EC Sourcing Group

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

EC Sourcing Group ranks as a ‘Value’ & ‘Customer’ Leader in Latest eSourcing Benchmarking Study. Spend Matters’ newly released Fall 2021 SolutionMap report names EC Sourcing Group a Customer & Value Leader across multiple organization types.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series in providing highlights on reported April 2024 global PMI activity levels. Report authors noted that this global wide index has been above the 50.0 Brazil, China, India, and the United States indices remained at expansionary levels.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights report that Volkswagen luxury branded vehicles were impounded by U.S. Background Supply chain ethical and social responsibility, that which umbrellas ESG conformance, have increasingly become a concern for businesses, large and small, along with their procurement organizations.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2022

The advisory identified the various unique challenges associated with customer fulfillment and warehouse operational workers, continual nationwide truck driver shortages across the United States and Europe in areas of compensation, process inefficiencies and collaborative automation needs. The report is complimentary with registration.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Our previous posting in this series of global wide manufacturing PMI highlights was in early January summarizing both December and Q4-2022 reported indices data. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. value reported for the end of 2022. value reported for December 2022. increased 0.4

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

The advisory identified the various unique challenges associated with customer fulfillment and warehouse operational workers, continual nationwide truck driver shortages across the United States and Europe in areas of compensation, process inefficiencies and collaborative automation needs. Remaining Report. Management skills.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2022

The Texas based Austin American Statesman reported yesterday that Samsung is considering the construction of upwards of 11 new semiconductor fabrication production facilities in the Austin, Texas area over the next two decades. billion if all applications come to pass. Supply Chain Matters Perspectives. has to do so as well. based facilities.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

Last week both Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal reported the departure of yet another senior manufacturing executive at Rivian Automotive as well as an overall reorganization. The Wall Street Journal reported that Tim Fallon, the existing Vice President of Manufacturing will remain in that role. . Rivian Automotive.

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EC Sourcing Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A critical aspect of the following supply chain best practices is to have intuitive procurement software that provides insights and analytics to help navigate the uncertainty and make the best decisions for the future. Supply Chain Best Practices : The Effect of Inflation on Procurement & the Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported this week (Paid subscription or metered view) that ocean container freight rates related to the most active global shipping lanes continue to decline amid what is traditionally considered the peak shipping period leading up to the holiday fulfillment season in the November-December period. Added Perspectives.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2022

As a result, Mars has been able to procure renewable electricity to cover the entire business in those specific countries. An example of a company looking to adhere to SBTs is SanMar , the largest wholesaler of apparel into the corporate identity, promotional product, and ad specialty space in the United States. degrees Celsius.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

Our research advisory report for 2023 begins with a review of the themes of our prior three years of predictions and the derived learning for the supply chain management community. Bloomberg reported in November 2022 that shipments of motor vehicles, computer parts and boats, manufactured in Mexico and destined for U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In our summary and perspectives reflecting on all of Q3 monthly reporting, we echoed an increased trending toward declining global supply chain production momentum. Now, October reporting data reinforces global-wide contraction levels in production and new orders, along with manufacturing recession conditions now acknowledged for Europe.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 1, 2023

based companies doing business within, or sourcing supply chain materials and production within China. based companies sourcing in China would be impetus to accelerate termed China Plus alternative or supplementary sourcing strategies. Supply Chain Matters highlights published findings from a recent survey conducted among U.S.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 28, 2022

While this bill is transformative for states, cities, counties, utilities, and education, there are massive hurdles that must be addressed before any initiatives are implemented. There will be unique challenges public procurement teams will need to address to ensure the bill delivers on its full promise.

