Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

However, there are price hikes involving certain model iPhone 15 phones sold in China , India and Japan to reportedly offset currency value changes related to the U.S. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. market for the new iPhone lineup. percent decline in iPhone revenues.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 3, 2019

Our third contract research paper is by James Wilkinson, focusing on aerospace contracts which typically entail a great deal of risk (as illustrated by the Boeing 737 MAX incident…). The type of contract of interest in this report is for Development and Manufacture contracts in the Aerospace and Defense industries. Mitigation.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 5, 2023

One of the clearest lessons learned during the pandemic was the importance of domestic manufacturing. As global supply chains snarled and essential products became hard to find, many domestic manufacturers pivoted to make up shortages. The importance of manufacturing has often been overlooked as the U.S.

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Precoro

OCTOBER 6, 2022

With the global market expansion and deepening supply chain complexity, the roles of procurement leaders have evolved from tactical to strategic. Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. How often do purchases happen?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The number one question that I am asked today by manufacturers across all industries is “How can I improve customer service?” Most budgets are completed in currency at a brand level. The data in Table 1 is from a recent research study. The two primary buffers in the supply chain are manufacturing capacity and inventory.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides a side panel supplementary update to our prior posted blog highlighting the latest reported September and Q3 global and regional PMI indices that indicate manufacturing contraction has begun. Noted was that 90 developing countries have seen their currencies weaken against the high U.S. dollar this year.

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EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

This should serve as a general framework to source products from different countries according to their strengths. We’ve got a great guide on sourcing products from China , for example. By the time you source, produce and receive the goods, the trend would have passed. Manufacturers vs Trading Companies.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 28, 2019

In particular, blockchain, a prolific technology that began as the underpinning for digital currencies, is proving useful in this regard.”[3] He writes, “Although the technology is far from mature, one area where it’s already having a concrete impact is in manufacturing and the supply chain. ” 3.

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EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

This should serve as a general framework to source products from different countries according to their strengths. We’ve got a great guide on sourcing products from China , for example. By the time you source, produce and receive the goods, the trend would have passed. Manufacturers vs Trading Companies.

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 18, 2018

They range from small-batch soap manufacturing to the distribution of sports car parts. It firmly cemented China as the world’s manufacturing hub. It raised its prowess from running mere factories to one that offered a complete value chain: from research and development to shipping and fulfillment.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Today, Ganguly, vice president of manufacturing and general manager of the company’s Research Triangle Park operations, says the Jenkins MBA program prepared him for the challenges he faces from day to day. Supply chain has a big focus on the currency of today’s theories being implemented here. which is a 90 day process.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 1, 2017

This is one of the premier conferences in the development and application of emerging technologies, and it does an excellent job of bringing together academic research and industrial innovation in one forum. JDA was one of many sponsors, and our CEO Girish Rishi has the pleasure of sitting on CEWIT’s Advisory Board. Industry 4.0,

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 1, 2017

This is one of the premier conferences in the development and application of emerging technologies, and it does an excellent job of bringing together academic research and industrial innovation in one forum. JDA was one of many sponsors, and our CEO Girish Rishi has the pleasure of sitting on CEWIT’s Advisory Board. Industry 4.0,

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 6, 2015

While US manufacturing has been hit hard by nearly two decades of policy failures that have damaged its international competitiveness, it remains a vital part of the U.S. The US manufacturing sector employed 12 million workers in 2013, or about 8.8 On average, non-college-educated workers in manufacturing made 10.9 employment.

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Unleashed

MAY 3, 2021

It pays to have done your research and development into the product you are hoping to sell. They spent two years on research and development and came up with a patent-pending process on how to do it. We sourced vanilla from Madagascar, Egyptian mint and fantastic cardamom, cloves and cinnamon from Sri Lanka.”

