Supply Chain Matters
MARCH 31, 2023
Background In a number of prior Supply Chain Matters blog commentaries, we have highlighted for readers how global smartphone and consumer electronics provider Apple has behind the scenes been influencing key contract manufacturing and component suppliers to begin to establish alternative sourcing of materials and production beyond China.
Unleashed
DECEMBER 8, 2019
million 60-kilogram bags in 2015. The majority of the world’s coffee beans are grown in Brazil, Vietnam, Peru and Colombia, but can also be grown in other favourable, humid climates. Coffee retailers Campos Coffee source their beans from Kenya to Columbia to Brazil. million 60-kilogram bags in 2018, up from 148.6 kg in 2019.
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Elementum
MAY 26, 2022
They expanded first into other parts of eastern Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, India), then into eastern Europe (Poland, Ukraine) and Mexico. Specialization and quality began to drive important sourcing decisions rather than the sole lever of saving partners a few dollars on materials and manufacturing alone.
Resilinc
JULY 5, 2022
Other member nations include Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and of course the United States. After years of negotiation, the TPP was signed by the President Obama in 2015—but never ratified (or rejected) by Congress.
Talking Logistics
JUNE 5, 2017
“With the size and complexity of supply chains soaring, a daunting challenge is confronting companies: identifying the critical nodes hidden within the vast expanse of their supply networks,” state the authors of a 2015 Harvard Business Review blog post titled Hidden Suppliers Can Make or Break Your Operations. struck Vietnam.
GlobalTranz
JANUARY 12, 2015
Tomorrow, we will do more of the top areas or trends for manufacturers to look out for in 2015. Unless the source of natural gas dries up, which is not likely for many years to come, the price of gas is likely to remain low for the foreseeable future. in 2015, 3.9% Rising costs of labor in China and other places.
Supply Chain Matters
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Weaker-than-expected sales and the delayed shipment of goods led to: “ the strongest rise in inventories of postproduction items since September 2015. This index is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand , and Vietnam. The reported value of 49.5 declined 0.7
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