Page 16 - Supply Chain

India's year-long curb on futures trade threatens food supply chain

The ban on access to futures contracts may fuel volatility in domestic markets

We'll be clocking 100 mn users on Shopsy by next year: Flipkart Senior VP

In a Q&A, Prakash Sikaria dwells on Flipkart's social commerce platform Shopsy's plans to become the country's largest grocer

Gati-KWE opens its largest surface transhipment centre in Farukh Nagar

Gati-KWE plans to set up five more similar STCs at Mumbai, Nagpur, Indore, Bengaluru and Hyderabad in the near future.

Canadians to pay much more for food in 2022 amid supply chain issues

Canadians are expected to see the biggest annual increase in food bills on record as supply chain issues caused by the Covid-19 pandemic have wreaked havoc on the prices and availability of items

If Tesla has got troubles with supply chain, everyone should worry

Company is struggling to procure a raw material only available in China, for a battery cell that it's trying to develop in-house.

Employee group cuts UK economic growth forecast, cites supply chain pain

Britain's economy looks set to grow more slowly than previously thought this year and in 2023 due to global supply chain problems

Salesmen threaten consumer cos with supply disruption over discounts to RIL

Ambani's deeply discounted offerings were prompting more stores to order their digitally from his JioMart Partner app, posing an existential threat to more than 450,000 company salesmen

General Motors boosts profit outlook as supply chain troubles ease

GM is also wrestling with rising costs for commodities used in its vehicles

Cyber Monday spending expected to slow as shoppers see fewer deals

Retailers had also spread out promotional deals across more weeks to protect profit margins from surging supply chain costs

China Nov factory activity unexpectedly grows as supply snags ease

The official manufacturing PMI was at 50.1 in November, up from 49.2 in October

Japan output rises for first time in 4 months as supply eases for carmakers

The increase was smaller than market expectations, underscoring the lingering impact of global supply chain disruptions

Consumer companies hit bump in digitising the supply chain

Parle Products has a system called sales force automation with its on-ground sales team to help it capture demand from retailers

9 in 10 Indians feel supply chain issues are here to stay: Report

Recent supply chain delays and disruptions have negatively impacted the lives of Indians

Global supply chain hit by disappearing ships in Chinese waters: Report

Supply chains have been under strain this year as badly congested ports struggle to keep up with a rapidly rebounding demand for goods

Global Value Chains and trade statistics: Why do they matter?

Global value chains and their linkage with the trade statistics may lead us to interesting conclusions on inconsistency between trade statistics and modern trade

Indian PC Shipments at 4.5 mn in Q3CY21 in biggest ever single qtr dispatch

It is bigger than the total annual consumer shipments in 2019, a year before the pandemic hit. As a result, many brands also reported their biggest quarter of PC shipments

Shipping rate surge threatens global economic recovery, says UNCTAD

A surge in demand for consumer goods during the pandemic has created major supply bottlenecks around the world, which has impacted the supply of container ships and boxes to transport cargo

Udaan co-founder Sujeet Kumar on ambitions in a post-pandemic world

Co-founder Sujeet Kumar shares the story of how Udaan managed not only to sustain itself but also grow in spite of the pandemic disruption, in an exclusive interview with Business Standard

Biden cites India, Brazil to explain complexity of global supply chain

As new data showed that inflation in the US jumped to a 31-year high in October due to supply shortages, President Biden cited India and Brazil to explain the complexity of the global supply chain

Latest threat in supply chain nightmares is the storm season at sea

Ships waiting to use the Port of Los Angeles hit 14 days at anchorage this week, about the same amount of time it takes to cross the Pacific, according to port data