference between supply chain and logistics explained

Unleashed

The life of coffee begins with growers in the likes of Brazil or Vietnam. A lean business looking to build efficiencies would do well to try and improve this metric. A metric to determine how many days it would take to run out of supply if you did not replenish your stock. Transportation costs. E.g. 35 DOI + 31 DOR = 66.

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Global Manufacturing PMI Levels Rise in January 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Further reported was that supplier delivery performance levels deteriorated for the first time attributed to trucking and transportation delays. The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI® reentered expansionary level at a reported value of 50.3 This metric bears continual observation in the coming months. percentage points.

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SCRC Meeting Insights Part II: Management Principles for Executing Visibility Strategies

NC State SCRC

Will digitization change the way we measure things and monitor metrics? A problem in procurement can impact manufacturing and logistics and planning, but often these dots are never connected, so there never emerges a cross-functional approach to working on them.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand. Because one of the major costs in a business, if you take in procurement and cost of goods, is supply chain. That’s been a massive trend.

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Red Sea Ocean Transport Shipping Disruption Update

Supply Chain Matters

Shipping Executives Anticipate Longer Disruption According to a published report from Bloomberg this week , the CEO’s of two global transport carriers indicated that the Red Sea threat is likely to disrupt shipping for weeks or months longer. Shippers assessing shipping from China, India or Vietnam to either U.S. West Coast or U.S.

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How Tariffs Are Reshaping Global Supply Chains in 2025

Supply Chain Brain

This was evident in the apparel industry, where brands such as Nike faced delays after tariffs on Chinese textiles prompted a shift to suppliers in Vietnam and Bangladesh. The company reportedly plans to shift 15% to 20% of its production to India and Vietnam by 2026, reducing exposure to U.S.China tariffs.