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Apple Reportedly Acknowledges by Action Risks in Manufacturing Sourcing Within China

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog updates readers on added developments which now indicate that consumer electronics icon Apple is accelerating actions to source the company’s hardware component and assembly production to other countries. Background. What apparently was missing is what specific challenges that entailed.

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Behind Toyota’s 2021 U.S. win? A better sourcing strategy

Resilinc

Toyota’s thinking about supply chain risk management began to shift in the wake of the 2008 financial crash that bankrupted many important automotive suppliers. As reported in a recent Resilinc blog , supply chains for EV batteries and electric motors are also challenged by ethical sourcing concerns. The post Behind Toyota’s 2021 U.S.

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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

In March 2023, the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index fell to the lowest level since November 2008. Build in-market sourcing. Rationalize global strategies to focus on building markets based on in-market sourcing. ” I feel like we are riding a gondola in the middle of an intense snowstorm. (Yes,

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Supplier Performance Management – The Ultimate Guide

SCMDOJO

Current State of Supplier Performance Management Nowadays, the interest in improving supplier performance management methods has increased due to the increase in global sourcing and that of the global economy in particular (Gordon Sherry R, 2008). Supplier evaluation is situational.

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Global Supply Chains: Long-Term Trends

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

Global Supply Chains Have Been Fundamentally Changing Since 2008. An interesting article in The Economist points out that while we think of the pandemic as having triggered sudden changes in global supply chains, many recent changes just represent an acceleration of trends that had been underway since the 2008 Great Recession.

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How COVID – 19 Might Shape the Future of China Sourcing and Manufacture

Logistics Bureau

COVID-19 and the Future of China Sourcing and Manufacture. Economists are warning that the pandemic has triggered a drastic decline in world output and that a deep economic slump and financial collapse worse than the 2008 global economic crisis are unavoidable. But global dependence on Chinese manufacturing is mind-boggling….

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Andrew Cox’s “Sourcing Portfolio Analysis”: More of the Same

Supply Chain View from the Field

Against the many new articles and books being produced on the changing face of procurement and the importance of value creation and collaboration, Andrew Cox’s new book “Sourcing Portfolio Analysis” came out earlier this year. These types of relationships do not exist in the world of Cox’s two by two Sourcing Portfolio matrices.