GEP: Supply Chain Issues Remain Despite Stable Appearances

Supplychaindigital · Jul 14, 2026 · 714 words · By Louise Collins

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What to know about GEP: Supply Chain Issues Remain Despite Stable Appearances

The article reports on GEP's Global Supply Chain Volatility Index, highlighting that businesses continue to face procurement pressures and material shortages despite falling transportation and oil costs. It details regional trends in North America, Asia, and Europe, noting a strategic shift toward prioritizing resilience and buffer inventories over efficiency.

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What happened

GEP: Supply Chain Issues Remain Despite Stable Appearances Supply chain volatility has continued to test organisational capacity in ways that extend beyond traditional metrics.

Why it matters

According to GEP, transportation costs have fallen and oil prices have declined, yet procurement pressures remain elevated across global networks.

Common ground

The persistence of these pressures could mean that logistical improvements alone cannot resolve deeper structural concerns.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Follow-up questions

What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: GEP: Supply Chain Issues Remain Despite Stable Appearances?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that North America: another three-month low, falling from 1.69 to 1.17?
What should readers watch for in the next update to know whether the story is changing?

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “North America: another three-month low, falling from 1.69 to 1.17”

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Claim 2: “manufacturers reported safety stockpiling at the highest level since January 2023”

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The evidence provided consists of general definitions of manufacturing and manufacturers, with no mention of safety stockpiling levels or dates.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraf…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the biggest motor vehicle manufacturers by annual sales or production, compiled using data from F&I Tools USA (2018 onwards) and the Organisation internationale des Constructeurs d'A…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is a company that produces parts and equipment that may be marketed by another company. However, the term is ambiguous, with several other common meanings: an …
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Claim 3: “Japan, China and Vietnam experienced acceleration in purchasing growth”

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Claim 4: “the number of items in short supply decreased in June”

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Claim 5: “input buying increased at the fastest rate since April 2022”

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The evidence provided for this claim is entirely irrelevant, discussing the city of Seattle, and contains no information about input buying rates.

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web search NEUTRAL — The settlement was moved to the eastern shore of Elliott Bay in 1852 and named "Seattle" in honor of Chief Seattle, a prominent 19th-century leader of the local Duwamish and Suquamish tribes.
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States Census Bureau defines the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area as the three most populous counties in the state: King, Pierce, and Snohomish.
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web search NEUTRAL — Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.
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Claim 6: “UK manufacturers have been downsizing and undertaking budget cuts, resulting in an index drop to 1.05”

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Claim 7: “transportation costs have fallen and oil prices have declined”

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The provided web search results show general oil price charts and news about earnings, but they do not provide a specific confirmation that transportation costs and oil prices have declined in the relevant timeframe.

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web search NEUTRAL — Oil price charts for Brent Crude, WTI & oil futures. Energy news covering oil, petroleum, natural gas and investment advice.13 hours BP Earnings Surge to $5.7 Billion on Oil Price and Refining Boom. 1…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oil Price: Get all information on the Price of Oil including News, Charts and Realtime Quotes.Price of oil (Brent Crude and WTI). The price of oil is the most important value on the international comm…
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web search NEUTRAL — Real-time WTI crude oil price charts, WTI/USD live data, Brent prices, and energy market analysis.This spread reflects regional supply-demand dynamics, transportation costs, and quality differences be…
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Claim 8: “Across North America and Asia, demand for intermediate goods, commodities and raw materials remained strong”

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The evidence provided consists of general definitions of Asia and North America or general discussions on bottlenecks, but does not confirm the specific claim about strong demand for intermediate goods in these regions during the period in question.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Asia ( AY-zhə, UK also AY-shə) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land ar…
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Claim 9: “Europe: the index fell to 1.13, from 1.43”

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Claim 10: “shortages of critical inputs reached their highest levels since late 2022”

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The claim is explicitly stated in one web search result from 'Manufacturing Digital', but no other independent source corroborates this specific statistic regarding the 'highest levels since late 2022'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Food shortage or food scarcity may refer to: Famine, extreme scarcity of food Food security, or lack thereof Economic shortage, demand for a product or service exceeds its supply in a market Delibera…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In economics, a shortage or excess demand is a situation in which the demand for a product or service exceeds its supply in a market. It is the opposite of an excess supply (surplus).
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Claim 11: “Asia: the index fell to its lowest level since March, to 1.95”

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Claim 12: “GEP's Global Supply Chain Volatility Index examined responses from 27,000 businesses”

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While multiple search results mention the GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index, none of the provided snippets explicitly confirm the specific number of 27,000 businesses surveyed. The evidence confirms the index exists and its readings, but not the sample size.

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web search NEUTRAL — GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index for March (Credit: GEP). What the numbers say about supply chains in March. In terms of demand, the index shows global appetite for raw materials, parts and co…
https://supplychaindigital.com/supply-chain-risk-management/…

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web search NEUTRAL — GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index for January, 2026 (Credit: GEP). January 2026: Regional key findings. Asia: Index rises to 0.12, from -0.20, signalling that the supply chains of Asia's manufa…
https://procurementmag.com/news/key-insights-gep-global-vola…

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Claim 13: “Europe demonstrated weaker input demand during the same period”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — North Asia or Northern Asia (Russian: Северная Азия) is the northern region of Asia, which is defined in geographical terms and consists of three federal districts of Russia: Ural, Siberian, and the F…
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Claim 14: “Manufacturers reported increased backlogs in June”

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One source mentions 'backlog of unsold cars' in June, but there is no broad corroboration across multiple independent sources that manufacturers generally reported increased backlogs in June.

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web search NEUTRAL — The 14 manufacturing industries reporting growth in June — listed in order — are: Printing & Related Support Activities; Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components; Textile Mills; Primary Metals; A…
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web search NEUTRAL — Economy continues to expand, increasing production demand, while manufacturers face supply and workforce shortages.ISM PMI June manufacturing last 12 months ISM. Commodity Price Changes. Several commo…
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web search NEUTRAL — The June performance was the weakest since April, when production showed no increase at all. Robert Ortner, Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, termed the June increase ''not very exciti…
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