Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The three specific regions of concern remain the Eurozone, United Kingdom, along with Taiwan. Reported Easing Of Manufacturing Downturn in Taiwan The September S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® report was headlined with Taiwan ’s manufacturing sector downturn now moderating by the end of Q3. reported for July.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

The two special regions of concern are the Eurozone and Taiwan. Further indicated were signs of weakness occurring in China , Japan , Malaysia, South Korea , Taiwan and Vietnam. Taiwan ’s decline is directly related to both China along with continued constrained demand levels for high tech, smartphone and consumer electronics.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 6, 2022

While developed regions have managed to sustain some production momentum, there are growing concerns related to continued high levels of cost inflation and added global transport disruption. The S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® fell to a level of 54.1 Source: JP Morgan and S&P Global, March 2022. reported for January.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 30, 2023

This index compiles 27 different variables to include transportation movement and costs, global PMI sub-indexes reflecting delivery times and order backlog. The authors further observed that there was a notable upward contribution from Taiwan stocks of purchases. characterized as the lowest reported reading in this index’s history.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. This has been especially the case over the last two plus years with the onset of the global-wide Covid-19 pandemic and with consequent and unprecedented supply and transportation network disruptions.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

Taiwan activity as reflected in the S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® eased, rising from a depressed value of 41.6 Taiwan activity as reflected in the S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® eased, rising from a depressed value of 41.6 in November to 44.6 in November to 44.6

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® declined to a contractionary of 49.8 for June and noted as a signal of renewed deterioration in the health of Taiwan’s manufacturing economy. Higher costs related to energy and transportation reportedly led to Vietnamese manufacturers incurring further increases in selling prices.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Manufacturing conditions continued to deteriorate within Taiwan which reportedly experienced a further and described sharper decline in operating conditions. The S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® for November reportedly rose fractionally to a value of 41.6, after plummeted to its lowest level since 2009 in October.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Some regions, particularly Europe, China and Taiwan are more exposed to these product demand constrained forces. The S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® i ndex was reported as its lowest level since 2009 by the end of October 2022 while the S&P global Eurozone Manufacturing PMI® fell to a 29-month low.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 3, 2022

Once again the data collectively provides evidence that disruptions remain occurring among industry supply chains, compounded by the manufacturing, logistics and transportation disruptions occurring in China. A likely certainty is that transportation and logistics costs will continue to rise in the coming months. in May from the 46.0

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . Similarly, transportation and logistics cost volatility remains uncertain.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The September S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® once again remained rather concerning with the reported value of 42.2 With Taiwan being a bastion of high tech and consumer electronics supply networks, the above commentary is indeed concerning. Japan, Taiwan ) the average PMI value for Q3 was 49.0,

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The October S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® plummeted to its lowest level since 2009. percentage points below that of September and represented the fifth monthly deterioration in Taiwan business conditions. Noticeably, the Backlog of Orders sub-index declined 5.6 The reported October value of 41.5

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 11, 2022

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., Military exercises carried out by China have demonstrated that the country could easily blockade Taiwan’s ports.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Last evening, global parcel, logistics and transportation services provider Fedex Corp. Equity analysts quickly revised their analysis and outlooks for FedEx and other associated transport and logistics focused businesses. Development. As a result, the carrier announced immediate and direct actions in reducing costs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

Significant Deterioration for Taiwan The May S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® report was headlined with business conditions across the country’s manufacturing sector deteriorating at a faster pace. The May PMI value of 44.3 dipped a significant 2.8 percentage points from the 47.1 reported in April.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

Taiwan Taiwan’s activity as reflected in the S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® March report indicated a milder deterioration in production operating conditions. Some transportation services executives now open describe a freight rate recession. The March value of 48.6 was down marginally from February’s 49.0

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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. Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. Federal Bank of New York. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Taiwan The January S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® declined from 44.6 In the meantime, panelists’ companies are attempting to maintain head-count levels during the anticipated slow first half in preparation for a strong performance in the second half of 2023.” in December to 44.3

