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6 Supply Chain Trends That Could Truly Shake You Up (2018 Update)

Logistics Bureau

If upstream partners fail, as in the case of Thai computer disk drive manufacturers (factories hit by flooding) or Japanese semi-conductor producers (the 2011 tsunami), supply chains running too lean may have no fallback solutions. While the lean concept was born from the world of manufacturing, agility came largely from software development.

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What Trump’s Announcement of Withdrawal from the TPP Means for US Supply Chain Executives

NC State SCRC

by 2032 as a direct result of the TPP, however key industries such as manufacturing ($10.8B On Monday the 23 rd of January 2017, with one signature, President Trump dissolved the entire deal, leaving a huge void in Asian Trade leadership. loss in exports annually) and electronic equipment ($3.7B The stage was set for the U.S.