Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

From our lens, this trend is mainly an indicator of seasonal holiday related demand and spending for the traditional holiday quarter. Taiwan Moves Closer to Stabilization The S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® November report was headlined with Taiwan manufacturing levels “ moving closer to stabilization in November.”

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Following a March 2022 surge of Covid-19 in Shanghai, shipping company A.P. Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Famous Pacific Shipping Group ). IDC via IEEE Spectrum). Deloitte Global).

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Logility

MARCH 29, 2022

Manufacturers and shipping companies assumed that because of layoffs, demand would drop. This then led to … A shipping container shortage: Containers piled up across the world once they were emptied. Ports became overwhelmed: Orders outstripped available containers, which caused the cost of a shipping container to skyrocket.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Shipping Routes: Clydebank Declaration. Signatories to the so-called Clydebank Declaration agreed to collaborate to support the creation of green shipping corridors between two or more port pairs. Carriers will be incentivised or obliged to service these maritime routes only with zero emission ships.

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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. . Global Supply Chain Pressure Index. PMI reports for July. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Included in this update is a report indicating that Apple has commenced production of the newly released iPhone14 in India, ahead of schedule, that the global shipping boom has now been declared over by one financial publication, and that the EU is seeking emergency supply network powers to prioritize deemed essential production.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Plan for the New Year by learning about the biggest trends set to impact the future of supply chain. Dive into the top supply chain trends of 2024. Geopolitics This year, three major geopolitical conflicts impacted the global supply chain: the Russia-Ukraine war, China-Taiwan tensions, and the Israel-Hamas war.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The increasing trade tensions among China and United States as well as the persistent goal of China’s leaders in seeking reunification, including the island of Taiwan , the epicenter of advanced semiconductor fabrication, have been an increasing backdrop. In June, Taiwan based GlobalWafers Co. the biggest shift in U.S. and globally.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 10, 2023

Zero marks the historical average, and changes in either direction mark standard deviations from that trend. The gauge brings together 27 variables that take the temperature of everything from cross-border transportation costs to country-level manufacturing data in the euro area, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As the industry has grown, it moved over to Japan, Italy, Canada, and other flowed from there to Mexico, Europe, Portugal, Turkey, than Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Indonesia – and eventually settled in China and in Bangladesh. Fashion trends are an on-going problem. We can’t control fashion trends, but they are a big obstacle.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 18, 2019

For those of us who rely on shipping and manufacturing businesses, the Chinese New Year shutdown is an event that we need to be aware of (and prepared for) in advance to avoid delays that could be catastrophic to our businesses. Shipping delays. Keep in mind that places like Hong Kong and Taiwan also do large shutdowns for CNY.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 18, 2022

Low cost labour far outweighed any concerns about increased shipping costs, delivery times, loss of line of sight control, or issue resolution delays due to distance. The trend was unrelenting and the drive was irreversible. The vast majority of semiconductor chips are manufactured in Taiwan.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The ocean freight industry suddenly lost one of the top ten players when Hanjin Shipping Co. Hanjin's exit strands 89 ships worldwide containing some $14 billion worth of cargo, much of which was headed to the U.S. Shipping containers toppled by strong winds of Typhoon Meranti, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Photo by Reuters.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Taking stock of these breaking trends as well as developments specific to supply chains, Resilinc CEO Bindiya Vakil recently issued the firm’s outlook for the next six to 18 months. To adapt to these disruptions, OEMs and retail chains are seeking to procure holiday goods earlier than usual—which is contributing to the shipping congestion.

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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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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 20, 2020

Brands such as Apple, HP, and Siemens rely heavily on Taiwan’s ODMs. Taiwan stands out as an example of a country that managed to contain the Coronavirus without resorting to an economy-wrecking lockdown. percent year-over-year in February, Taiwan posted a 21.12 The Pros: Strong supply chain and logistics culture.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

However, emptying the contents of silos into the holds of ships is only one small part of the problem. As part of the export deal , Vladimir Putin’s forces must maintain a truce with Ukraine in the vicinity of the ports to allow ships to arrive and depart and be guided through mined waters by Ukrainian pilots.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Some of the supply constraints are also due to the destruction of key infrastructure in the Ukraine for shipping of these commodities. Some economies will have a “technical” recession in late 2022 and early 2023, which is negative GDP growth, but these are not true recessionary trends. War in Ukraine turns into global conflict.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Beattie writes, “Despite the popular image of cargo ships being huge carbon emitters, transport is generally a pretty small share of the carbon footprint for traded goods.” If tensions over Russia — or Taiwan — escalate, that threat will become acute. ” • Global transportation remains vital.

