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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

In our summary and perspectives focused on July 2022 reporting , we opined that July data reinforced a trending toward declining global supply chain production momentum. The bottom three were listed as Poland , Taiwan and Myanmar. The top three regions exhibiting PMI growth were noted as India, Australia and Thailand. Bob Ferrari.

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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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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Although this does not help to avoid tariffs for the components of your product, companies may benefit from decreasing transportation costs as they move final transportation closer to their customers. Southeast Asian countries, Taiwan and India have become alternative manufacturing locales or sources of supply.

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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 Added Perspectives.

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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.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 11, 2016

To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. Deviations that occur during transportation execution are not necessarily approved immediately. Taiwan, Province of China. South Africa. South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands.

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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

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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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

JULY 7, 2022

The June value was two percentage points below the December 2021 end of year value, again reflecting a discernable downward trend. 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.

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Resilinc

MARCH 19, 2019

Cyber attacks continued to grow in intensity in 2018, with alarming new trends evident. The March 2018 attack on computers and networks in Atlanta—a major national transportation hub—was the largest successful ransomware cyber attack on a U.S. First, government agencies are now being attacked more frequently.

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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. This downward trend is expected to continue over the coming weeks as shipping volumes continue to subside during what is traditionally been the peak shipping period for consumer goods.

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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

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

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. The October S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® plummeted to its lowest level since 2009. Noticeably, the Backlog of Orders sub-index declined 5.6

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

The report noted that the May value represented “ the seventh month of contraction and a continuation of a downward trend that began in June 2022.” The report narrative indicated that manufacturers in Taiwan “ registered a rapid and accelerated fall in production in May that was the quickest for four months.” for May, 0.2

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Last evening, global parcel, logistics and transportation services provider Fedex Corp. The financial market’s response has been immediate and as we pen this blog posting on the mid-morning of September 16, FedEx stock is trending down upwards of 21 percent, billed as the company’s biggest stock drop since 1980. Development.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 2, 2022

Wilensky: What trends stand out when looking at the first half data from Resilinc’s EventWatch? Invasion of Taiwan and China Dependency. How concerned are you about the potential for a major conflict between China and Taiwan, which would disrupt global chip supplies? This edited Q&A covers the highlights.

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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

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 trending likely involves industry-specific dimensions, a good example being high tech and consumer electronics supply network resiliency needs. increasing 3.2

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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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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Bowman, observes that transportation isn’t the only consideration companies must take into account when it comes to manufacturing. ” • Global transportation remains vital. If tensions over Russia — or Taiwan — escalate, that threat will become acute. However, supply chain journalist Robert J.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 14, 2022

The shortage of semiconductors from Taiwan, the stranding of the enormous Ever Given in the Suez Canal, and now the dearth of 40-foot metal containers have sent tsunami-like waves through global production. This trend will halt when demand collapses, as it inevitably will, and companies will be saddled with bloated inventories.

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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

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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Adexa

JANUARY 27, 2022

Examples are choices of transportation, choices of suppliers, equipment or products with highest level of carbon, or which customers are asking for products that require above average carbon footprint. For example, usage of power in Fabrication lines in Taiwan is significant as a percentage of Taiwan’s total use of power between 5-10%.

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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

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. We sensed by reviewing trends in reported demand and new orders data that added contraction is in-store.

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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., This is a relatively short-term constraint, although demographic trends suggest longer cycle times.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

I’d advise shippers to not get complacent about transportation costs for the longer term, however. I track produce trends, since these have some variability from year to year, and the unpredictable demand often has a big influence on spot market trends. Here's what we're seeing: Lessons from Hanjin. Photo by Reuters.

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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

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. Commentary pointed to a largely positive February with demand for goods trending higher. Federal Bank of New York. from a value of 58.7

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

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. Conflict erupts between China and Taiwan (Andrew said this is not likely, and I agree – see my previous blog ). War in Ukraine turns into global conflict.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The report’s conclusions are especially noteworthy: “ Rather than signaling a trend towards deglobalization, the available data hints at a looming “great reallocation” of U.S. At the same time the authors qualify that while China ’s share of U.S. supply chain activity. This shift is marked by a decline in direct U.S.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 16, 2016

Goods have to be transported across the globe and across the neighbourhood. Taiwan, Province of China. Goods have to be transported across the globe and delivered to different destinations – from congested cities to remote, rural areas. South Africa. South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands. Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

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