Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Now of course, companies must map out the potential impacts of the Russia Ukraine war. Russia Attacks Ukraine. Russia shells Ukraine. Russia had massed some 150,000 troops along Ukraine’s borders, according to US estimates based on satellite imagery. Graph of Russia War Supply Chain Interdependencies.

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 27, 2023

What’s on the road ahead for consumer goods manufacturing? Here are some trends affecting the consumer goods manufacturing industry today: Consumer Goods Manufacturing Trends Challenges remain on the road ahead, but the ride is getting smoother. Supply chain woes. Geopolitical instability. No, it’s not over yet.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. That prospect became more conceivable, they said, after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine prompted companies to sever ties with Russia, sometimes taking huge write-downs. Walmart SWW currently offers FedEx and USPS shipping.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 19, 2022

The modern supply chain is global and often depends on Russia for production, either equipment or materials. Sanctions make these elements harder to procure elsewhere while preventing many companies from using existing Russian sources. In many instances, alternative sources are limited. What’s impacted? Raw materials.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Even before the pandemic, global supply chain were fragile thanks to factors such as the US-China trade war, less efficient shipping routes and a huge drive to cut costs by consolidating loads. Just as manufacturers and distributors were starting to climb out of the ‘COVID hole’, they’ve been knocked back in.

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

Organizations must use every means at their disposal to keep goods moving while at the same time preventing their most important resource – their talent – from jumping ship at an alarming pace. resigned from their jobs in durable goods manufacturing. Roughly 25% of workers plan to change jobs in 2022. It’s a global problem.

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QAD

AUGUST 16, 2022

Unpredictability is undoubtedly the major issue manufacturers face when dealing with fragmented supply chains. As the supply chain breaks, manufacturers must find new suppliers and new transport routes and find them rapidly, so that production doesn’t come to a halt. So, how can manufacturers respond to these challenges?

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing. Prediction Two of this year predictions indicated the following: Restoring More Direct Control in Strategic and Tactical Direct Material Sourcing Will be the Driving Force for Businesses and their Supply Chain Management Teams in the Coming Year.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

When asked what peak season is, it’s easy to assume the holidays are the only peak shipping season. However, four shipping seasons occur throughout the year and are often regular and expected. That was the case until the ongoing disruptions of the past few years changed the shipping game. Q2: The Produce Shipping Season.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

Full-to-bursting warehouses means fewer orders for manufacturers, which translates into lower levels of business activity and, ultimately, weaker growth. They stocked up again after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed up the price of raw materials such as energy and wheat. 11 release.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

Last year multiple companies needed to urgently relocate their employees and their families from Russia and Ukraine. However, this model would aggregate the details of the ten thousand SKUs that are stocked and shipped. How easy is it to open and close distribution centers or move products across manufacturing facilities?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Earlier this year, before Russia invaded Ukraine and COVID-19 reemerged in China, it seemed we would finally enjoy relief from supply chain interruptions and price increases. Add a resurgence of Covid-19 in China near major ports for a further strain on shipping , and supply chains as we once knew them are a thing of the past.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight the latest quantitative data related to global manufacturing PMI activity levels for April. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Declined. The Global Manufacturing Output sub-index reportedly dropped to a contraction value of 48.5 According to the J.P. value, up from 53.1

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

According to PLS Logistics , global companies will install procurement managers in China for entire organizations by 2025. Meanwhile, Brazil, Russia and India will become major suppliers as companies access the remaining untapped resources of the world. Globalization Will Become More Important in Everyday Decisions.

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Proxima

AUGUST 25, 2022

When Chinese manufacturing cities come to a hard stop on short notice, there are serious consequences for global supply chains, with delays spilling over at local ports, nearby alternative outlets, and into destination ports, causing volatility and confusion right across the market.

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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. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Again Decline. This index tends to be weighted more toward large state-owned manufacturers.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Disruptions were brought about not only by the persistent and recurring spread of Covid -19 infections globally, but also significant storms and natural disasters, a one-week blockage of one of world’s most transited shipping canals, followed by complete disarray among global shipping schedules. seen as a likely alternative.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Included in this update is a report indicating that Apple has commenced production of the newly released iPhone14 in India, ahead of schedule, that the global shipping boom has now been declared over by one financial publication, and that the EU is seeking emergency supply network powers to prioritize deemed essential production.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides another update on ongoing strategic sourcing and operational developments occurring among electric vehicle focused supply and production networks. Included in this update are Tesla , Rivian Automotive and Mercedes Vans , along with recycling technology start-up efforts.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2022

By now our Supply Chain Matters readers have already viewed headlines of yet another COVID-19 variant induced lockdown of certain manufacturing and port facilities in China. Impacted are manufacturing clusters located in Shenzhen and Changchun city areas which have been placed on minimum one-week lockdowns as of this past weekend.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

Journalist Eamon Barrett ( @Eamonbarrett88 ) reports, “According to shipping analytics firm Windward, 20% of the world’s roughly 9,000 active container ships are currently sitting in traffic jams outside congested ports. The latest China lockdowns combined with the Russia-Ukraine war is too heavy a burden. ”[4].