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Holds a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and holds a Global MSc. Working with Dr. John Gattorna to deploy the Dynamic Alignment model in Japan, Taiwan and to DHL’s Strategic Account/Global Account Management Front and Back Office Operations, was a great experience.”.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

front that retailers and certain businesses may have procured too much inventory , and now that these inventories have arrived, the challenge will be not to exposed to a decline in consumer buying activity in the months to come. This month, the Economist Intelligence Unit revised its forecast of the overall U.S. inflation rate to be 9.2

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Taiwan Taiwan’s activity as reflected in the S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® showed its best performance since June 2022, rising 4.7 The new orders sub-index was reported as 54.1, increasing 3.2 percentage points to a value of 49 for February.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

based manufacturing strategy, with a decision to source manufacturing at a CMS provider located in Taiwan. Such demand data reflects the conundrum of challenges that business sales and operations planning teams faced during the production and global transportation disruptions that occurred these past two plus years.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2023

Pronounced Deterioration in Taiwan The June S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® report was headlined with business conditions across the country’s manufacturing sector deteriorating solidly in June. This country’s June PMI value was reported as 40.6, percentage points from May’s value of 43.2,

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The report reinforces that formerly Taiwan based assemblers still support a lot of production volume within China, but they are also supporting the majority of China Plus sourcing actions. An example noted are Foxconn ’s plans to establish a MacBooks production facility in Vietnam in a campus the size of 93 football fields.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 15, 2015

A shorter monsoon season in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia will help miners procure more materials, used heavily in the electronics industry. But the typhoons will threaten Taiwan, China, and Japan, leaving countries like Indonesia in need of precipitation.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

Labor Tensions on Rise Across Global Transportation Networks. In our recent Supply Chain Matters highlights of July’s global PMI indices , there was a consistent theme of declining mo mentum, especially involving most manufacturing regions of Asia, including Taiwan. Labor Tensions on Rise Across Global Transportation Networks.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the company that makes the majority of latest-generation chips for Apple products, has committed to increasing capacity by spending $100 billion across the next three years, and building new factories in Arizona and Japan.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The genesis of Apple’s reliance on China stems from both company co-founder Steve Jobs, and CEO Tim Cook’s supply chain perspectives that Taiwan and China based contract manufacturers and suppliers would provide the company the most flexibility and agility in annual on-the-fly new production introduction cycles and volume production ramp-up needs.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In this storms path have been significant wind and flooding related damage along with disruptions to transportation and logistics that are now being assessed. Typhoon Haikui is approaching Japan’s Okinawa Island along with Taiwan , another major manufacturing region including semiconductor fabrication.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 9, 2022

Yet, this legislation is not unique from a global perspective in that many other countries and regions including China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan the Eurozone , are already spending billions on such incentives. In June, Taiwan based GlobalWafers Co. More Strategic Stakes.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Business, supply chain and transportation media have all reported this week that the cost of shipping a container of goods from China to the U.S. India further represents a potentially large market for consumer electronic devices and other electronic products over the coming years. The Global Shipping Boom Declared as Ended.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2023

The alternative supply chain or “ Altasian” is defined as countries consisting of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, the Philippines , Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh.

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Oracle SCM

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Most companies weren't buying from China or Taiwan or Malaysia like they are today. For example, it may also be valuable to know the condition of the shipping buffer, so having some logistics integration with the shipping companies that are handling the transportation of the materials, which could also be valuable.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Penske Logistics @PenskeLogistics In early 2018, Penske Logistics gained entry into the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), which encourages the development of blockchain applications in the transportation industry.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. During this past fall, a higher frequency of flooding brought about numerous typhoons struck core manufacturing areas such as the Philippines, Japan, Taiwan and China, the prime supply tiers for producing consumer electronics.

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Resilinc

MARCH 12, 2024

In 2023—if it wasn’t already—geopolitics became top of mind for every procurement professional. This year, managers and procurement professionals must stay incredibly diligent when it comes to the latest news. What would happen if China invaded Taiwan ? Tom notes, “The U.S. election will have a significant impact.”

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