This article is about how consumer expectations have changed rapidly due to the emergence of e-commerce. The article then goes on to talk about some tips to keep up with demands that are similar to the military’s model of the supply chain. Some topics in the article include backward integration, maintaining efficiency, and thinking creatively.

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-announces-shortage-adderall

https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/amazon-deploys-automated-warehouse-robot-sparrow/636418/

11/27 – https://www.wsj.com/articles/fading-supply-chain-problems-signal-season-of-plenty-for-holiday-shoppers-11668681001

This article tells about the latest trends in the supply chain logistics and how the companies are coping with the new supply chain trends in the market.

https://abc11.com/recalled-parts-car-recall-used-cars-supply-chain-shortage/12468167/

This article describes the supply chain issues in the automotive industry. The article reflects how the automotive industry manufacturers are still struggling to produce the cars and how it is impacting customer base of different companies.

https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/articles/kelley-school-prof-talks-supply-chain-effect-on-holiday-sales

This article explains the challenges different firms have to face as a result of supply chain returning back to normal.

https://supplychaindigital.com/supply-chain-risk-management/latest-china-covid-outbreak-poses-supply-chain-threat

This article points out upon the impending dooms on the global supply chains due to shutdowns of factories and work units in China because of the rise in the COVID cases again.

11/21 – BorgWarner Preps $500M Chip Maker Investment | IndustryWeek

https://hbr.org/2022/11/what-really-makes-toyotas-production-system-resilient

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-supply-chain-disruptions-are-fueling-technology-innovation

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/gms-north-american-battery-supply-chain-is-key-ev-profits-2022-11-15/

https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/amazon-deploys-automated-warehouse-robot-sparrow/636418/

11/16 – After Evergreen Marine experienced a mishap with one of their ships blocking transportation in and out of the Suez Canal in March 2021, they again experienced something similar in March 2022. Their ship, the Ever Forward, was stuck in the Chesapeake Bay after running ground. I understand things like this are hard to avoid, but I would not expect it to happen so soon and within the same company, after causing them to lose billions just a year before. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/business/ever-forward-stuck-chesapeake-bay.html#:~:text=The%20ship%20became%20stuck%20nearly,of%20global%20commercial%20maritime%20traffic.

Collapsing Box Imports

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2022/11/16/hidden-gems-that-can-make-your-supply-chain-shine/?sh=6a4231fb4c7c
I chose this article because I thought it would be a nice article to read for everyone to just see and note how supply chain has its own secret ideas and ways to improve a company’s process. I like how they detail each bullet point in a way where it isn’t’ to technical and I felt like everyone in our class will understand the different points Forbes is getting across.

https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/15/apple-silicon-chips-made-in-america/
Apple is having something big going on with their chip shortage issue. We all know that the iPhone is made globally from different areas of the world, their parts are made separately in different areas. For the first time, Apple is gonna focus on making their own components IN the US! This will be able to diversify their supply chain further, and their focus right now is their silicon production.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-15/battery-supply-chain-comes-to-america-thanks-to-tesla-co-founder-straubel
The article talks about how the newest innovation to battery supply is tesla co-founder Straubel is going to be able to make battery components in the U.S. now. This deal with Panasonic is worth billions, and gives a huge advantage to production because battery components now will be made domestically, for the first time ever!

https://www.supplychainquarterly.com/articles/7384-ports-post-mixed-results-for-october

11/15 – https://www.wsj.com/articles/inflation-supply-chain-woes-hit-medical-device-makers-11668277737

https://www.thestreet.com/retail/ups-and-overstock-launch-exciting-feature-just-in-time-for-holidays

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/food/article/restaurant-industry-supply-chain-labor-costs-covid-17581395.php

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2022/09/19/how-to-get-your-supply-chain-ready-for-christmas/?sh=10e4975d4be5

This article is about the Supply Chain and the upcoming holiday season. The article discusses the specific issues that are happening in the supply chain. Examples include electronic devices, bicycles, toys, and Christmas decorations. All of these items, listed are predicted to have supply chain issues ahead of time on multiple channels of transportation. The expected transportation to be impacted by the supply chain issues is sea freight. The article discusses the suppliers working with the network of people earlier in the year in order to make sure all the items are there in time for the holidays.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/11/global-shipping-industry-faces-a-new-problem-too-many-containers.html

