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No Balloons Needed: Practical Moves to Navigate Tariff Volatility

Logistics Viewpoints

The manufacturing sector is facing unprecedented volatility in global trade, with tariffs becoming the latest in a series of uncertainty drivers that are impacting virtually all industries. Manufacturing plants are deeply entrenched; tied to infrastructure, suppliers, skilled labor, and regulatory requirements.

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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

United States Inflation Rates and GDP Inflation is the highest in forty years. In the face of variability, this is two-to-six weeks too long to make allocation or procurement decisions. Build in-market sourcing. Rationalize global strategies to focus on building markets based on in-market sourcing. Shift in cycles.

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Logistics and Supply Chain News (August 5th- 9th 2024)

Logistics Viewpoints

Reducing reliance on single suppliers and diversifying supply sources can mitigate the impact of disruptions in specific regions or industries. Sunpower was once one of the larger domestic solar manufacturers and remained resilient during the cleantech bust of the early 2010s has finally met its match.

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What is Supply Chain Decision Support? Are We Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?

Supply Chain Shaman

PWC’s Digital Trends in Supply Chain Survey reports that 83% of manufacturers say that supply chain technologies have not delivered the expected results. When he speaks of the supply chain, he means procurement. Consider social security management in the United States without a social security number.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Advanced planning evolved with a focus on modeling manufacturing constraints. Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. Procurement became an island–isolated from the demand signal except for MRP. Procurement: Purchase price variance and procurement cost.

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Supply Chain Planning Solutions are Not Just for the Big Boys

Logistics Viewpoints

Myers Industries (NYSE: MYE) is headquartered in Akron, Ohio in the United States. This manufacturer produces plastic reusable material handling containers and plastic fuel tanks. The Company operates eighteen manufacturing facilities, nine distribution centers located throughout North and Central America.

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Weaponization of the Periodic Table Crimps U.S. Critical Minerals Supply Chains

Exiger Perspectives

Table of Contents The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) recently banned exports to the United States of three critical minerals antimony, gallium, and germanium along with other high-tech materials that are used in industries that are vital to U.S. The United States is nearly 100% dependent on the PRC for gallium imports.