Manufacturing Procurement Transportation United States 
Talking Logistics
MARCH 27, 2013
The “reshoring” of manufacturing operations from China and elsewhere to the United States continues to make headlines. A month later, Walmart announced that it will increase its sourcing of US products by $50 billion over the next 10 years. One is the thought process around best-cost sourcing versus least-cost sourcing.
Logistics Bureau
JANUARY 14, 2025
The explosion in globalisation, and corresponding reduction in transport availability over the last decade or so, have together kiboshed some of the factors which once fueled a steady growth in offshore manufacture and procurement. Let me show you why. Indirectly, the rest of the world benefits too.
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Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 18, 2023
Yes, we have achieved greater normalcy in transportation. 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. The ride is uphill, but the visibility is low.
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Background on Ocean Transport. Pandemic demand for goods, and the shifts from a service economy, increased volume in southern California ports where 40% of ocean carriers unload for entry into the United States. There is not a one-to-one relationship between a container and a purchase order. So what you might say?
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Source: J.P. Global Manufacturing PMI Global Trade as a Barometer Clearly domestic business activity is much larger than international trade. But cross-border trade is an important part of the global economy and much of this trade is in physical goods that must be stored, shipped, transported, and eventually consumed.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 24, 2020
Similarly, with the break-up of “The Bells” in the United States in 1982, personal networks grew more open. IBM purchased Sterling Commerce. There is no network capable of connecting sourcing, logistics, manufacturing, and distribution together in the market today. Here are some rules of thumb: 1.
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
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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