This article is talking about the issue of having too many containers. In 2020 at the start of the pandemic, there were issues of not having enough containers and now in 2022, the issue is having too many contianers. It is mentioned that this is causing a decline in global customer demand. Thus, causing a downward shift in consumption appetites. Container depots are declining future customers due to the sheer volume of the containers. The containers are not full either as noted in the article, so they are just taking up space where containers that are full and ready to go could be stored.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/electric-vehicles-scarce-parts-supply-chain-11668206037

This article is talking about the supply chain issues of electric cars. Electric cars have many parts for building the vehicles. An electric car typically has batteries, electric motors, and fancier electronics that make up the car. Electric cars have lower amounts of parts compared to regular gas cars but due to the newer technology of electric cars, there have to be reliable and consistent sources to buy the parts from. The supply chain of materials for electric vehicles is being affected heavily.

https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/egg-supply-issues-in-bismarck-linked-to-supply-chain-woes/article_9f15be30-61e3-11ed-bd52-1f0a553d2fa2.html

This article is discussing the supply chain issues with eggs in Bismarck North Dakota. Shelves with eggs all across North Dakota are empty. The biggest reason there are supply chain issues with eggs is that more than 50 million chickens and turkeys have been destroyed nationwide due to the influenza outbreak. The shortage has affected North Dakota even more because roughly 237,000 chickens and turkeys were affected in North Dakota.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320239187_Wal-Mart’s_Successfully_Integrated_Supply_Chain_and_the_Necessity_of_Establishing_the_Triple-A_supply_Chain_in_the_21st_century

11/14 – Microsoft announces the Microsoft Supply Chain Platform, a new design approach for supply chain agility, automation and sustainability (prnewswire.com)

https://hbr.org/2022/11/3-ways-to-build-trust-with-your-suppliers

https://hbr.org/2022/10/leveraging-new-tech-to-boost-supply-chain-resilience

11/9 – https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyshih/2022/11/07/labor-arbitrage-fruit-and-vegetable-imports-and-supply-chain-resiliency/?sh=445efea45639

Supply Chain Issues Expected Again for 2022 Holiday Shopping Season

https://www.nrn.com/consumer-trends/how-prepare-holiday-season-supply-chain-troubles

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/02/fords-october-sales-slide-10percent-amid-supply-chain-issues.html

11/7 – https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/macys-inventory-management-no-glut-supply-chain-officer-dennis-mullahy-interview-peak-season/635408/

10 Supply Chain Trends to Watch for in 2022 (ascm.org)

11/4 – https://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/trade-tariffs-supply-chain

https://www.trade.gov/about-ftzs

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wto.asp

11/3 – https://www.ibm.com/topics/what-is-blockchain

https://www.mashed.com/765406/one-of-starbucks-most-important-items-is-the-next-victim-of-supply-chain-trouble/

Adidas Slows Its Pace Due to Supply Chain Disruptions

https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-gelsinger-u-s-semiconductor-market-11666989610?mod=Searchresults_pos8&page=1

https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/boeing-still-pausing-737-production-as-it-works-through-supply-troubles/150235.article#:~:text=Components%20in%20short%20supply%20have,to%20fund%20badly%20needed%20expansion

11/2 – https://logistics.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/d/8843AE97AEECED352540EF23F30FEDED/64348F3117323D4E775FA7C4C6318CD9?alternativeLink=False

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/10/shopping-experts-predict-whats-in-store-for-black-friday-2022.html

11/1 – https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-american-helped-build-a-business-inside-china-clients-want-him-to-leave-11667016034

https://hbr.org/2022/10/research-why-its-so-hard-to-map-global-supply-chains

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-auto-sales-rise-october-supply-chains-improve-report-2022-10-26/

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/19/how-ai-can-help-companies-manage-the-semiconductor-supply-chain.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2022/10/31/supply-chain-resilience-and-agility-comes-from-operations-planning/?sh=3f10760d26f1

https://www.skubana.com/blog/supply-chain-management/challenges

https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-climate-change-is-disrupting-the-global-supply-chain

