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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Cathy Roberson

MAY 3, 2021

These platforms allow a multitude of businesses to participate by selling and buying goods and services while the likes of Amazon and Alibaba coordinate the logistics such as warehousing, fulfillment, and transportation in the background. For international transportation, there is the additional requirement of clearing customs.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. Further, Japan based shipping line Mitsui OSK Lines indicated a belief that this disruption could extend thru the balance of 2024. All rights reserved.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2016

In 2012, for example, he was elected as a fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), where he served as chair of the Sections and Societies Subcommittee and as president of the Transportation Science and Logistics Section. Thank you, Marius, for your friendship, support, and confidence in me.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

What would prevent from the Japan carriers NYK, “K” Line, and MOL to make the next move? In my opinion, there will be more than one way to procure capacity, rates, and services for the 2016-2017 season. Sri is responsible for the global strategy, volumes and revenue for the ocean transportation.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

These changes can be caused by factors such as natural disasters, political unrest, trade disputes, or disruptions in transportation networks. The scarcity of skilled professionals in areas such as logistics, procurement, and data analytics can hinder the ability to effectively manage and optimize supply chains.

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QAD

APRIL 4, 2023

New enhancements are comprised of the following: QAD SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) provides manufacturers and their suppliers a single point of entry to facilitate real-time communication, improve procurement processes and reduce inbound supply risks.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 22, 2024

Japan and Taiwan have earthquakes often, and they both are some of the leading suppliers of microchips. Delays Delays happen when ships are involved, or even when a vehicle transport company is involved like A1 Auto Transport. How Can We Create More Resilient Supply Chains?

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Resilinc

MAY 4, 2021

political leaders and geopolitical analysts advocate procuring more goods from other democratic countries. Transport and logistics infrastructure must be improved substantially, especially in Central America. With growing alarm over national security risks arising from China’s dominant role in global supply chains, many U.S.

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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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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. China ranks number one as the country from which companies are reshoring, followed by Mexico, Canada, India, and Japan. are: Germany, China, Japan, Canada, and Korea. The top countries that are investing in manufacturing sites in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 1, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights reports of a cyber-attack incident impacting a supplier to Toyota Motor and resulting in a one-day suspension of the automakers manufacturing operations across Japan.

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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. Food prices will likely skyrocket.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

The original intention was to reduce inventory through multiple deliveries – and this worked well in places like Japan, where suppliers are located near the production facility. But in a country like the US, or in global supply networks, it is actually doing enormous harm to the environment, and is complicating transportation networks.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

The company’s integration partners include Element Logic , one of Europe ’s intralogistics companies; and Okamura , a Japan based provider of high-quality products and services for offices, education, commercial facilities and distribution centers. JAGGAER Finalizes Added Strategic Partnership.

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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

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. and Japan is reportedly expected to face strong pushback from businesses and some EU countries, concerned about EU overreach. The Global Shipping Boom Declared as Ended.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Included in the August report summary were production downturns in the Eurozone , Japan and U.S. manufacturing and procurement activity levels, namely the ISM Report on Business Manufacturing PMI , and the S&P Global U.S. Japan ’s manufacturing sector reportedly moved closer to stabilization in August.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Prior long-standing assumptions that mature, foreign based supply networks, low-cost labor and predictable global transportation and logistics costs would remain constant were also blown-up by a series of industry dynamics. Perhaps the more far-reaching aspect of rethinking supply networks has been put forth by U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Japan based labor union representing production workers at Toyota Motor are reportedly seeking the equivalent of a 7.6 Reportedly the labor union is seeking a target of upwards of a 5 percent increase in annual wage rates for workers across Japan. The UAW has further indicated active actions targeting Tesla’ s U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 4, 2024

Rates of manufacturing contraction eased across Europe and in Japan. While supply pressures have reportedly eased slightly, transport capacity related shortages increased in excess of their long-run averages. Regionally, output growth reported increased in China , the United Kingdom and the United States. percentage points from the 58.8

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 This provider describes itself as an AI- enabled procurement Cloud platform built for the sourcing of lower-dollar, non-strategic purchases, commonly referred to as “ tail spend.” Expands C-Suite Amid Increased Technology Demand.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Other significant report highlights in this developed economies grouping was the index for Japan indicating that in September, new orders fell at the sharpest rate in two years, while a weakening Japanese yen drove manufacturing inflationary pressures higher. Japan, Taiwan ) the average PMI value for Q3 was 49.0,

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 5, 2024

manufacturing and procurement activity levels, namely the ISM Report on Business Manufacturing PMI , and the S&P Global U.S. Economists point to July production contraction activity in China, Japan and the U.S. Cost inflation reportedly rose to its highest level in over two years leading to rises in output prices.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

Touched upon was the joint development of an industry B2B platform for the procurement of pharmaceuticals, drugs and medical supplies enabled by embedded RFID tracking devices. Panasonic to Quadruple Battery Production Capacity. auto makers including Tesla.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Output reportedly rose in China, India, Brazil and the United States , while declines continued in the Eurozone , Japan and the United Kingdom. The February 2024 reading of 50.3 compared to a January reading of 50.0, and has increased 1.4 percentage points from the 48.9 reading reported at the end of 2023.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

The overall theme depicted in the December 2022 reporting was an intensification of a global manufacturing downturn, with continuing output reductions across the Eurozone , Japan , China and the United States.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

Higher costs related to energy and transportation reportedly led to Vietnamese manufacturers incurring further increases in selling prices. Upon reviewing a grouping of developed regions, namely the United States, Eurozone, Japan and Taiwan, production and supply chain activity levels declined 2.9 percentage points from Q1 to Q2.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The regions reported as having the most declines in production volumes were noted as Brazil, Canada, Japan , and the United Kingdom. The report’s authors indicated that five sub-indices, output, new orders, manufacturing employment, purchasing stocks and suppliers’ delivery times were collectively at levels of deterioration.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

and Japan based companies such as Dell, HP and Sony are leading the charge toward alternative sourcing options. Additionally indicated is that: “ Ultimately though, a greater proportion of Apple’s capacity is going to be situated outside of China.”

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 19, 2022

ANA is the first 737 MAX customer in Japan and first carrier in Asia to choose the 777-8 Freighter. The order was previously unidentified on Boeing’s Orders and Deliveries website. . Boeing and 777 Partners announcing a new order and commitment for up to 66 737 MAX jets, including a firm order for 30 high-capacity Boeing 737-8-200s.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Output reportedly rose in China , India and Brazil and fell more slowly in the Eurozone , Japan and the United States. Further reported was that supplier delivery performance levels deteriorated for the first time attributed to trucking and transportation delays. up 2 percentage points from the 47.1 level reported for December.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2016

What would prevent from the Japan carriers NYK, “K” Line, and MOL to make the next move? In my opinion, there will be more than one way to procure capacity, rates, and services for the 2016-2017 season. Pending regulatory approvals, CMA CGM is positioned to acquire APL’s parent company, NOL.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Further indicated were signs of weakness occurring in China , Japan , Malaysia, South Korea , Taiwan and Vietnam. Report authors noted that sector data of new orders indicated that contraction occurred across consumer, intermediate and investment goods industries.

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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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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

In 2011, these concerns, specifically complaints from the United States, Japan and the European Union (EU), prompted the World Trade Organisation to rule against China’s export restrictions. A move that led to international concerns around supply security and the political motivation behind China’s export restrictions.

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