Supply Chain Matters Top Ten Most Popular Blogs in 2018
Supply Chain Matters Editor Bob Ferrari outlines the ten most popular blog commentaries in 2018 along with close runners-up.
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Airbus and Boeing Report Q4-2018 and Full Year Operational Performance
Both Airbus and Boeing formally reported Q4-2018 and full year operational performance with both aerospace manufacturers missing originally stated full year milestones despite extraordinary efforts in the second-half of the year.
Read More Profit Warnings from Samsung and LG Electronics Add to Consumer Electronics Supply Chain Concerns
High-tech and consumer electronics bellwether provider Samsung Electronics issued its own profit warning this week followed by LG Electronics. The news coupled to Apple’s prior profit warning add to industry concerns of structural shifting in smartphone markets.
Read More Report That Maersk Line Looks Toward Added Acquisitions in Logistics
The CEO of Maersk indicated to a European business publication that acquisitions involving land logistics and transportation services are expected over the next 2-3 years. This is another clear sign of pending industry consolidation of capabilities.
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Supply Chain Matters Thoughts on the December-2018 U.S. ISM Plunge
he December 2018 Manufacturing ISM Report on Business was released this week and included a potential sign of a significant dip in U.S. manufacturing and supply chain activity levels. The Supply Chain Matters blog provide thoughts on how industry supply chain management teams need to be prepared to factor such data in the coming year.
Read More 2019 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Report Now Available for Downloading
The Supply Chain Matters blog announces that The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group’s research report, 2019 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains, is now available for complimentary downloading.
Read More Report Indicates that Airbus Nearly Accomplished its 2018 Full Year Production Goal
A report indicates that Airbus’s Commercial Aircraft business came very close to meeting its target for commercial aircraft deliveries in 2018.
Read More Breaking News: Apple Resets Revenue Expectations for the Holiday Quarter in a Thud Heard Round the World
In a direct letter to Apple investors, Apple CEO Tim Cook dramatically lowered revenue guidance by $5 billion for the current fiscal quarter that ended on December 31. He further pointed to revenue expectations hampered by supply network constraints.
Read More Planning Underway for the Worst-Case Scenarios for Brexit
As the year 2019 kicks-off, industry supply chains are already in contingency planning mode. One clear area of supply chain disruption mitigation is the planning around either a hard or no-Brexit agreement at the close of this quarter.
Read More Tesla Motors Reports Q4 and Full-Year 2018 Production and Delivery Performance
Tesla Motors today reported quarter-ending and full year 2018 operating performance numbers and the company’s investors did not seem pleased by the results.
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