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Supply Chain Matters Labor Day Salute

Supply Chain Matters

On this Labor Day holiday, the Supply Chain Matters blog extends our salute and recognition to the many supply chain workers who plan, procure, coordinate, and directly support the movement of multi-industry components and finished products to respective markets and to businesses and consumers.

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What Should Supply Chain Management Teams Anticipate in 2023 and Beyond- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

That will have a direct impact on the dynamics of global container shipping, airfreight and logistics networks. Our overall theme for industry and global supply chains for 2023 is a Year of Adaptation, Realignment and Response to Economic and Geopolitical Forces. Overall Themes for the Year 2023.

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

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The impact of supply chain disruptions, although difficult to quantify, can be costly. A study investigated stock market reactions when firms publicly announced that they were experiencing supply chain glitches or disruptions causing production or shipping delays. Descriptions.

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Teamsters Labor Union Ratifies UPS Labor Agreement

Supply Chain Matters

About $3 billion of the forecast reduction is attributed to weaker industry demand and lower shipping volumes while $1 billion is attributed to volume diversion. The adjusted operating margin is forecasted to be 11.8 percent at year end, compared to the 13.2 reported for Q2 ending. In the labor negotiations involving U.S.