10/31 – Supply Chain – Forward Thinking (supplychainquarterly.com)

10/27 – Improving Our Packaging – Amazon Sustainability (aboutamazon.com)

10/26 – Apple calls on global supply chain to decarbonize by 2030 – Apple

10/24 – https://www.wsj.com/articles/southern-californias-notorious-container-ship-backup-ends-11666344603

10/23 – https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/19/politics/battery-grants-joe-biden/index.html
This article is titled “Biden announce $2.8 billion in grants for US battery supply chains. According to
CNN, President Biden and Energy Secretary Jennier Granholm are talking about actions on Wednesday
that is focusing on lowering costs because of inflation. They are doing this by “targeting domestic supply
chains”.
The battery investments include things both affecting the electric grid and electric vehicles. These grants
will be granted to 20 manufacturing and processing companies for projects across 12 states. According
to officials, the purpose of this grant is to create a new effort to mobilize the entire government and
secure a reliable and sustainable supply of critical materials used for power and electricity. It is also
expected to form 8,000 jobs and develop enough lithium to supply over 2 million electric vehicles
annually. The official also discussed how the world’s transition from fossil fuels to a clean energy
powered economy, we cannot be trade dependent on critical materials from China.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/19/how-ai-can-help-companies-manage-the-semiconductor-supply-chain.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2022/10/18/supply-chain-lessons-navigating-barge-slowdowns-on-the-mississippi-river/?sh=6065f50f2e8c

I thought this article would be beneficial to those considering supply chain for their major or those graduating soon and looking into potential supply chain career paths
https://www.supplychainbrain.com/blogs/1-think-tank/post/35653-four-emerging-supply-chain-jobs-of-the-future

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/18/turkey-prices-up-and-might-stay-that-way-due-to-avian-flu.html

I found an article that talks about inflation and how it will affect the holiday seasons. Additionally, within this article I found this graphic which shows how consumers are shopping differently due to inflation.
Link: https://blackfriday.com/news/black-friday-holiday-shopping-trends-2022

https://www.netsuite.com/portal/resource/articles/inventory-management/reverse-logistics.shtml

10/19 – https://www.freightwaves.com/news/unlocking-the-value-of-supply-chain-integration

https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/596524472/supply-chain-management-market-value-to-achieve-usd-52-632-37-million-by-2030/

https://www.kron4.com/news/bart-says-plastic-clipper-card-supply-threatened-by-supply-chain-issues/

Information is most valuable in supply chain management

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/17/low-mississippi-retail-overstock-trailers-latest-supply-chain-stress.html

Unlocking the value of supply chain integration

10/12 – US-imports-plunge-in-september-suffer-steepest-drop-since-2020-lockdowns

apple-supplier-foxconn-posts-record-september-sales-on-iphone-14-demand

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I attached below an article I found about Ford experiencing shortages of vehicle badges, causing them to not be able sell cars that need those badges.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/23/fords-supply-chain-problems-include-blue-oval-badges-for-f-series-pickups.html
I found this article interesting because we constantly hear about the chip shortage which is causing inventory of cars to be very low and causes prices of cars to sky-rocket. However, this article highlights the fact that small parts of a car can be critical. In Ford’s case, while vehicle badges are not critical to the vehicle it is what “brands’ the car. Therefore, this shortage of vehicle badges has impacted nearly 40,000 vehicles.

