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AmCham Survey Indicates China Strategic Investment is a Lesser Priority

Supply Chain Matters

Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledged that the company’s 60 percent sourcing of supplier manufacturing in the country was too much and industry reports pointed to stepped-up efforts to seek alternative sourcing options across Asia including India and Vietnam. Our sense was that Apple’ s experience, along with others involving U.S.

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Getting Down to Brass Tacks: Can We Really Collaborate?

Supply Chain Shaman

As the bricks and mortar retailer is attacked by eCommerce pure plays—Amazon in North America, Alibaba in China, and Flipcart in India—assortment and excitement in the store become paramount to lure customers. It is for this reason that I sit on the back row at most conferences watching, listening, and smiling. Why Is It More Important Now?

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Bristlecone Flash – February 2019

Bristlecone

In the past three months alone, we’ve worked with clients in dozens of countries – USA, UK, India, Thailand, Romania, Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Canada, Germany, UAE, Taiwan, Indonesia and many more. Sign up for our newsletter. Don’t miss your chance to get in on the customer-centric antifragility conversation at Pulse 2019!

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Red Sea and Suez Canal Shipping Crisis Update

Freightos

Some carriers have added significant surcharges for India – N. Keep reading Weekly Freight Updates January 3, 2024 Update Weekly Freight Updates December 28, 2023 Update Weekly Freight Updates December 19, 2023 Update Subscribe to more digital freight insights via our logistics tech newsletter. Rates to N.

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What Today's Market Tumble Means for Your Supply Chain

Elementum

This could mean good things for India, whose economy is prepared to take on more manufacturing ( as long as it deals with its infrastructure problems ). Stay up-to-date on raw materials prices and market status by subscribing to our daily newsletter. How Concerned Should I Be? from the depreciated value of the Yuan.

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Rethinking the How….

Supply Chain Shaman

One of the reason that the business process outsourcing to India has failed is the lack of business process understanding. My fingers are busy typing new reports for our newsletter and we just completed our 131st podcast. This is a rare combination. When you hear the buzzwords, show the service provider the door.

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Bridging the Finance Gap for Asian SMEs

MIT Supply Chain

Take, for example, the plight of banana growers in West Bengal, India. This article was published in the newsletter Supply Chain Frontiers. There are also various government schemes, although these programs only reach a relatively small number of businesses. The lack of affordable financing options stymies the growth of SMEs in Asia.

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