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Arkieva

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Recently, I experienced an earthquake during my trip to Taiwan. While it caused some excitement (and concern) from us visitors, our Taiwanese colleagues shrugged and one of them even made a comment that this was our welcome to Taiwan. Expedited shipping modes such as air shipments. Safety or Extra capacity. Extra time.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Retail stores become shipping hubs to battle Amazon ( USA Today ). Neiman Marcus goes to year-round free shipping ( USA Today ). Meanwhile, USA Today published an article highlighting how Walmart, Best Buy, and other “brick-and-mortar” retailers are moving quickly to enable ship-from-store capabilities.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 11, 2022

a loss of capacity to ship and/or transport products. This is a relatively short-term constraint, although demographic trends suggest longer cycle times. For instance, current tensions between China and the US over America’s support for Taiwan represent a long-term threat. warehousing space) to several years (e.g.,

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

That will have a direct impact on the dynamics of global container shipping, airfreight and logistics networks. Some regions, particularly Europe, China and Taiwan are more exposed to these product demand constrained forces. Overall Themes for the Year 2023.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

This index complies a data set of 2 chosen variables for each of the economies of the Eurozone , China , Japan, South Korea , Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Commentary pointed to a largely positive February with demand for goods trending higher. Federal Bank of New York. from a value of 58.7 in January.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 3, 2022

An area of concern that surfaced for May was that reflected by the S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® which dropped to a value of 50 in May from 51.7 That places the summer months, traditionally the ramp-up of global shipping to support holiday related product demand, at an increased peril. Other Regions. reported for April.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

I moved on into many roles within the field of Supply Chain ending as Vice President of Operations for a Supply Chain company with experience working in Taiwan and China. The products were customized and shipped direct to store or consumers from China in what is now known as B2B and B2C models.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

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. The Unite l abor union has already rejected an offer amounting to a 7 percent pay hike.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

In 2007, the Dutch producer of pushchairs relocated its factory from Taiwan to the free trade zone close to Xiamen in China. From there the pushchairs are shipped to local DCs in China, Japan and South Korea for crossdocking and transport to retailers. The local DCs also enable us to provide good service to consumers.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. When customers order items not stocked at one of Belk’s fulfillment centers, those items are shipped directly from the vendor. PST will ship the same day. In early 2013, Belk launched a vendor-direct program.

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Logility

MARCH 8, 2017

I am an avid cyclist and recently I was able to secure a great deal on a trike from Taiwan. For example, often products will ship in a different period then a customer wants or from an alternative location due to shortages. For example, a trend factor of 0.20

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Vinculum

JANUARY 27, 2021

In countries like the Philippines and Vietnam we see large young workforces that are quick to catch on to international trends and want to buy the latest foreign goods. There is no need to set up any overseas entity and you can ship your products directly to Lazada’s fulfillment center in Hong Kong.

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Vinculum

JUNE 29, 2020

Starting with Malaysia, it has widened its reach to Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand. It also offers super-fast shipping, free returns, cash-on-delivery, and access to the latest trends of fashion. How is Zalora’s Delivery and Shipping Fees?

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2019

Reoccurring events—like the holiday season—used to provide some level of predictability to ocean shipping trends in the transpacific eastbound (TPEB) trade lane. Accordingly, significant volumes of ocean cargo shifted to earlier sailings than normal, disrupting typical volume trends in the third and fourth quarters of 2018.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. An equally important test as we swing into the 2012 surge will be how online, brick and mortar retailers, along with their respective direct ship suppliers, exercise capabilities in multi-location stocking and fulfillment capability. Procurement Blog.

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EMERGE App

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Do they represent future trends that will find their way into other countries and online marketplaces? Generally, payment is made online for greater convenience, shipping is not charged and products are typically available for pickup within hours. What about e-commerce market outside of China?

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