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2023-06-02-sce-athleisure-600x398

Supply Chain Edge: Athleisure close to achieving balance

Athleisure is typical of the apparel industry in still trying to achieve balance between inventory and sales, but Lululemon appears to have found a successful formula as supply chains normalize. The personal computer sector is stuck in a period of inventory normalization in the face of sliding... Read more →

2023-05-05-sce-sk-chips-600x406

Supply Chain Edge: A light in the semiconductor tunnel

Demand for semiconductors remains depressed while a recovery will take until later in the year, based on a review of the forward-looking comments from eight firms including Apple Inc. The latter’s supply chain remains in flux, with one supplier leaving India and another setting up in Vietnam. ... Read more →

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Supply Chain Edge: Mighty microchip buyers

The US has stated that semiconductor export rules “aren’t designed to hurt China” amid a potential tightening of memory chip flows. Yet, mainland China is already one of the largest buyers in the world, with 43% of imports in 2022, and is rapidly expanding its exports in a consolidating market... Read more →

2023-03-17-sce-bol-seasonal-600x399

Supply Chain Edge: Furniture flattened, apparel folded

Supply chain activity and retail sales data indicate that the furniture and apparel sectors are in a state of decline, dragging total US seaborne imports down 20% year over year in February. Evidence from memory-chip makers indicates that the tech sector is still in a downturn, although a head... Read more →

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Supply Chain Edge: Yeezy deflates kicks

Adidas has a pressing need to reduce its inventories after a failed collaboration with Kanye West. US imports linked to the firm surged in 2022 and are now reversing. The firm’s supplies have shifted toward Indonesia, yielding lower costs and price inflation. Trends in sports equipment supply ... Read more →

2023-03-06-sce-china-phone-exports-600x437

Supply Chain Edge: Mobile smartphone manufacturers

A new crop of smartphones at the latest Mobile World Congress (MWC) aims to arrest a downturn in global demand. We dive into reshoring as a way to cut costs and look at the rise of India as a production and export center. Retailers are starting to cut excess inventories built up as a result of... Read more →

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Ford, GM see impact of chip shortage

Automakers reporting Q3 results over the past few weeks have had a common theme in talking about the chip shortage and the impact on business. Ford CFO John Lawler noted the challenges facing the industry saying they saw “lower-than-anticipated improvement in chip availability in the second ha... Read more →

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Ford, Volkswagen could shift if EV credits charge up

Canada and Mexico have issued warnings that potential tax credits for electric vehicle (EV) assembly in the U.S. may run afoul of USMCA. The USMCA sets out rules-of-origin requirements for cars to receive tariff reductions, and Canada and Mexico feel that the credits would undermine the commit... Read more →

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REC Silicon shifts sourcing to China

REC Silicon reported a 19.5% year-over-year change in Q3 revenues that exceeded analyst expectations by 4.9%. Panjiva data shows that imports associated with the firm increased by just 1.0% year over year in the quarter, hitting supply chain headwinds that SVP Kurt Levens noted were also oppor... Read more →

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Ford announces EV plants amid battery import surge

Ford has announced plans to build a new automotive manufacturing plant for their new electric pickup trucks as well as three new battery manufacturing plants alongside Korean firm SK Innovation. The new plants will likely be looked favorably on by American policymakers who have pushed for more... Read more →

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