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Needed: A New Way to Manage Risk in Low Cost Countries

NC State SCRC

Nowhere are disruptions more prevalent than in Low Cost Countries (LCC’s), which have become the focal point for outsourced contract manufacturing for major apparel brands such as Nike, Under Armour, Gap, Apple, and others.

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China Flexes Its Global Logistics Muscle

Material Handling & Logistics

Announced in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the plan would link China’s Silk Road Economic Belt Project in Central Asia—which was aimed at connecting with Europe via Central Asia to increase trade between the Asia-Pacific region and Europe—with its Maritime Silk Road stretching from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean.

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The Upswing of Chinese Logistics Companies

Elementum

Logistics, the complex operation involving the movements of people, facilities, and supplies, is applied in every industry from manufacturing to retail to trade. In 2015, the Asian-Pacific region dominated the industry with significant impact from China, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, and Malaysia. in 2015 to US $15.5T

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China and the global textile machinery

Exapro Hub

Increase of shipments of new short-staple spindles for the first time since 2013 (around 1.65m spindles). The study shows that the six largest investors in the short-staple segment in 2017 are: Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, Uzbekistan, India and Indonesia. India and Vietnam ranked 2nd and 3rd with 2,000 and 5,1000 units.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Production/manufacturing. Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in May 2013. Broadly speaking though, the following areas are those where KPIs will be necessary: Order capture. Inventory management. Purchasing and supplier management. Warehousing. Transportation. The download comes with many added bonuses as well.

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