U.S. Federal Trade Commission Launches Inquiry on Supply Chain Disruptions
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s actions taken by the Federal Trade Commission, along with another White House meeting, each focused on ongoing supply chain disruptions.
by Bob Ferrari 
Biden Speaks with CEOs on Ongoing Supply Chain Bottlenecks
Supply Chain Matters highlights President Biden’s meeting this week with CEOs on the ongoing supply chain bottlenecks impacting holiday consumer fulfillment concerns. We note that added fixes and required efforts are going to take additional months to resolve.
by Bob Ferrari 
Visible Monetary and Operational Implications of Supply Chain Disruptions
Supply Chain Matters provides a sampling of the monetary and operational implications of ongoing supply chain disruptions occurring at the close of Q3 2021 along with perspectives on the implications to businesses and supply chain management teams.
by Bob Ferrari 
Survey Indicates Supply Chain Disruptions Are Alarming Consumers
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a recently published survey of how U.S. consumer sentiments associated with ongoing continuous supply chain disruptions are changing buying sentiments and what that implies for brands and their associated supply chain management teams.
by Bob Ferrari
Global Supply Chain Disruptions Are Now Harming Economic Growth
The Supply Chain Matters blog indicates this week will be recognized as a milepost. It is when global economists and financial institutions began to coalesce and formally quantify that continuous supply chain disruptions and inflationary forces, are doing harm to businesses and the global economy.
by Bob Ferrari 
Breaking News: Port of Los Angeles to Move to Round the Clock Operations
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights breaking news that the White House has announced that the Port of Los Angeles will commence 7×24 round the clock operations in order to clear current shipping backlogs.
by Bob Ferrari
Global Commodity Prices- What a Difference a Year Makes
In this Supply Chain Matters blog, we revisit forecasts for global commodity prices at the beginning of this year, and what has transpired with about two months remaining in 2021. We do so to provide context for supply management teams of how dramatically different prices have turned out to be, and how the ongoing global supply chain disruptions have contributed to this situation. As businesses begin their sales and operations planning for 2022, there are significant decisions to ponder relative to product demand and supply assumptions. There are further, from our lens, significant risks to assess.
by Bob Ferrari 
Guess What- Shortages and Price Shock Extends to Silicon Metal Supply Networks
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a report of shortages and significant price hikes involving the supply of silicon metal.
by Bob Ferrari
Perspectives on the Upcoming 2021 Holiday Fulfillment Period
Supply Chain Matters commentary, we share some joint perspectives on the soon to be 2021 holiday fulfilment period. That includes what to expect in the coming weeks in terms of supply chain response.
by Bob Ferrari
Supply Chain Matters Global Supply Chain News Capsule Follow-up September 29 2021
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides a September 2021 news capsule update relative to previous supply chain management related developments that are ongoing across global based supply chains.
by Bob Ferrari 
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