Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 19, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights contract manufacturing services provider Foxconn ’s reported Q2-2024 financial performance in light of a broader strategy to diversify the company services beyond that of Apple. Financial performance headlines included: Total quarterly revenue growth of 19 percent to NT $1.6

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Vinculum

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Business applications can track, manage, and organize product sales, material purchases, and other production processes to make up inventory management software. Companies that use inventory management software spend less time and resources on basic tracking and more time analyzing, identifying, and reducing model inefficiencies.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Inspired by McKinsey’s 2020 consultancy report, which emphasizes transforming supply chains rather than temporary fixes, we believe a comprehensive approach to reskilling supply chain professionals is essential to meet future demands. The logistics industry is known for its cost sensitivity and customer-oriented approach.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series in providing highlights on reported April 2024 global PMI activity levels. Decline in Global Manufacturing Output Levels Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. reported for March. a decline of 1.1

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

Halal risk management practices of most companies are passive, meaning it is limited to the compliance of suppliers and their own (manufacturing) operations based on the requirements of the halal certification body and their halal standard(s). On the other hand, halal risks in the entire supply chain are not on their radar screens.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Even in Malaysia, retail sales during Christmas and Chinese New Year showed an 26.5% Brand loyalty is no longer the driver for consumer purchasing decisions. The Role of Digitisation and Analytics in Supply Chain Resilience. increase from the previous year, higher than the estimated 18.3%. BE READY FOR THE NEW NORMAL.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides a further installment in our global supply chain assessment in the highlights on reported December 2023, Q3-2023, and full year global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Global Production Continues to Contract Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. declined 0.3

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and perspectives on reported July 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. The July numbers signal a continued downturn in global manufacturing conditions with output and new order rates reportedly falling at faster rates. The July reported value of 48.7

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Enterra Insights

MAY 16, 2022

Andrew Kinder ( @Kinder_ai ), a Senior Vice President of industry and solution strategy with Infor, insists, “COVID-19 has taught manufacturers a bitter lesson. Fortunately, journalist Bridget McCrea reports, “Companies are thinking differently about how they design and orchestrate their supply chains.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 2, 2018

A slew of global purchasing managers indexes all point to deep supply constraints as this year's economy looks to be the strongest since 2011. A slew of purchasing managers indexes published on Jan. A slew of purchasing managers indexes published on Jan. 2 from China, Germany, France, Italy and the U.K. China Growth.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Most impacted are Asian exporters such as China, Vietnam, and Malaysia where rigorous policies to contain any COVID-19 outbreaks are leading to factory and port shutdowns. and the capacity of sparsely vaccinated manufacturing countries to meet it,” reported the Wall Street Journal on August 25. Other countries are far behind.

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OptiProERP

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

CFOs and senior accounting professionals already manage the information that is essential to profitability: general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, purchasing, budgeting, costing and so on. Control and accurately manage cash flow, track fixed assets, control budgets, and monitor project costs .

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 6, 2020

Bowman reports a national survey by SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass found, “60% of consumers would stop using a product if they knew that human trafficking or forced labor was used to create it.” And 55% believe they lack the information they need to make an educated decision about purchasing fair-labor products. (In

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o9 Solutions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

In fact, according to a recent Accenture report Supply Chain Transformation on the Cloud , many supply chain and related functions such as engineering, planning, manufacturing, fulfillment, and service management are rated as either low or medium in their current cloud adoption levels.

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Elementum

JUNE 19, 2015

In Malaysia, for example, one in three workers are victims of such forced labor. Many OEM’s use labor organizations to source laborers because it is cheaper and more efficient; however, by doing so they run the risk of employing forced laborers in the process.

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Vinculum

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

As per the report of Facebook and Bain & Company, online purchasing has been grown from 33% to 45% in 2021 in countries like the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia. Before the widespread pandemic, a report was circulated from OECD. Cut off the extra costs. Customer-Centric goal.

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Oracle SCM

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Most companies weren't buying from China or Taiwan or Malaysia like they are today. To do this, organizations need to start by assessing what data is needed where and eliminating unnecessary data that gets reported. Toyota's profits over the last 20 years have made most other automobile manufacturers around the world envious.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 13, 2015

I sure called this one right…Globalization linked with increasing labor costs in countries such as China, as well as fuel costs and regulatory shifts, are driving a dramatic impact on where companies source, where they produce, and the complexity of processes required to sell to the customer.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers with a September and Q3-2024 global supply chain assessment focused on reported global wide PMI activity levels. The reported September data provides added reinforcement of a global manufacturing slowdown occurring at the end of Q3-2024. The reported September value declined to 45.0

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC defines the warehouse automation market according to a number of qualifications and dimensions to deliver a well-defined measure, with numerous segmentations, allowing those that purchase the research to understand what is being measured, and to easily extrapolate the findings to support their strategic planning needs.

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Supply Chains Rock

JULY 7, 2009

Many global corporations realize this, which is why they have been so progressive in maintaining supply chains that hold themselves accountable for everything from the labor they employ to the eco-friendliness of the parts they use and many actually report on their progress and efforts. Manufacturing Central. In 2008, IBM spent $1.5

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides a monthly highlights of reported January 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Overall, global activity reportedly showed signs of increased production output and corresponding activity levels, but the gains were mostly in developing and lower-cost regions. increased 1.1

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of reported February 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Slight Rise in Global Wide Production Activity Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Slight Rise in Global Wide Production Activity Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights report that Volkswagen luxury branded vehicles were impounded by U.S. Background Supply chain ethical and social responsibility, that which umbrellas ESG conformance, have increasingly become a concern for businesses, large and small, along with their procurement organizations.

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Vinculum

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Cross-border eCommerce is to grow 1 trillion dollars by the end of 2020 from previous years as per the report from the global consulting firm Accenture and AliResearch. The consumers in Malaysia, for instance, want to buy a product in Singapore can now buy it from their own country. The Current landscape.

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Source Sensibly and Sustainably. Or follow your savvy suppliers and manufacturers as they open production lines in another country. Just like looking for suppliers and manufacturers in China, you may have to apply the same principles and common sense in evaluating business partners. Take Control of Wholesale.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Consumers, activists, and investors increasingly want to know the products they buy are sourced sustainably and ethically. Jennifer Furey and Rebecca Harris, attorneys at Goulston & Storrs, report, “Millennials are expected to inherit approximately $30 trillion in assets over the next 30 to 40 years. sources of raw materials.

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NC State SCRC

JULY 28, 2019

Low-cost country (LCC) sourcing is now a commonplace strategy for shrinking bottom line labor and material costs in most consumer products industries, including apparel, footwear, toys, and other manufactured products.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In our continuing series, Supply Chain Matters provides readers with highlights of monthly reported global and regional wide PMI activity levels. The latest data regarding October reinforces that global and regional manufacturing levels remain subdued, similar to this condition during all of the Q3 period. reported for September.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Purchasing and supplier management. Production/manufacturing. A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric. A KPI is a metric focused on a KEY element of business, departmental, or team performance. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Inventory management.

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