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I was just scrolling through instagram and an ad came up for a “Flash Sale”. I thought it was funny that we had just spoke about in class how you predict that things like TVs will be on sale soon! And not even 2 days later I get a best buy ad about TVs with up to 50% off. I know this isn’t necessarily an article or video but still found it pretty interesting and extremely relevant to our course! I have attched the link to the sale below.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/clp/sale-page/pcmcat185700050011.c?id=pcmcat185700050011&ref=166_625&loc=SOC_1692337_28707077_348254538&fbclid=PAAaZ6Q7abPA2uNatj8UBI-gbf570v_SKNxD1AE33nEMC_Xxm_Dzk0pv8IG2w_aem_ASYx0DF51Qqg4c9BjTeEWTeb9BRw28joHSbRwdXgEffjtrWEUgjKROKaCbbI-qhnRNTTZjj4TkMmKRkSdrxDXeeW4jGSYdqV9G9DKGgM-cvsV1gmj9ZxuIZ80Lq-Xzmt-lA

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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/16/the-us-supply-chain-is-now-facing-two-trade-hurdles.html

This article is more recent, it expresses the concerns that backlog in Europe will begin to spillover into the first quarter of 2023. The article also shows us about supply chain issues in China that were due to manufacturers having to shutdown temporarily due to the heat wave.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/18/supply-chain-chaos-is-hitting-global-growth-and-could-get-worse.html

This article shows us that even though the economy has began to recover after the pandemic our supply chain issues will persist and will get worse before they can get better. The article discusses the demand for certain products which is inevitably contributing to issues in supply chain.

AirPods Pro 2 on sale at Amazon with lowest price ever | CNN Underscored

10/5 – Micron to slash chip spending amid inventory glut | Supply Chain Dive

What America’s Plan to Bring Home Technology Manufacturing Gets Wrong

How-macys-has-avoidedso-farthe-inventory-pileup-plaguing-other-apparel-chains

10/3 – New Inventory Problems Expose Old Supply Chain Weaknesses – Supply Chain 24/7 (supplychain247.com)

costco-faces-same-problem-as-walmart-target

cargo-shipowners-cancel-sailings-as-global-trade-flips-from-backlogs-to-empty-containers-

container-ship-operators-are-betting-on-chinas-factory-resurgence

Ford CEO on ongoing supply chain issues: ‘It feels like Whac-A-Mole’ (yahoo.com)

9/28 – The first link: https://financesonline.com/supply-chain-trends/
This first article goes into detail about 14 trends that are currently being used and predictions for the upcoming year. I really liked the first graphic that was shown in this article because it gives a lot of information and statistics that I think put things into perspective.
The second link: https://flatworldgs.com/2023-supply-chain-trends/
The second article talks about recovering from the pandemic and the way that businesses are going to change from this year to next. I think one cool thing that I read was about how businesses will be focusing on cybersecurity due to the increase during 2021 which I was not aware of.
I think that both of these would be great to show the class and I wanted to share them with you. Let me know what you think of them and if you think they would be useful. Have a great day!

American Logistics Aid Network gets activated for Hurricane Ian – Modern Materials Handling (mmh.com)

Build Resilience in Supply Chains by Modeling & Designing Multiple Demand Futures – Supply Chain 24/7 (supplychain247.com)

9/27 – New Supply Chain Stability Index shows supply chain stress has more than doubled – Supply Chain Management Review (scmr.com)

aligning-digital-business-and-digital-supply-chain.pdf (gcom.cloud)

toyota-shuts-down-operations-as-typhoon-lashes-japan

what-kroger-walmart-target-learned-from-china-about-grocerys-future

9/26 – amazons-second-prime-day-sale-will-take-place-oct-11-12

GM Investing $760M for EV Drive Production

9/21 – One article I found interesting in particular is an article on Convoy. This is a supply chain startup that connects shippers and carriers together in a marketplace in order to help companies increase their earnings.
Link to article: https://dynamo.vc/blog-posts/the-unicorn-brief-convoy

9/21 – Inflation to Add $1B to Ford’s Q3 Supplier Costs | IndustryWeek

9/21 – MANY good articles here, you should sign-up if you plan to be a Supply Chain Major!

