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 | Nov 13, 2020 | China Supply Chain Strategy, Global trade trends, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Risk Management | 0 |
As we approach the mid-point of November 2020, Supply Chain Matters provides a brief update on two global trade developments, that of Brexit and the other of RCEP.
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 | Sep 8, 2020 | Aerospace Supply Chain, Automotive Supply Chain, Consumer Goods Focused Supply Chain, Global Trade Issues, Global trade trends, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Risk Management, Supply Chain Strategy, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides a follow-up to our prior late August update on the status of negotiations concerning the Brexit transition agreement that is due to expire at the end of this year.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Jan 31, 2020 | Global trade trends, Manufacturing Strategies, Supply Chain Risk Management, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides a commentary on the eve of the implementation of the state of Brexit and what that could imply for industry supply chains.
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 | 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 | Dec 11, 2018 | Global Trade Issues, Procurement and Sourcing, Sales and Operations Planning, Supply Chain Disruption | 0 |
The ongoing brinkmanship of Brexit took another concerning turn with today’s decision to postpone planned debate of the British Parliament on the Brexit agreement now on the table.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Nov 15, 2018 | Global Trade Issues, Manufacturing Strategies, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Strategy | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides a sidebar commentary relative to heightened global trade tensions, specifically this week’s new development of a provisional Brexit agreement being produced for approval.
Read Moreby ferrariadmin | Jan 23, 2018 | Annual Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chain Management, Global Trade Issues, Global trade trends, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Product Lifecycle Management, Supply Chain Strategy | 1 |
Supply Chain Matters provides a deep-dive perspective on the ten outlined 2018 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains unveiled in mid-December. In this installment, we dive into 2018 Prediction Six: Make America Great and Changing Global Trade Policies Will Provide a Challenging Tactical and Strategic Landscape for U.S. and Global Manufacturers.
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