When A Cyberattack Takes Down Your Supply Chain Software
Talking Logistics
JUNE 25, 2024
Read more The post When A Cyberattack Takes Down Your Supply Chain Software appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.
Global Wide Manufacturing Output Strengthens in March 2024
Supply Chain Matters
APRIL 5, 2024
Global Manufacturing Output Levels Strengthen Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® ended March on an optimistic footing. Of further significance was the March report indication that the rate of growth in global manufacturing output has accelerated to a 21-month high.
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German Economy and Manufacturing Activity Now Reflect Recession
Supply Chain Matters
MAY 25, 2023
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s reports that the German economy has officially slid into recession, and along with that, ongoing manufacturing recessionary conditions as-well. A dependence on natural gas supplies from Russia has been buffered by imported LNG supplies from the U.S. and other generative regions.
Ukraine and the Supply Chain
Enterra Insights
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
The world is rightfully concerned about Russia’s ruthless and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Russia is a commodities powerhouse and a key supplier of energy to Europe. Such an escalation, however, would place Russia, and the world, in a very dangerous place. ”[1]. ”[6]. . ”[6].
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Supply Chain Disruptions Are Here to Stay with Steve Elwell
The Logistics of Logistics
JULY 13, 2022
Steve is he Managing Director of Haxlar , an integrated manufacturing solutions provider, delivering design, manufacturing, sourcing, supply chain, and product management services for a wide range of industries. He is an expert in the growth and turnaround of small and medium manufacturing, logistics, and technology businesses.
July 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Indicating Declining Momentum
Supply Chain Matters
AUGUST 3, 2022
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides commentary relative to July’s global manufacturing PMI indices relative to data indicating declining momentum, and some contraction among specific global regions. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. Global Wide Production Activity. The July 2022 J.P.
Upturn in Global Manufacturing in June- Cautionary Signs Prevail
Supply Chain Matters
JULY 2, 2024
Global Manufacturing Output Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted by the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® reportedly slightly declined in June with output and new orders indices on the rise. In the latter category, subdued market conditions were cited as an underlying factor in manufacturers’ business optimism.
Russia’s Arctic Expansion: The Future of Global Shipping
SCMDOJO
MARCH 22, 2023
Russia’s Arctic Expansion: A Long-Term Strategy While the world is currently focused on the conflict in Ukraine, Russia is quietly expanding its military presence in the Arctic, building new bases in the region. Russia’s strategic location between Europe and Asia places it in a vital position for trade.
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Editor’s Choice: Aluminum Can Shortage Defines a New Normal for Food Packaging
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
This shortage is the culmination of various ongoing issues – geopolitical tensions related to the Russia-Ukraine war, the rapid shift in consumer buying behavior and container freight availability. This shortage and sudden uptick in demand weren’t something that most can manufacturers were prepared for.
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The Food Supply Chain and the War in Ukraine
Enterra Insights
APRIL 25, 2022
If you don’t think Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine will impact your life, you’re seriously mistaken. Clay explains, “For manufactured goods, China largely dominates global trade. ”[2] Two of those breadbasket countries are Russia and Ukraine. It already has. That is not the case for food.
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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 02/25/2022- 03/03/2022
All Things Supply Chain
MARCH 4, 2022
Brands sever supply chain ties with Russia A growing list of corporate giants in various industries have decided to cut ties with Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine. Airbus…
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The impact of regional instabilities on the Global Supply Chain and how ERP can help
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
APRIL 13, 2022
Just as manufacturers and distributors were starting to climb out of the ‘COVID hole’, they’ve been knocked back in. Even companies without a direct supplier connection in Russia or Ukraine will experience debilitating disruption across industries from energy to agriculture.
August 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices- Declining Momentum Accelerating
Supply Chain Matters
SEPTEMBER 3, 2022
Supply Chain Matters provides our commentary and perspectives on published monthly global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The August S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI™ again fell to a two-year low of 51.5, The August 2022 J.P.
Essential Technology Capabilities for Supply Chain in 2023
Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 17, 2023
Manufacturing process complexity, including sourcing of complex parts and part relationships. In 2022, an increase in demand even amid record-high inflation, the Russia-Ukraine war and other disruptions amplified these problems, and they led to many organizations being beset by a demand and supply imbalance. Price Volatility.