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI™ reported a value of 57.3

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations. You can’t just turn around a giant cargo ship. And when shipping to volatile countries, it becomes even harder. And when shipping to volatile countries, it becomes even harder. Once cargo has shipped, there are no “backsies.” By Ali Hasan Raza.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The continent has been dogged by the ongoing hostilities among Russia and Ukraine, rising tensions and shipping related terrorist activity in the Middle East, and significant manufacturing contraction in Germany , and to some extent in France. Last year at this time, this region was forecasted to grow 1.2 percent this year.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 10, 2023

Our January prediction noted that the ongoing Russia and Ukraine hostilities in early 2022 and the sanctions consequently placed on Russia by the NATO alliance nations precipitated a feared natural gas shortage that could have spread to other global areas. However, economic and manufacturing recession conditions are now being observed.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

We had a hangover from the pandemic: Which led to continued inventory shortages, closures of manufacturing plants in China, congested ports, and underemployment. Trade basically ceased as ports closed because of western- imposed economic sanctions on Russia. Cargo planes could not fly out of or into Russia or Ukraine.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

I had the opportunity to sit in on a very thorough presentation by a member of the Economist Intelligence Unit at the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies meeting today. Thus, expect to see sanctions against Russia continuing for at least five years or more. Dual sourcing and longer term contracts – This is always a challenge.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 10, 2022

Global shipping services provider A.P. billion, primarily driven by ocean revenue increases but included a negative impact of $718 million from the Russia/Ukraine conflict and losses related to terminals related to these areas. The latest quarterly financial performance included : Total quarterly revenues of $19.3 EBIT increased $7.5

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Unleashed

APRIL 28, 2022

With lead times multiplying, shipping costs ballooning, and some raw materials simply unavailable, what are the best supply chain strategies for SMES ? Ben Vear is General Manager (EMEA) for Minor Figures , which manufactures oat milk and coffee-based products. Dual sourcing. Play Video. Be ready to ‘pad the line’.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported this week (Paid subscription or metered view) that ocean container freight rates related to the most active global shipping lanes continue to decline amid what is traditionally considered the peak shipping period leading up to the holiday fulfillment season in the November-December period.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

The metaphor was reflective of when global shipping lines elected to take advantage of such disruptions to drive up shipping rates and ancillary charges to unprecedented levels with ongoing financial impacts to multiple industries. Friedman went on to articulate that transit times to move inventory from Asia to the U.S.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 16, 2023

and its allies would win while losing “dozens of ships, hundreds of aircraft, and tens of thousands of servicemembers.” While a war would be bad enough, the consequences for global supply chains and the economies they support would also be disastrous because of Taiwan’s position as the largest supplier of semiconductors and source of.

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Taulia

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic directly resulted in unpredictable shifts in demand, labor shortages, and bottlenecks in manufacturing and distribution. All of this has created a challenging environment for any business whose supply chains span the globe, with average global shipping rates having more than quadrupled since 2019.

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2022

An example of supply chain resilience A basic example of supply chain resilience is building in redundancy through dual sourcing: having an alternative supplier for important parts or ingredients. Their Head of Supply Chain, Daniel Bull-Clearie, initially sourced their raw product entirely from their own coastal farm.

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Elementum

JUNE 30, 2022

This could indicate manufactures are expecting to reduce production and are, therefore, ordering fewer raw materials. First, any increase in economic output during Stagflation can be erased by the diminished purchasing power of the dollar. The purchasing power of the dollar can remain relatively stable. High unemployment.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Rogers pointed out three sources of food supply chain woes: war, COVID-19, and climate change. Just as importantly, shipping delays can negatively affect getting fresh produce to market. The war in Ukraine caused oil and fertilizer prices to surge as the availability of Russia resources decreased. ” • Rising food costs.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This edition will cover all things related to the Semiconductor Supply Chain: Why semiconductors have been supply constrained What manufacturers are doing to respond What the future of the industry will look like According to Gartner, the semiconductor industry grew a staggering 26.3% in 2021 and is projected to grow another 7.4%

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