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Resilinc

MAY 3, 2022

Like the July 2021 report by the bipartisan House Armed Services Committee’s Defense Critical Supply Chains Task Force, the DOD report includes a wide array of recommendations to shore up the resiliency of supply chains critical to the defense industrial base (DIB). As the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

Of these 37 projects, 23 are in the US, which brings Amazon’s total clean energy procurement in the US from 7.2 The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles. GW to 10.4

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Check out What is Virtual Procurement and Why Should You Care? Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? Secondarily, we will include information from other procurement professionals and procurement firms about their experiences, what they forecast, and what they are seeing.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

If you have not yet tackled the question of ethics in procurement, now is a great time to start. It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. Procurement is what sets entire supply chains and their organisations in motion.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 6, 2022

Source: JP Morgan and S&P Global, March 2022. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. United States. Indices reflecting manufacturing across the United States were mixed but remained generally positive. The S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI™ reported a value of 58.8

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

We cited The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook report. The October 2021 report included a cautionary theme for 2022, specifically that: “ Overall, the balance of risks for growth is tilted to the downside. percent this year, after the global economy grew a reported 5.9 percent in 2021. percent in 2021.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. On the slightly positive side, the July report indicated that rates of input cost and output charge inflation have both eased to 17-month lows. United States. reported for June. compared to the reported value of 53.0 slipping 2.3

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to reports from Bloomberg, Automotive News, Reuters and The Wall Street Journal , wages for most Toyota assembly line workers will increase from $31.86 According to reports from Bloomberg, Automotive News, Reuters and The Wall Street Journal , wages for most Toyota assembly line workers will increase from $31.86 per hour.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 24, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides our readers added perspectives on this week’s reports indicating that Apple has initiated plans for production of the upcoming new model iPhone14 to be sourced from both China and India. In April of this year, a facility in India began producing the iPhone13.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 15, 2023

Athletic and leisure footwear manufacturer New Balance has advanced plans to build the company’s sixth footwear manufacturing facility within the United States. The report indicates that plans to further allow for future expansion that could double the space of this facility, with plans to hire 250 employees in the initial phase.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

A published report by Nikkei Asia (Paid subscription or metered view) reports that manufacturers and suppliers located in the Chengdu and Shenzhen areas of China are once again impacted by a new round of population shutdowns manifested by the country’s zero tolerance Covid-19 infection policies.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2020

21 CFR 820 – Overseen by the United States Food & Drug Administration, this Code of Federal Regulations sets out quality system regulations and good manufacturing practices for medical devices made or sold in the United States. This was reviewed in 2020 and has been adopted by many countries globally.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and perspectives on reported July 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The July reported value of 48.7 The July reported value of 48.7 declined 0.7

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Today, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) issued its latest forecast update on overall global trade, and the narrative is not encouraging or optimistic. trillion, according to the United Nations trade body. This level represents a contraction of $1.5 Last week, U.S. percent growth rate in 2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2022

Just shy of three years ago, athletic and leisure footwear manufacturer New Balance announced plans to build the company’s sixth footwear factory within the United States. This manufacturer had boasted that it is the only major company to make or assemble more millions of pairs of athletic footwear per year in the United States.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

Global wide production, transportation and logistics activity levels reported for February, but continued rather concerning data related to global transportation service levels and cost. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. value reported for January. reported for January.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The report pointed to underlying fundamentals remaining weak as new order volumes stagnated while business optimism was note as falling to a reported two-year low. reported at the end of March, and a 52.3 value reported for May.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

Containers are piling up in ports, international shipping has been hammered, Western companies are battling to source products from traditional suppliers, and disruptions are being experienced throughout the global supply chain. COVID-19 Impact on Procurement. And, according to some analysts, things could get worse—a whole lot worse!

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of both December 2022 and full year reported global PMI indices that at the close of 2022 present a far different picture from the start of the year. Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Sources; S&P Global and ISM, 2022. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In a prior Supply Chain Matters Global Supply Chain Assessment commentary earlier this week , we surveyed reported global wide PMI indices for August 2023, along with implications. In late May we noted for readers that the German economy and manufacturing sector slid into a recognized state of economic recession. percent in Q4-2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

One of the better summaries of the takeaways related to globalization was shared in the Reuters published report: Davos 2023- Global trade rethink: ‘race of the big pockets’ ? The report begins as follows: “ T he United States pitched its vision of “worker-centric” trade.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal , the tech provider has been awarded contracts to a number of U.S. According to reporting from The Wall Street Journal , this funding: “ is one of the largest transactions for a clean energy in recent years.” Magazine as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America.

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