Added Manufacturing Milestones for Tesla
Supply Chain Matters
APRIL 11, 2022
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights recent manufacturing milestones achieved by electric auto and truck maker Tesla. Manufacturing output amounted to 305,407 vehicles. The post Added Manufacturing Milestones for Tesla first appeared on The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group / Supply Chain Management.
What’s Good for Consumer Goods Manufacturing?
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.
The war in Ukraine and the role of supply chain professionals
Procurement Academy
MARCH 24, 2022
Over 250,000 US companies, and over 160,000 European companies, have direct or indirect suppliers in Russia and Ukraine. Energy : Russia was the second-largest global exporter of oil and has been supplying over 30% of Europe’s gas. Many of these materials are crucial for electronics manufacturing, including Lithium-Ion batteries.
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Manufacturing Connect Seminar 2016
Supply Chain Movement
APRIL 7, 2016
Manufacturing Connect Seminar 2016. URL: jda.com/manufacturing-connect-2016-scm. Attend a presentation by Björn Rohrmann, Head of SCM, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke to discover the latest strategies that pioneering manufacturers are using to create a supply chain that is sufficiently agile to adapt to the emerging waves of innovation.
October 2022 PMI Reporting Points to Global Wide Manufacturing Contraction
Supply Chain Matters
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Supply Chain Matters provides monthly highlight commentary and perspectives on published October 2022 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Now, October reporting data reinforces global-wide contraction levels in production and new orders, along with manufacturing recession conditions now acknowledged for Europe.
Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency
Logility
JUNE 30, 2022
resigned from their jobs in durable goods manufacturing. The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. Reroute orders to other warehouses and manufacturing locations. In February alone, 22,000 people in the U.S. It’s a global problem.
What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022
The Logistics of Logistics
JUNE 23, 2022
The ongoing Ukraine–Russia conflict has caused turmoil in significant parts of the global food chain, and in fact, Ukraine is a major exporter of barley (30% of global totals), wheat (25%), and sunflower oil (60%). Further, Ukraine supplies more than one-half of the world’s neon gas necessary for printing circuits on computer chips.
September and Q3 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Enter Contraction Trending
Supply Chain Matters
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Supply Chain Matters provides our monthly highlights commentary and perspectives on published monthly global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Now, with September and full Q3 reporting available, global manufacturing activity has officially fallen below the 50.0 Global Wide Production Activity. represented a 0.5
How business intelligence can boost customer centricity
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
JUNE 14, 2022
Data plays a huge role in the ability to manufacture companies to draw powerful insights and create transformative experiences for customers and business growth. Many manufacturers just aren’t maximising its value and missing out on the unmatched efficiencies it provides. Collecting data for effective usage with business intelligence.
The Fog of War in Ukraine Darkens the Global Economic Outlook
MIT Supply Chain
MARCH 14, 2022
have predicted owing to the accumulation of inventory in manufacturing. an outcome that became a distinct possibility after Russia invaded Ukraine. For instance, as a new Cold War descends and Russia becomes an international pariah, supplies of key materials from that country are almost certain to be compromised.
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FMCG Manufacturing, Sourcing and the Ukraine-Russia Unrest
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
One recent escalation has been to ban the sale of EU goods inside Russia which is rather a throw-back to Cold War days when the same rule applied to iconic western branded goods like Coke and Wrangler jeans. Now it is a different matter as Russia is a little bit more important, if you allow me to adopt some BBC understating diction.
The self-learning supply chain: Turning manufacturing into a self-adjusting process
Manufacturing & Logistics IT
JULY 26, 2017
By Marcus Malinen, Vice-President of Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia, Quintiq, a Dassault Systèmes brand. A key challenge for manufacturers is the need to be ready to meet their customers' demands at all times, but without holding stock unnecessarily.
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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 22, 2023
Last year multiple companies needed to urgently relocate their employees and their families from Russia and Ukraine. We can use this same method to represent customer orders, suppliers, manufacturing sites, warehouses, transportation assets, and all other agents that you have in your company’s value chain.
Slight Decline in April Global Production and Supply Chain Activity Levels
Supply Chain Matters
MAY 3, 2024
Decline in Global Manufacturing Output Levels Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® declined in April. The April report further indicated that global wide manufacturers are still maintaining an overall outlook that production levels will be higher in the coming 12 months.
The self-learning supply chain: Turning manufacturing into a self-adjusting process
Manufacturing & Logistics IT
JULY 26, 2017
By Marcus Malinen, Vice-President of Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia, Quintiq, a Dassault Systèmes brand. A key challenge for manufacturers is the need to be ready to meet their customers' demands at all times, but without holding stock unnecessarily.
