Supply Chain Matters

MAY 10, 2022

Moeller Maersk report of Q1-2022 financial performance provides indications of what multi-industry supply chain management teams can expect for the remainder of 2022 in the area of ocean container transportation. billion increase in ocean transport and an $834 million increase in logistics services. billion, an increase of $6.9

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

This index complies 27 different variables to include transportation movement and costs, global PMI sub-indexes reflecting delivery times and order backlog. A ccording to the May report , growth is increasing at a higher rate for inventory costs, warehousing utilization, warehousing storage prices, transportation capacity and utilization.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

Downside risks that include monetary policy miscalculations, an uncertain outcome to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and further supply network disruptions as a result of more far-reaching spread of Covid variant infection rates across China. The three largest global economies ( Europe , United States , China ) expected to stall.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Supply Chain Matters once again highlights some positive news for global supply chain management teams, specifically transportation and logistics related teams. As supply chain logistics and transportation teams are keenly aware, rates peaked to more than $20,000 per container for both routes at this time last year.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

They collectively provide evidence that the prior disruptions still occurring among industry supply chains, compounded by the latest manufacturing, logistics and transportation disruptions occurring in China, will have a longer economic and service level effect in the coming months. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Declined.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 11, 2022

Take the example of the war in Ukraine, which is disrupting grain exports from Russia and Ukraine. a loss of capacity to ship and/or transport products. Transportation: Availability of mode, route, labor, and equipment. Replacing over-the-road transportation requires capital and cycle times vary from long (e.g.,

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

lawmakers had expressed concerns that with supply chains already highly constrained, the CP Rail stoppage would create an added transportation crisis for import as well as export flows. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. . West Coast ports and in inland warehouses earlier. Canadian and U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 29, 2022

CFO Brian Olsavsky elaborated that the online retailer incurred $6 billion in incremental costs related to productivity loss, inflation and situations where warehouse capacity exceeded market demand levels. He further alluded that Amazon would improve by addressing cost inflation pressures and the online provider’s supply chain.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Here is what I expect to see next year: Global supply chain footprints will continue to expand.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Falling sales have not only led increasing numbers of factories to cut production but have also meant warehouses are filling with unsold stock to a degree unprecedented in the survey’s 25-year history. Our sense is that a bubble is about to burst in global transportation and logistics cost factors, but that remains to be seen. .

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Natural gas prices in Europe and curbs on exports from Russia and China are expected to keep fertilizer in high demand through 2023, which will lower crop yields. Because Russia and Ukraine are leading exporters of grain, wheat futures in Chicago rose by almost 6% to $9.26

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 28, 2019

After all, the more you know about an item’s origin — and what it takes to get it to your warehouse — the easier it becomes to identify any middlemen that might be artificially elevating the price of goods. On the contrary, you should be exploring all your procurement options globally, nationally, and locally. Ali Hasan R.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 19, 2022

The modern supply chain is global and often depends on Russia for production, either equipment or materials. Sanctions make these elements harder to procure elsewhere while preventing many companies from using existing Russian sources. The global impact of sanctions on Russia will hit both global efforts and your local movements.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 28, 2022

China and India, along with the continued effects of the Russia and Ukraine conflict on the Eurozone sector. The original IMF forecast for 2022 GDP growth was 4.9 percent in the agency’s World Economic Outlook report published in October of last year. The latest downward revisions were reportedly driven by developments occurring in the U.S.,

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

How you manage the transformation and transportation of assets in that supply chain ultimately determines the value you create for the world. Sourcing and procurement departments exist to mitigate this issue, but input bottlenecks remain common. Everything is built on top of it, including the company’s environmental footprint.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

How you manage the transformation and transportation of assets in that supply chain ultimately determines the value you create for the world. Sourcing and procurement departments exist to mitigate this issue, but input bottlenecks remain common. Everything is built on top of it, including the company’s environmental footprint.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

And you can’t forget about the other Unpredictables: Iran, Russia, China, and ISIS; all of these entities could have a destabilizing effect on world peace and prosperity. In short, relations between the United States and North Korea have significantly degraded this past year and it doesn’t look like things are going to improve anytime soon.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

The answer depends largely on whether OPEC, Russia, and other oil producers adhere to the supply cuts they pledged to on December 10th. If they actually follow through on their promise and oil prices continue to rise next year, how will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in response?

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