Topic: News

n a report, entitled “The Changing Flow of International Trade: Impact on Global Supply Chains & Industrial Real Estate,” explained that the need for United States shippers to spread out sourcing and manufacturing outside of China is being heightened by rising labor costs in China and ongoing trade conflicts, adding that diversifying supply chains throughout Asia, in what it called a multi-country strategy, or “China Plus One,” to “reduce supply chain dependency on China alone” is a strong approach.

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Reduced consumer demand, lower import levels, heavy job losses, the ongoing United States-China trade war, and overall economic unease suggest the 2020 peak season will be anything but normal.

As more consumers continue to opt to buy goods online, as opposed to venturing out to retail store locations and shopping malls, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is resulting in a subsequent impact on industrial real estate, specifically the part of the market focused on warehousing and logistics.That was a major takeaway in a recent report published by San Francisco-based real estate investment trust company Prologis.

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Purchase expands cloud portfolio and European footprint in the food and feverage ERP market.

The report’s key indicator—the NMI—saw an 11.7% increase to 57.1 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring), halting a two-month stretch of declines, which was preceded by 122 consecutive months of expansion.

In this episode, Morgan Swink tells us what went right, and what went wrong in the last downturn

In its monthly Manufacturing Report on Business, ISM reported that the report’s key metric, the PMI, came in at 52.6 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), which marked a 9.5% improvement over May’s 43.1 and a 12.7% gain over April’s 39.9 reading.

Manufacturers need to focus on retaining customers, which will require adapting business models to meet changing customer needs and behaviors in the post-Covid-19 world.

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Unprepared distribution centers will struggle to meet consumer expectations in what is expected to be a make-or-break buying season.

More than half of retailers are struggling to respond to rapid shifts, and 46% of average or underperforming retailers focus on cost at the expense of flexibility.

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SVP John Sorensen succeeds MHS co-founder Greg Judge and brings more than 17 years’ experience in the material handling industry.

Listen in as AGCO’s Greg Toornman joins hosts Abe Eshkenazi and Bob Trebilcock to discuss how one of the world’s leading manufacturers of agricultural equipment navigated the pandemic without missing a shipment.

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This acquisition furthers Aptean’s presence within the manufacturing market.

The companies said that this platform significantly reduces integration time and programming efforts, in order to on-board new automation devices into warehouse facilities, which, in turn, provides shippers with more flexibility in selecting robotics systems geared towards their specific business needs, while leveraging Microsoft Azure IoT and cloud platform services.