9/19 – “I was looking on my Instagram account when I saw a news article containing information about a major rail strike that is likely to occur. In the article, 90,000 union workers may strike on Friday across our nation’s railroads. It is said that it may cost our economy 2 billion PER DAY! I thought this was pretty mind-boggling, and I can’t imagine the effect it will have on the supply chain and the economy. I thought I would share this with you because I have always enjoyed railroads myself, and I thought it relates to the supply chain closely…”
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2022/railway-strike-september-2022-inflation/

9/19 – Electric Vehicles Took Off. Car Makers Weren’t Ready

9/12 – Why Freight Matters to Supply Chain Sustainability | US EPA

9/8 – Good Afternoon,I found this video about how the supply chain is changing and ways to adapt to these changes, especially post pandemic. I thought this was super useful since in the real world, you constantly have to be keeping up with the economy and the changes in society. Let me know what you think of this. Thanks so much! Have a great day.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vQSovOwjLH4

9/7 – New Amazon offering takes steps to further boost its supply chain portfolio

9/5: https://www.wsj.com/articles/pepsico-raises-full-year-expectations-while-navigating-supply-chain-environment-11633433216 PepsiCo has had to raise their prices on the consumer end to make up for the issues revolving around the supply chain. COVID-19 has posed an influx of issues for the supply chain of all companies. With PepsiCo being one of the largest food and beverage retailers in the planet they had to dish out way more money as a result of an increase in prices for many a multitude of raw materials they use daily.

Article 2:https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/27/pepsi-is-going-to-start-putting-its-aquafina-water-in-aluminum-cans/Aquafina has started the change over to aluminum cans due to backlash regarding plastic bottling and sustainability/environmental factors. By having PepsiCo focus a lot of their time on this, they have not only decreased their carbon footprint but they have also paved a path for other food and beverage companies to follow. Aluminum has also helped the supply chain issues PepsiCo has been facing because it is a more abundant and cheaper material to buy than plastic is.

9/1 – Bed Bath & Beyond Resets Supply Chain; Walmart Beefs Up Supplies

8/29 – GARTNER top 25 Supply Chain

8/29 – Building Supply Chain Resilience Is Much More than Fixing Supply Problems

8/22/22 – RSM U.S. Supply Chain Index: Back to normal for first time since pandemic hit

8/22/22 – Summer 2022 Update:

Gartner Update: Semiconductor Shortage & Its Impact on Supply Chain – Webinar July 27

Supply Chain Planning Guide – Article attached
Why a Lack of Supply Chain Visibility is Costing Your Business –
To Reduce Disruptions, Make Your Supply Chain a Smaller Target –

Key Comment(s): “Shaping the Rate of Disruptions Beats Mitigating Them”

Supply Chain Management Review

Key Comment(s): A must read for everyone in Logistics – Take time to read “Regionalize your supply chain: Closer is better.” And “Supply chain traceability is key to sustainability – and improve performance.”

total-cost-of-ownership-a-supply-chain-directive.pdf (gcom.cloud)

Key Comment(s):

Logistics Management Magazine – Another must read (and subscribe) for everyone in Logistics/

Key Comment(s): See Price Trends (below) on p.4 and article on p.18 “State of Logistics: Out of sync”

Five Levers for Optimizing Supply Chain Costs (attached)

Key Comment(s): “Instead of reduction targets, these supply chain leaders and their key stakeholders focus on aligning and collaborating around key operating outcomes to optimize supply chain costs.”

The Cost Plus World of Supply Chains (attached)

Key Comment(s): “Enterprises never built the necessary muscle memory to sense ensuing supply chain risks. We all have fire drills for emergencies, but there is no training or drill for supply chain risk crises. As a result, the business continuity plans that most enterprises had been largely half-baked and rarely, if ever, used… In response, a just-in-time philosophy is giving way to a just-in-case mindset. The past year’s C-suite conversations have been about supply chain risk management. There is a visible strategic shift from operating cost[1]efficient supply chains to engineering efficiently flexible supply chains.

Maersk sees no let up in surging cost of shipping goods

Key Comment(s): “The cost of shipping goods has surged 25-30% since the start of the pandemic due to array of inflationary pressures that are “unlikely to abate in the short term,” and “Clerc said that while congestion is improving in some parts of the world, it is becoming worse in others — for instance, the East Coast of the United States and in Northern Europe.”

European port congestion spells trouble for US importers

Key Comment(s): “…some of the items that are exported out of these ports are critical components to the auto sector like lithium batteries, fully assembled automobiles, as well as a wide variety of auto parts…” , According to Sea-Intelligence, which tracks vessel schedule reliability, only 30-40% of all global schedules are on time. Braun said this congestion will only further exacerbate the lead time in logistical planning.”

