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Supply chain shockwaves from the Taiwan earthquake

Resilinc

magnitude earthquake in Taiwan, as well as current port closures and supply chain challenges. magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan. The quake was the biggest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years. Following the earthquake, tsunami warnings were sent out in Taiwan, Japan, and The Philippines, but have since been lifted.

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Keep These 6 Geopolitical Supply Chain Risks on Your Radar in 2024

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In 2023—if it wasn’t already—geopolitics became top of mind for every procurement professional. This year, managers and procurement professionals must stay incredibly diligent when it comes to the latest news. What would happen if China invaded Taiwan ? Tom notes, “The U.S. election will have a significant impact.”

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U.S. Announces Samsung Electronics Incentives for Semiconductor Production

Supply Chain Matters

billion grant awarded to Taiwan based TSMC to build advanced semiconductor fab capabilities in Arizona. The aim is the ability to support the strategic supply needs in domestic based aerospace and defense, artificial intelligence and automotive supply networks. Commerce Department has awarded a $6.4 The move follows a $6.6

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan. Today, we have an additional factor with inflation to add to the mix of issues, that changes the requirements for the “buy plan in procurement.” in 2020 to 25.6 % in 2021, reaching a market size of $553 billion.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan. Today, we have an additional factor with inflation to add to the mix of issues, that changes the requirements for the “buy plan in procurement.” in 2020 to 25.6 % in 2021, reaching a market size of $553 billion.

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

Taiwan Moves Closer to Stabilization The S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® November report was headlined with Taiwan manufacturing levels “ moving closer to stabilization in November.” Growth was reportedly fueled from demands in medicine, high tech, auto, railway, shipping and aerospace equipment markets.

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Federal Reserve GSPI Index Drops Significantly in April

Supply Chain Matters

The authors further observed that there was a notable upward contribution from Taiwan stocks of purchases. Noted in the Feds April 2023 narrative were significant downward contributions from Euro Area delivery times, Euro Area stocks of purchases, and Korean delivery times.