Securing the Supply Chain: Helpful Resources

As we collectively navigate the impacts of the global pandemic and the changing economic climate and turn our full attention to maintaining continuity of supply within the critically important packaging value chain, we’ve assembled some useful resources. We hope you find them helpful.

In this article, CEO Chris Payne explains the factors that determine surcharges and the external indexes we are tracking. Miraclon is committed to transparency and security of supply and is working tirelessly to secure supply while containing costs.

EU Consumer Price Index https://tradingeconomics.com/european-union/consumer-price-index-cpi

US Consumer Price Index https://www.bls.gov/cpi/

CASS Freight (US Ground) Index for products that travel by land in the Americas: https://www.cassinfo.com/freight-audit-payment/cass-transportation-indexes/cass-freight-index

European Central Bank Inflation Forecast https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/projections/html/index.en.html

Freightos Baltic Index (FBX): Global Container Freight Index. https://fbx.freightos.com/

International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook Database https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2021/October

Kiplinger Inflation Forecast https://www.kiplinger.com/economic-forecasts/inflation

Producer Price Index: Flexographic Inks Producer Price Index by Industry: Printing Ink Manufacturing: Flexographic Printing Inks (PCU325910325910A) | FRED | St. Louis Fed (stlouisfed.org)

Producer Price Index: Flexo Packaging Producer Price Index by Industry: Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet Manufacturing: Single-Web Film, Rolls, and Sheets, Including Coextruded, for Flexible Packaging Uses (PCU3261123261121) | FRED | St. Louis Fed (stlouisfed.org)

Ti/Upply/IRU European Road Freight Rate Benchmark for Europe: https://www.ti-insight.com/european-road-freight-rate-benchmark-report/

DHL ocean freight market update  https://www.dhl.com/content/dam/dhl/global/dhl-global-forwarding/documents/pdf/glo-dgf-ocean-market-update.pdf

Printweek article on industry input and transport costs https://www.printweek.com/news/article/paper-prices-keep-going-up

Reuters article on energy prices https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/world-bank-sees-significant-inflation-risk-high-energy-prices-2021-10-21

L.E.K. Insights 2021 Brand owner packaging study https://www.lek.com/insights/ei/packaging-industry-brand-owner-challenges-are-path-opportunity?utm_source=Pardot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-brand-packaging