Shifting Supply Chain Winds in 2nd Half of 2022

Key Comment(s): “…Return of the global shipping crisis. The restart of the Chinese economy will happen rapidly. As Chinese manufacturing resumes at pace in Q3, we will see renewed port congestion, first in China and then in the Americas and Europe.” “…but the risk cost embedded in the past global coordination supply chain model is simply now too high to ignore.”

Reshoring? Not So Fast

Key Comment(s): “Reshoring might sound like the solution to the United States’ supply chain woes, but here’s why it is not a cure-all for current and future disruptions.”… “…government efforts to spur reshoring are exactly wrong, say some global trade deep thinkers, especially considering that national policy created more headwinds in the past two years despite the incentives. For starters, there’s an anti-transportation and manufacturing energy policy. Add overall inflation and dramatically rising domestic costs for manufacturing. Tax rates are not going down, either.”

Redefining Supply Chain Maturity Assessment (Article attached)

Key Comment(s):

44% of CSCOs say that their CEO and executive management team view supply chain strategy only as an enabler of product- or sales-driven strategies, or worse, a cost center in service to the business.
• 60% of our supply chains in the past have been designed primarily for cost efficiency rather than resilience or agility

Subject: Current Events 062722

adopt-a-new-supply-chain-strategy-to-minimize-risk-impacts.pdf (gcom.cloud)

Key Comment(s): “Mitigate supply chain disruption through risk management

Key tenets of supply chain risk management are enhancing resilience and improving competitiveness… To successfully mitigate supply chain disruption, collaboration between supply chain, procurement and enterprise risk management (ERM) managers is critical…”

Key Comment(s) – VERY applicable to Automotive: “In this environment, one of the most critical metrics to optimize is time to recovery – how many days it takes your supply chain to return to normal operations after a disruption.”

June 23^rd Logistics Risk Report (Attached)
U.S. logistics business costs rise by 22.4% to $1.85 trillion in 2021

Key Comment(s): Business inventories dropped to near historic lows, but the costs associated with storing, handling and financing these items rose considerably. Inventory-carrying costs rose by 25.9% in 2021, and transportation costs jumped 21.7%. This led to “uneven” supply chains, the report said, and inconsistent product availability for consumers (both in-person and online);

Efforts to increase multi-shoring are expected to accelerate. Companies are seeking to have operations move closer to the U.S. to respond quicker to fluctuating market demands;

adopt-a-new-supply-chain-strategy-to-minimize-risk-impacts.pdf (gcom.cloud)

Key Comment(s): “As we analyzed the survey data, we compared leading organizations with others to find out how they are different. Our analysis showed two important findings: 1. Organizations can reduce the rate of disruption to their supply chains — something most supply chain leaders dismiss as even a possibility. 2. Organizations can strategically shape which risk events will disrupt them, effectively reducing the number of disruptions they experience”

Maersk sees no let up in surging cost of shipping goods | Reuters

Key Comment(s): “Clerc said that while congestion is improving in some parts of the world, it is becoming worse in others — for instance, the East Coast of the United States and in Northern Europe.”

Reinventing Supply Chain for the Future | Gartner

Key Comment(s): “The past 24 months of disruption have shown the world what CSCOs have long known: Whether it’s natural disasters, resource shortages, global trade conflicts or other unpredictable events, there will always be disruption.”

Dreams of improved supply chains ‘shattered’ for the near term: Citi (yahoo.com)

Key Comment(s): “Bottom line, we find that supply chain pressures have proved to be more persistent, and apparently deep rooted, than we had expected even a few months ago,” strategists led by Global Chief Economist of Citi Research Nathan Sheets wrote in a comprehensive note. “And the Russia-Ukraine conflict seems to be further amplifying the stresses. Given these realities, any hopes of near-term improvement in supply chain conditions have been shattered. The challenges in the months ahead look to be as acute as at any time over the past two years.”

