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Today’s Major Earthquake Impacting Taiwan- Initial Implications

Supply Chain Matters

In this special Supply Chain Matters supply network risk advisory, we highlight the initial implications of today’s major earthquake that has impacted the island of Taiwan. magnitude earthquake that has impacted Taiwan. Today, such a scenario has again occurred, given the ongoing reports of a 7.4 All rights reserved.

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Taiwan Logistics and More

Logistics Bureau

Here is a glimpse of Taiwan’s transportation, food, and the refreshing view of Jiufen! I get to see how the environment is different here and what are the supply chain and logistics points I can share with you guys. Let’s go to Taiwan! Subscribe to our Youtube Channel. Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Already wobbling from the demands of arming Taiwan and Ukraine, American weapons makers have the added task of producing for Israel — while also rearming the U.S. The post This Week in Logistics News (November 11 – 17) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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The World’s Most Vulnerable Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Risks Are Centered in Taiwan Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, and it is responsible for supplying semiconductors to most of the world’s largest technology firms. These chips are currently manufactured at a single site in Taiwan.

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Water and power shortages, and a COVID spike: a look at what’s going on in Taiwan

Resilinc

Just when you thought the semiconductor shortage couldn’t get any worse, more bad news is coming from Taiwan—home to about two-thirds of global chip manufacturing capacity. The leading chip maker globally, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. UMC) reported daily consumption of 31,500 metric tons in that year.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The gauge brings together 27 variables that take the temperature of everything from cross-border transportation costs to country-level manufacturing data in the euro area, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S. That’s all for this week.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Approximately 50% of employees making the switch to the logistics sector -warehousing and transportation – previously worked in the retail/wholesale and administrative/support services. Wages grew by 4.25% from January to June 2021 in logistics, a record 6-month gain for the sector. This flow is likely to accelerate.