GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS

CENTER FOR SUPPLY CHAIN RESEARCHCREATED BY LAUREN BECHTEL, PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Right product

Right Quantity

Right Place

Right Time

Right Cost

As long as there are people on this earth, this rule will exist

© GRA 2014

The internet has had an incredible impact on supply chains.

Supply Chain

Digital Transformation

IoT

Automated Material Handling

Augmented Warehousing

Cognitive Computing/Artificial

Intelligence

Wearable Technology

Global Omni-Channel Service Providers With Seamless Global Omni-Channel Experience

Supply chain talent will continue to be in high demand and in short supply

Shifts in global movement of freightThe widened Panama Canal, has created more opportunities to move freight to

less congested East Coast ports.

Overcapacity in the container segment due to investments in large vessels

Re-shoring continues but……supply chains will continue to remain global and complex

BENEFITS OF RE-SHORING

Source: http://www.dotnetit.co.uk/blog/article/ERP-UK-Manufacturers-Reshoring

3D Printing will become Central To Manufacturing Strategy

Depopulation

Depopulation will have a major impact on the supply chain

Making supply chain circular versus linear

Customer

OperatingCompany

Product Manf.

PartsManf.

MaterialsManf.

Materials Supplier

Maintenance Parts Recovery

MaterialsRecovery

MaterialSeparation

Raw material recovery

Incineration with Energy Recovery

Final Disposal

Recovery

Secondary User of Materials

RecyclingCentre

Green Centre

Remanufacturing Zero Waste© GRA 2014

Continued focus on sustainability and compliance in the transport industry

Economic growth in new geographies

Geopolitical Realignment

US Economic Resurgence

Global Violent Extremism Impacting Shipping Routes

The growth economies

7 new markets have the potential to see strong growth in the coming years:

China

Chile

Malaysia

PeruPhilippines

Poland

Mexico