Supply chain salary and career report shows minimal impact from the Great Resignation – Supply Chain Management Review (scmr.com)

Key Comment(s): I’m not sure I agree with “The annual survey found supply chains were minimally impacted by the Great Resignation. According to the report, 14% of respondents found a new job, up only 2% from last year. The data also revealed career satisfaction remained exceedingly high despite the continuous strain of supply chain disruptions” but I highly agree with this“Amid all these global challenges, it’s reassuring to see supply chain professionals remaining resilient and committed to their vital work and this dynamic industry.”

14 Tactics to Counteract Supply Instability (Gartner.com, .pdf attached)

Key Comment(s): “chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) and chief procurement officers (CPOs) can use this analysis to stimulate idea generation around tactics that could be employed for their unique organizational context.”

How Manufacturers Remain Resilient Amid Unrelenting Supply Chain Disruption (Webinar, Wednesday 6/22 11am CT)

Dreams of improved supply chains ‘shattered’ for the near term: Citi (yahoo.com)

Key Comment(s):

“We are about halfway through [the chip shortage],” Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger told Yahoo Finance Live on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in late May (video above). “My expectation now is that it persists through 2024. And the big issue that we’ve additionally faced over the last six-to-nine months is equipment that goes into the [fabrication plants].”

Gartner Global Supply Chain Top 25 Report – 2022 https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-05-26-gartner-announces-rankings-of-the-2022-global-supply-chain-top-25

Key Comment(s):

Note the lack of Automotive Companies in the top 25

Get Your Supply Chain Back on Track (omeclk.com)

Key Comment(s):

Seminar this Wednesday 6/15 on subject below

Many applicable articles

Labor – Bring Over Talent

Key Comments:

Forecasts:

Labor

The Difference between Procurement & Supply Chain Management and Why the Two Should Converge – Supply Chain 24/7 (supplychain247.com)

Key Comments: “You can further imagine an organization having each department operating as silos toward its mission and goals in delivering value to all stakeholders and failing miserably at the enterprise level.”

Supply Chain Convergence in a Disruptive Environment (PDF attached)

Key Comments: “Supply chain visibility and supply chain collaboration, both internal and external, were self-reported as the top two pain points for procurement and supply chain executives. Disconnected processes and siloed data were also top challenges”

4/21 – https://bt.e-ditionsbyfry.com/publication/frame.php?i=743132&p=&pn=&ver=html5

4/12 – https://www.businessinsider.com/supply-chain-shipping-containers-east-coast-backlog-west-coast-2022-4

4/5 – chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/viewer.html?pdfurl=https%3A%2F%2Femtemp.gcom.cloud%2Fngw%2Fglobalassets%2Fen%2Fsupply-chain%2Fdocuments%2Ftrends%2Fsupply_chain_management_metrics.pdf&clen=222374&chunk=true

4/5 – https://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/biden_pushes_progress_on_driver_shortage_supply_chains_in_white_house_event?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=TWIL

3/29 – Global Logistics – Reverse Logistics, p.41

3/24 – https://flockfreight.zoom.us/webinar/register/6416475558026/WN_lH9lOh16Sw22xpPbw6PVew?utm_source=SC247

3/24 – https://www.gartner.com/en/webinars/4011772/the-top-supply-chain-technology-themes-for-2022?utm_campaign=RM_NA_2022_ESCL_C_BB1_DEMANDPLAN22MARCH_E1_Opener&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&cm_mmc=Eloqua-_-Email-_-LM_RM_NA_2022_ESCL_C_BB1_DEMANDPLAN22MARCH_E1_Opener-_-0000

3/22 – https://logistics.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/d/B4A8320FB79AA9D92540EF23F30FEDED/64348F3117323D4E775FA7C4C6318CD9?alternativeLink=False

3/21 – https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/19/farming-food-costs-ukraine/?wpisrc=nl_sb_smartbrief

3/17 – https://pages.peerlessmedia.com/scmr-audience-connect-030122/?r=7354I6938923A9R&oly_enc_id=7354I6938923A9R

3/17 – http://www.bbc.com/storyworks/future/specials/a-better-tomorrow/why-is-people-centric-innovation-the-future/

3/15 – https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/business/covid-china-economy.html