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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In extreme cases, firms simply state that a product comes from one country when, in actual fact, it was manufactured in a country that is impacted by the higher tariff being imposed. Alternatively, you may want to relocate – totally or in part – where your product is manufactured. This practice is illegal. Free trade agreements (FTAs).

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., Those changes, along with high costs of transporting materials and finished goods to and from overseas locations, make the value of reshoring likely to become a compelling financial reality for many manufacturers. Brand risks due to quality problems are reduced.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. In addition, Lucas used inventory as a slush fund to make quarterly earnings. There was no realization of the need for inventory as the most important buffer in the supply chain to minimize demand and supply volatility.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. In addition, Lucas used inventory as a slush fund to make quarterly earnings. There was no realization of the need for inventory as the most important buffer in the supply chain to minimize demand and supply volatility.

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Supply Chain KPIs You’ll Want Every Morning

Logility

in inventory write-down and 20% drop in stock value. Management must be cognizant of issues of procurement, manufacturing, inventory, and distribution that impact satisfaction and loyalty. COGS, Total Supply Chain Cost, Productivity, Returns Rates, Carry Cost of Inventory. WMS failure causes Adidas to under ship by 20%.

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Vendor Managed Inventory? Think twice and consider the risks!

Supply Chain View from the Field

Historically, businesses have used one of two extremes for inventory management: push-based or pull-based. Push-based inventory management uses demand forecast to manage inventory and replenish from the supply base. Add variability due to customer demand, product and component quality, lead time, etc.

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The ROI Challenge for Supply Chain Projects: Lessons from The Trenches by an Aging Jedi Knight

Arkieva

The director of Supply Chain (or inventory, manufacturing, analytics, customer order fulfillment, etc.) Typical suspects are reduced inventory, increased output, lower cycle time, better on-time delivery, among others. Two of my favorites are Kroeger (2014) and John Milne’s IBM application for central planning (2001).