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Resilience and Agility in Supply Chains: Navigating Change in a Dynamic World

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

These changes can significantly impact supply chains by affecting sourcing strategies, trade routes, and market access. Despite the destruction and disruption caused by the natural disaster, Toyota had established alternative sourcing options and backup production facilities, enabling it to resume operations swiftly.

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Is More Innovation in Education Required?

Enterra Insights

Robert Philkill, a senior sales engineer at Teradici, had a similar experience when he introduced his company’s products to remote schools in Malaysia. 5] Paul Tough, “ Don’t Drop Out of School Innovation ,” The New York Times , 19 August 2010. [6] ” Footnotes. [1] ” Christensen Institute, 14 May 2013. [5]

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The company was replenishing dealers’ inventory weekly, using direct shipment and cross-docking operations from source warehouses located near Deere & Company’s manufacturing facilities. The company began with a pilot operation using a manufacturer in Malaysia.

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3 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The company was replenishing dealers inventory on a weekly basis, by direct shipment and cross-docking operations, from source warehouses located near Deere & Company’s manufacturing facilities. The company began with a pilot operation using a manufacturer in Malaysia. Making Supply Chain Cost Reductions Stick.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part One: Security Risks

Enterra Insights

As a result, piracy activity dramatically decreased by 75 percent between 2010 and 2022. What alternative sources of supply are available for the essential resources? 9] Parisa Hafezi and Andrew Hayley, “ Exclusive: China presses Iran to rein in Houthi attacks in Red Sea, sources say ,” Reuters, 25 January 2024. [10]

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The Pullback From China: Will it Be Harder for SMEs?

Logistics Bureau

Adidas: Vietnam is one of the countries benefitting most from Adidas’ drawn-out retreat from Chinese manufacturing, which has been underway since 2010. Other products, such as motherboards and smart-home components, will no longer be produced in China either, as Alphabet plans to move their manufacture to Taiwan, Thailand, and Malaysia.

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Apple’s China Problem

Logistics Viewpoints

By October 2010, Foxconn’s factories in Shenzhen alone had as many as 500,000 workers. It might be possible to get some Chinese manufacturing and sourcing partners to open operations in nations like Vietnam and Malaysia. This is disingenuous at best. More than 95% of iPhones, AirPods, Macs and iPads are made in China.

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