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Supply Chain Ripple Effects of Russia’s War in Ukraine
Alloy
MARCH 29, 2022
The devastation experienced by Ukraine and its people has prompted the western world to levy sanctions on Russia, the idea being to put so much pressure on Russia’s economy that they will pack up their military and go home. Reuters has been tracking all major sanctions since the crisis began. EU and Canadian airspace.
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Winning strategies for distributors and manufacturers during an economic downturn
EazyStock
MARCH 14, 2023
As the global world economy has continued to recover completely from the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, and with a subsequent war with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising inflation, many stock-holding companies are having a hard time.
OECD Trims Economic Forecasts as a Result of Ukraine Conflict
Supply Chain Matters
MARCH 22, 2022
There are additionally the usual downside caveats that include further imposition of sanctions or consumer and business boycotts related to Russia. The OECD report reinforces that both Ukraine and Russia are large producers and exporters of key energy, minerals and basic food commodities.
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Food Supply Chain Issues
Elementum
AUGUST 29, 2022
Communication Breakdowns The supply chain can spread across countless parties–from growers to pickers, stockists to manufacturers, and raw food producers to brand packaging plants–and that’s before a product gets anywhere near a shelf.
This Could Be Scary: A Halloween Candy Shortage
Enterra Insights
AUGUST 8, 2022
Good for someone that wants to buy Halloween candy for 75% off the day after Halloween, but not so great for the candy manufacturer or retailer.”[5] She explains, “Dark chocolate can store up to two years from the manufactured date. ”[6]. .”[8] ”[9] Candy supplies should be good at the moment.
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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)
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. And now on to this week’s logistics news.
Added Headwinds for Global PMI Production Indices in June and Q2 2022
Supply Chain Matters
JULY 7, 2022
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights select June and Q2-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating increased headwinds and challenges in the months to come. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. Global Wide Production Activity. Select Regional Highlights.
Once Again- The Weakest Link in the Supply Chain Has Lasting Impact
Supply Chain Matters
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Wei, the CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) addressing a tech symposium last week, indicated that an endemic shortage of relatively low-cost semiconductor devices, ranging in cost from 50 cents to $10 dollars, continues to dog global automotive manufacturers in their ongoing volume manufacturing needs.
Global Supply Chain Activity Levels Reportedly Decline in May 2022- Signs of a Changing Tide
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.
This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 21, 2023
GLOBAL TRADE NEWS Xeneta , an ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform provider, investigated how growing geopolitical divisions are manifesting in a shift away from manufacturing in China, and an increase in friendshoring. In percentage terms, Vietnam’s exports grew the most.
The Role of Data in Sourcing Success
LevaData
APRIL 26, 2022
Also, would it be more effective to buy from a distributor rather than the manufacturer; if so, which distributor? Supply Chain Risks Brought on by the Russia-Ukraine Crisis Since the end of February, all eyes have been on Russia and Ukraine. The effects of Russia's invasion and subsequent attacks on Ukraine have been […].
When Old Technology is Cutting Edge: The One-Year Anniversary of ChatGPT and the Benefits of AI in the Supply Chain Industry
Enterra Insights
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Put simply, a supply chain consists of various components — raw materials, transportation, manufacturing, goods, etc. That means, geopolitical events, such as the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, climate emergencies, inflation, and so forth, can be taken into consideration. What is a Supply Chain and How Does AI Affect it?
Rising Headwinds Reflected for Global Production Indices in March and Q1 2022
Supply Chain Matters
APRIL 6, 2022
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights March and Q1-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating added headwinds and challenges in the months to come. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI™ reported a value of 58.8
Snapshot of 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part One
Supply Chain Matters
JANUARY 6, 2023
Downside risks that include monetary policy miscalculations, an uncertain outcome to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and further supply network disruptions as a result of more far-reaching spread of Covid variant infection rates across China. Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J. a 30-month low.
Transforming the Automotive Supply Chain: It’s Time to Be Brave
BlueYonder
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Essentially, automotive isn’t now just a manufacturing entity. And with the historic pace of change likely to feel like a Sunday stroll compared to what’s to come, it’s now imperative that the supply chain matches this level of manufacturing bravery, to align itself more appropriately with automotive’s road ahead.
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