The Brexit Period Begins for Industry Supply Chains
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights the milestone of a formal Brexit trade agreement beginning on the first day of 2021.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Dec 31, 2020 | Global trade trends, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Management for Small and Medium Business, Supply Chain Risk Management, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights the milestone of a formal Brexit trade agreement beginning on the first day of 2021.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Dec 5, 2020 | Global Trade Issues, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Disruption, Transportation and Logistics | 1 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog urges UK and European supply chain management teams to prepare for a worst-case Brexit and a disruptive start to the year 2021.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Oct 12, 2020 | Global Trade Issues, Global trade trends, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Sales and Operations Planning, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Risk Management, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
As this week’s deadline looms. the Supply Chain Matters blog provides a follow-up on the status of negotiations concerning the Brexit transition withdrawal agreement that is scheduled to go into effect at the start of the year 2021.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Sep 16, 2020 | China Supply Chain Strategy, Global trade trends, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Risk Management, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights for readers a turn for the worse in the ongoing Brexit Withdrawal talks, and a ruling by the WTO in favor of China. Thus in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 disruption, multi-industry supply chains will have to continue to assess the impacts of a hard Brexit and a more frosted trade relationship and the partial de-coupling of the manufacturing economies of China and the United States.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Aug 24, 2020 | Aerospace Supply Chain, Automotive Supply Chain, Global Trade Issues, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Disruption, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights latest reports indicating that negotiators representing the European Union and the United Kingdom warning on Friday that they may not be able to ink a detailed deal regarding various details for the U.K.’s withdrawal from the EU.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Oct 28, 2019 | Automotive Supply Chain, Consumer Goods Focused Supply Chain, Global Trade Issues, Procurement and Sourcing, Sales and Operations Planning, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Risk Management, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog updates readers after two major developments this past week have caused a disruption pause for North America based manufacturing and automotive supply networks, and for UK and EU based supply chains planning for this week’s Brexit.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | May 23, 2019 | Global Trade Issues, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Business Process, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Strategy | 1 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides readers an update on Brexit’s ongoing impact to multi-industry supply and demand network plans and ongoing actions. Our belief is that June will provide the final tipping point.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Apr 1, 2019 | China Supply Chain Strategy, Global Trade Issues, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Risk Management, Supply Chain Strategy, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog outlines an April Fools parody commentary related to prior April 1st 2019 milestones in global trade related to Brexit, and to the ongoing trade tensions among the United States and China.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Jan 26, 2019 | Aerospace Supply Chain, Automotive Supply Chain, Global Trade Issues, Marketing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Service-centered Supply Chains, Supply Chain Execution, Supply Chain Strategy, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
With a mere nine weeks to-go before the March 29th Brexit implementation date, it is becoming ever clearer that businesses large and small are exercising definitive supply chain management risk mitigation or alternative sourcing actions.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Jan 2, 2019 | Aerospace Supply Chain, Automotive Supply Chain, Global Trade Issues, Manufacturing Strategies, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences and Healthcare Supply Chain, Procurement and Sourcing, Sales and Operations Planning, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Risk Management, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
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 Moreby Bob Ferrari | Nov 29, 2018 | Aerospace Supply Chain, Automotive Supply Chain, Consumer Goods Focused Supply Chain, Global Trade Issues, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Sales and Operations Planning, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Risk Management, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog updates readers on the latest state of affairs relative Brexit, the planned exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
Read Moreby ferrariadmin | Jun 22, 2018 | Aerospace Supply Chain, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Product Lifecycle Management, Supply Chain Strategy | 1 |
UK based The Guardian reports that European based commercial aircraft manufacturer Airbus has confirmed that the company has undertaken serious consideration regarding the sourcing of aircraft wing manufacturing among British factories because of the continued lack of clarity relative to Brexit consultations.
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