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Precoro

JANUARY 16, 2023

Spend management allows for efficient sourcing and procurement, regulated expenses, timely registration of spontaneous purchases, and a reduction of fraud and errors. These purchases might be recurring or occasional, some might be planned, and others pop up in response to sudden changes. Operating vs. Non-operating.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2024

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Slight Rise in Global Wide Production Activity Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® was headlined with back-to-back expansion levels in February. The HSBC India Manufacturing PMI® rose from 56.5 Manufacturing Among the two reported PMI reports relative to U.S.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 30, 2019

The impact of e-commerce and the consumer digital path to purchase has been significant. ”[1] Empty malls and struggling brick-and-mortar retailers also bear stark witness to the impact of the digital path to purchase. … Shoppers now purchase more online, making fewer trips to stores and seeing fewer in-store promotions.”[2].

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QAD

JULY 12, 2022

The metaverse comes along with its own currency, in the form of NFTs, that can be bought, sold, and exchanged for substantial value. . 22% reported the main reason they haven’t invested is because they aren’t interested in virtual currency, while 16% said they won’t invest because they don’t understand it. .

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QAD

MAY 3, 2022

Approximately one out of every five (20.9%) people understand none of the terms included in our research. The Metaverse comes along with its own currency, in the form of NFTs, that can be bought, sold and exchanged for substantial value. has spent several hours or more researching cryptocurrency and NFTs.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? study , 40% of consumers have purchased from retailers based outside the U.S., Today, with oil prices below $35 per barrel, the talk has shifted to prices declining even further, to perhaps $20 per barrel due to oversupply.

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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

The clean energy technology sector achieved considerable growth with China’s low REE prices and advances in manufacturing technology , growth that some associated with low environmental and social sustainability standards. Nevertheless, over the last few decades the world largely relied on Chinese REE supply. The major challenges.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

They especially encourage manufacturing and design enterprises that import, process and then re-export goods. For clarity, here’s a quick definition of each term: A free trade zone – or free zone as it is also known – can refer to specific-purpose manufacturing facilities.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Recently, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) released its “33rd annual State of Logistics” and the researchers concluded, “Logistics are out of sync.”[5] Every step of the supply chain from sourcing to delivery requires seamless collaboration. 7] Of course, it’s not just production that collaboration.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 27, 2022

The 3M Company is a highly diversified manufacturer that provides upwards of 60,000 products serving multiple industry sectors. From a vertical industry perspective, the company’s Safety and Industrial and Transportation and Electronics product businesses reported low single digit sales decreases, primarily from foreign currency headwinds.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

“For most businesses,” Nichols writes, “building a resilient supply chain will start with research. … This research will need to be in depth.” You can’t make your supply chain more resilient if don’t know where points of pain and vulnerability exist. Bolstering resiliency. .”[5]

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 28, 2022

Last week in a prior published mid-year assessment published by our research arm, we revisited previous published 2022 predictions assumptions related to now prevailing global economic, financial and manufacturing outlook perspectives. IMF Once Again Trims Global GDP Forecast. As of this week, the U.S. economy. .

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 30, 2019

This is the first of several research articles on contract management produced by our MBA students in our online Contract Management class. The purpose of this consortium is to develop open source technology and standards for computational contracting. Another barrier to smart contracts is that adoption is limited.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The goal is to create redundant sources based on supplier-specific and country-of-origin, to ensure that each product category has redundancy as a form of insurance on the supply chain. Andrew Partis shared his views from ThermoFisher, a global contrat manufacturer for the pharmaceutical industry.

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Elementum

MAY 21, 2018

Huawei’s current dilemma was foreshadowed in October 2013, when the US government warned that consumers were risking their personal security by buying products from Huawei and ZTE, one of China’s leading telecom manufacturers. According to unverified sources, AT&T’s sudden decision was due to federal pressure.

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Elementum

MAY 21, 2018

Huawei’s current dilemma was foreshadowed in October 2013, when the US government warned that consumers were risking their personal security by buying products from Huawei and ZTE, one of China’s leading telecom manufacturers. According to unverified sources, AT&T’s sudden decision was due to federal pressure.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

companies that move manufacturing operations overseas? Will he declare China a currency manipulator ? 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? Will he impose tariffs on imports from U.S.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The latest smart manufacturing concept that we developed and demonstrated is the robot-on-a-cart concept for autonomous assembly or conveyer tending. As manufacturers continue to expand the various applications these systems can handle, we’ll see more firms designing lights-out facilities. . Drones & Autonomous Vehicles.

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