The Supply Chain Matters Quarterly Newsletter is an added supplement to this blog as well as to our research and consulting clients.  The newsletter provides for a broader analysis of our daily and weekly commentaries, with an emphasis on this past quarters events and their implications for global supply chain business process and information technology needs.

The Q1-2013 newsletter was distributed last Friday, so please check to insure you received your copy. Readers who signed-up to subscribe to Supply Chain Matters along with our consulting clients will receive the newsletter automatically.

The latest newsletter contained the following updates and articles:

• Global Supply Chain Activity in Q1 Reflects Resiliency with One Big Exception
• Supply Chain Disruption and Needs for Resilience Remain a Constant Challenge
• Asset Overcapacity Becoming a Bigger Challenge in Global Transportation
• More Troubling Trends in Supplier Management
• New Sponsorship Program Announced for Supply Chain Matters Blog

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Bob Ferrari- Founder and Executive Editor

The Supply Chain Matters Quarterly Newsletter is a reader supplement to this blog.  The newsletter provides for a broader analysis of our daily and weekly commentaries, with an emphasis on this past quarters events and their implications for global supply chain business process and information technology needs.

The Q4-2012 newsletter was distributed this morning, so please check your email inbox to access your and read your copy. Readers who signed-up to subscribe to Supply Chain Matters along with our consulting clients will receive the newsletter automatically.

The newsletter includes the following updates and articles:

• Specific Highlights of Q4 Supply Chain Matters Commentaries
• Compelling Lessons from the 2012 Holiday Buying Season
• China’s Labor Cost Rise in 2012
• World’s Largest Container Ships Enter Global Service
• 2013 Annual Predictions for Global Supply Chains Research Report Now Available
• Supply Chain Matters 2012 Readership Summary Statistics

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Bob Ferrari- Founder and Executive Editor

The Supply Chain Matters Quarterly Newsletter is a reader supplement to this blog.  The newsletter provides for a broader analysis of our daily and weekly commentaries, with an emphasis on this past quarters events and their implications for global supply chain business process and information technology needs.

The Q3-2012 newsletter was distributed on Friday November 9, so please check your email inbox to access your and read your copy. Readers who signed-up to subscribe to Supply Chain Matters along with our consulting clients will receive the newsletter automatically. We apologize for the later delivery of this quarter’s newsletter.

The newsletter includes the following updates and articles:

• Specific Highlights of Q3 Supply Chain Matters Commentaries
• Compelling Implications for Increased Automation in Manufacturing and Distribution- a strong indicator of more challenges in operations management in the years to come.
• The Changing Fortunes of Japan’s Consumer Electronics Giants- how corporate culture and a highly competitive industry can change the fortunes of once mighty giants.
• Time Once Again for Annual Predictions

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Bob Ferrari- Founder and Executive Editor

The Supply Chain Matters Quarterly Newsletter is a reader supplement to this blog.  The newsletter provides for a broader analysis of our daily and weekly commentaries, with an emphasis on this past quarters events and their implications for global supply chain business process and information technology needs.

The Q2-2012 newsletter was distributed today, so please check your email inbox to access your and read your copy. Readers who signed-up to subscribe to Supply Chain Matters along with our consulting clients receive this newsletter automatically.

Our latest newsletter features the following selected themes that dominated global supply chain events from April through June 2012:

• Continued turbulence and uncertainty in the global economy driving supply chain pullbacks and reduced activity.
• What really is motivating the current resurgence in U.S. manufacturing sourcing?
• The changing organizational dynamics involving information technology and its relationship to the future success criteria for supply chain management leaders.
• The conundrum of an industry supply chain with multiple years of customer order backlog and increasing supply chain risk.
• An example of opportunity lost from major supply chain disruption.
• Increasing dynamics involving the supply chain information technology landscape

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Bob Ferrari- Executive Editor

The Supply Chain Matters Quarterly Newsletter is a reader supplement to this blog.  The newsletter provides for a broader analysis of our daily and weekly commentaries, with an emphasis on this past quarters events and their implications for global supply chain business process and information technology needs going forward.

The Q1-2012 newsletter was distributed today, so please check your email inbox to access your and read your copy. Perhaps the most telling aspect of how busy supply chain management professionals are these days was the vast number of “out-of-office” automatic replies we received with this morning’s distribution. Readers who signed-up to subscribe to Supply Chain Matters along with our consulting clients automatically receive our newsletter.

Q1 provided continuous news related to global supply chains, and our newsletter features commentary reflecting on:

• Multiple stories related to developments in Apple’s supply chain point to even more dramatic era of industry leading capabilities.
• Business strategy changes precipitated many brand-name supply chains to embark on various forms of supply chain transformations
• The Obama Administration stepped up efforts to address global supply chain security while the ultimate cost of the Thailand floods became much more quantified.
• A Guide to supporting innovation processes within China

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Bob Ferrari- Executive Editor

The Supply Chain Matters Quarterly Newsletter is an added reader supplement to this blog.  This newsletter provides for a broader analysis of our daily and weekly commentaries, with an emphasis on this past quarters events and their implications for global supply chain business process and information technology needs.

The Q4-2011 newsletter was distributed today, so please check your email inbox to access and read your copy.  Reader feedback is always appreciated.

Our themes  for the last quarter of 2011 included a highly uncertain global economy providing increased challenges for predicting product demand and resource needs as well as another highly visible major supply disruption incident, that being the devastating floods in Thailand. Events and accelerated forces continue to stress multiple industry supply chains, including those supporting the PC industry, pharmaceutical, aerospace and alternative energy.  We also see clear signs of a building renaissance for U.S. manufacturing.

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Bob Ferrari- Executive Editor